CHallenge successful. Raiders keep the ball with 13 seconds left
SCRUM SHARKS - Valemei ruled to have knocked on. Raiders challenging it.
SCRUM SHARKS - 20m from their own line.
Innisfail's very own Jarrett Subloo is about to run on the field and makes his debut
SCRUM RAIDERS - Hiroti with a catch and pass attempt, instead he get smashed and forward passed it.
Sharks with a set restart
Hiroti makes a break and snares 20m
Fifita with a flick that was never on and the Raiders get the ball back, 10m from their own line
Young loses the ball in a 1-on-1 strip. Play stopped as Young gets treatment after getting an accidental poke in the eye from his team mate.
BHU gets close, before throwing an offload to no one and the Raiders clean up.
CHN was offside and then effected a try saving tackle. He gets 10 in the bin.
Trindall gets across the line, but is held up. CHN looks to have committed a professional foul
Sharks get 6 again just 15m from the Raiders line.
Sharks get 6 again just 15m from the Raiders line.
Aucklan'ds own Havili making a good tackle in the middle.
SCRUM SHARKS - It sets 10m from their own line.
We've got a ref substitute. Klein has injured his ankle. Gerard Sutton is getting himself plugged into a microwave, a kevlar vest, 37 GPS tracking units, a pair of mobile phones and a whistle.
Trindall runs it on the last and gets tackled before he can do anything
Wilton gets a 1-on-1 strip. Sharks 10m inside the Raiders half.
Graham kicked for a 40/20 but it may as well have been kicked by Leichhardt's Aaron Woods or Auckland's Hamlin-Uele, as it sails well wide and goes out on the full.
Hiroti from out wide, nails it again!
Nikora runs onto a nice short crash ball and he barges over for a soft try on the right edge
A pair of set restarts for the Sharks
PENALTY SHARKS - They'll start their set 20m shy of halfway
Parkes' own Darby Medlyn is now on the field, making his debut
Williams misses from the sideline by a fair margin.
Sharks with the short drop out and Smith-Shields takes a magnificent catch over his head and then runs in for an easy try with no defence in front of him
Pambula's Jack Williams gets pushed back ingoal by the Raiders defence. Sharks drop out.
Hiroti nails the conversion
Great work by Sydne's Sorensen, that looked like the wrong play all along, but he made it work
Sorensen at dummy half darts to the short side on the left, then flicks the pass out the back to Goodwin who dives over
Fifita puts in a nice kick which the Labasa native Valemei has to kick dead. Raider's drop out.
Narooma's own Wilton makes a break, but he's reeled in by Auckland's Timoko
Hiroti converts
Graham recovers a loose pass, strolls past Auckland's CHN, who gives a frindly wave as Graham steps through the defence and scores on the left side.
Kennedy with a great kick return gets into the Raiders half.
Yarrawarrah's Vasquez is on the field now in his debut.
Maitlan'ds Hudson Young very busy in attack and defence
Auckland's Sia Soliola has been running like a man possessed in this second half.
Williams with his hardest kick of the night and he sprays it well wide.
Frawley recives the ball on the left side, dummies left, steps back inside, shrugs off a tackle and falls over the line to score a good try.
PENALTY RAIDERS - Starling hit Lui with a good short ball and he was met by a great tackle by Magoulias. Lui now being treated for a leg injury
SCRUM RAIDERS - Canberra's Frawley kicks to the left corner, and Macdonald spills it.
Williams nails another easy goal.
Raiders with another simple play in the middle. Starling hits the trailing runner, none other than Proserpine's Kai O'Donnell, who uses some good late footwork to dive over and score under the posts.
SCRUM RAIDERS - Nikora tries to send a long ball to the winger, but he butchers it.
Graham gets the ball on the short side on the last, but he loses the ball as he tries to offload.
Raiders with a drop out.
A grubber bounced awkwardly for Cook. Parkes' own Goodwin competes for the ball and ultimately knocks it on. No try.
Off to the Bunker. Sharks may have scored
Back underway
Sydney's Magoulias puts up a hail Mary kick as the siren sounds and Mary chooses to ignore the prayer.
Sutton limps off the field. 38 seconds left in the half.
Billinge's Ryan Sutton is holding his knee.
Set Restart Sharks
Sharks win the challenge. SCRUM SHARKS - 12m from halfway
It's all a bit amateur right now. Nikora shapes to offload and Smith-Shields knocks it out while effecting a tackle. Refs Challenge by Sharks
SCRUM SHARKS - Sharks have to travel 90 metres if they are to score before halftime
SCRUM RAIDERS - Kennedy tries to block the restart with his foot, fails and it goes dead.
Hiroti's conversion attempt bangs into the upright and goes over the crossbar
Sydney born Connor Tracey kicks on the last to the right wing where Port Moresby's own Nene Macdonald went up, got the ball and half passed-half lost it backwards to Nikora, who scores comfortably wide on the right.
Set Restart Sharks - Very timely as it will give them near a full set inside the Raiders half.
PENALTY RAIDERS - Townsville's Adam Cook is caught high in a tackle.
Blacktown's own Andrew Fifita is on the field and runs it straight. Solid start.
Raiders playing full of energy all half so far. Sharks playing ultra conservative now, just trying to get back into the game.
Sounds like a Kogarah resident just fired up their Commodore....
Williams converts from almost in front.
Starling makes a break down the left side, kicks back infield and Williams gets a perfect bounce to score to the left of the posts
Williams slots the goal from right in front.
Starling from dummy half, skipped to the right, had no runners, so he took on the line himself, burrowed down and got across the stripe to score under the posts.
Back to the bunker again...
Wee Waa's Trindall puts in a grubber that is too gentle and Starling cleans up and then runs 50 metres before Mount Maunganui's Nikora tackles him just inside the Sharks half.
PENALTY SHARKS - They find touch on halfway
Williams converts from touch
Williams grubebrs to the right corner, there are no Sharks players back and Cotric grounds the ball to score
Off to the bunker again
Williams grubber is followed over the dead ball line by Kennedy, but its ruled to have touched the Sharks fullback. Sharks drop out
Set restart Raiders, as they are on halfway
Off to the bunker. Canberra's own Harley Smith-Shields bats the ball back but he's in touch while doing so, and then he thundered into the fence and has injured his thumb
SCRUM RAIDERS - Sharks find touch with a kick 20m inside the Raiders half
Raiders restart is allowed to bounce and the Sharks get trapped in their own in goal. Sharks drop out.
Hiroti from Taranaki, is unable to convert from touch.
Mulitalo takes on Comma's own Nick Cotric and eventually manages to get the ball down for a 4 pointer in the left corner.
Going to the bunker
Set restart Sharks, late in their set
Williams converts from in front.
Wow, what a simple play. Windsor's Tom Starling dishes a crash ball, close to the Sharks line to Brisbane's own Dunamis Lui, who barges over for a soft try to the left of the sticks.
Set restart for the Raiders
William's grubbers and Kennedy cleans up in the Sharks ingoal. Cronulla drop out.
SCRUM RAIDERS - Williams with a kick downtown and Bathurst's William Kennedy passed a regulation ball to Auckland's own Ronaldo Mulitalo, who dropped it cold.
And the Sharks get us underway
Blacktown's Wade Graham leads out the Sharks
Cooma's own Sam Williams leads the Raiders out onto the field
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ashley Klein
Touch Judges: Todd Smith, Phil Henderson
Video Referee: Jared Maxwell
CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS (28)
Tries: Ronaldo Mulitalo, Briton Nikora (2), Wade Graham, Bryson Goodwin
Field Goals:
Conversions: Mawene Hiroti (4/5)
Penalty Goals:
CANBERRA RAIDERS (38)
Tries: Dunamis Lui, Sam Williams, Nick Cotric, Tom Starling, Kai O'Donnell, Matt Frawley, Harley Smith-Shields
Field Goals:
Conversions: Sam Williams (5/7)
Penalty Goals: