The Cronulla Sharks v Parramatta Eels recreation is on a knife-edge, with the rating at 12-16 to the Eels within the second half after a protracted interval of dogged defence.
Reed Mahoney’s strive, off the again of a Shaun Lane break, returned the result in Parramatta after Connor Tracey had put the Sharks in entrance.
It was the fourth change of lead in simply the second half, with Cronulla having led 8-6 on the interval after which been pegged again.
Parramatta took the lead for the primary time with 55 minutes gone because of a second Clint Gutherson penalty of the second half, turning a 6-8 deficit on the break right into a 10-8 lead.
It’s turning into one thing of a trademark for the Eels, who defeated the Gold Coast Titans final week on the again of penalty targets.
Regardless of waves of Parra assault, the Sharks have conceded only one strive – and {that a} lengthy vary effort from a chip chase by Mitchell Moses.
Cronulla went over twice within the first half, with each Ronaldo Mulitalo and Siona Katoa grabbing tries, however it’s their defence that’s the headline: they’ve defended a virtually 60/40 possession cut up, with a number of repeat units on their very own line.
The spirited rearguard motion was described as ‘masochistic’ by Dan Ginnane on the Fox League commentary.
It was performed with out Mulitalo, nevertheless, who was withdrawn with a concussion at halftime.
