2024 Round 1 Warriors v Cronulla – CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND 16 d NZ WARRIORS 12
Cronulla has continued the round of upsets with a win over the Warriors.
Buoyed by a sellout crowd at Mt Smart Stadium, the Warriors led 12-0 after 12 minutes (tries to Addin Fonua-Blake and Luke Metcalf).
Jesse Ramien scored a crucial try just before half-time to cut the margin to six points.
Ronaldo Mulitalo and Siosifa Talakai scored as the Sharks took a 16-12 lead with 23 minutes left, which they kept despite the Warriors throwing everything at them until the final minutes.
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- Cronulla’s win over the Warriors was just their third Round 1 win since 2010.
- Warriors are now 1/6 v Cronulla on a Friday.
- Cronulla have won their last six on a Friday.
- Of the 56 times the Warriors have scored exactly 12 points since 1998, they have won five games. And none of the last 21 now.
- That’s the third time since the start of 2023 that Addin Fonua-Blake has scored the first try. He also has scored the last try of the game twice over the same period.
- According to our match stats above, Cronulla lost every one of our H2H Stats comparisons except score.
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