# 2024 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season

The 2024 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season is the 58th season in the club's history and they compete in the National Rugby League.
The club is coached by Craig Fitzgibbon in his third season with the Sharks and captained by Dale Finucane and Cameron McInnes. On Tuesday 23 April, in the lead up to Round 8, co-captain Dale Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical advice, due to repeated head knocks.

## Milestones

* Round 1: Jack Williams played in his 100th NRL and club game.
* Round 2: Tuku Hau Tapuha makes his club debut having previously played for the Sydney Roosters.
* Round 2: Dale Finucane plays his 250th NRL match.
* Round 2: Cameron McInnes plays in his 50th club match.
* Round 3: Billy Burns makes his club debut having previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons.
* Round 4: Kayal Iro scores his 1st NRL try.
* Round 7: Samuel Stonestreet makes his NRL debut and scores his first NRL try.
* Round 7: Braden Hamlin-Uele plays his 100th NRL match.
* Round 8: Braden Hamlin-Uele plays his 100th club match.
* Round 11: Oregon Kaufusi plays his 100th NRL match.
* Round 13: Sione Katoa plays his 100th NRL and club match.
* Round 13: Daniel Atkinson scores his 1st NRL try.
* Round 14: Ronaldo Mulitalo plays his 100th NRL and club match.
* Round 17: Siosifa Talakai plays his 100th NRL match.
* Round 21: Liam Ison and Jayden Berrell make their NRL debuts.
* Round 23: William Kennedy plays his 100th NRL and club match.
* Round 23: Jesse Ramien scores his 50th try for the club.
* Finals Week 1: Toby Rudolf plays his 100th NRL and club match.
* Finals Week 3: Nicho Hynes plays his 100th NRL match.

## Squad changes
### Transfers in

| Pos | Player | From |
| SR | Billy Burns | St. George Illawarra Dragons |
| C | Michael Gabrael | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
| FB | Liam Ison | Penrith Panthers |

### Transfers out

| Pos | Player | To |
| SR | Wade Graham | Retirement |
| W | Matt Ikuvalu | Catalans Dragons (mid season) |
| FE | Matt Moylan | Leigh Leopards |
| FB, W, C | Connor Tracey | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
| PR | Josh Finau | Western Suburbs Magpies (NSW Cup) |

## Regular season
### Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 692 | 449 | +243 | 44 | Advance to finals series |
| 2 | Penrith Panthers (P) | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 580 | 394 | +186 | 40 | Advance to finals series |
| 3 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 738 | 463 | +275 | 38 | Advance to finals series |
| 4 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 653 | 431 | +222 | 38 | Advance to finals series |
| 5 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 657 | 568 | +89 | 36 | Advance to finals series |
| 6 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 529 | 433 | +96 | 34 | Advance to finals series |
| 7 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 634 | 521 | +113 | 33 | Advance to finals series |
| 8 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 470 | 510 | −40 | 30 | Advance to finals series |
| 9 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 474 | 601 | −127 | 30 | |
| 10 | Dolphins | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 577 | 578 | −1 | 28 | |
| 11 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 508 | 634 | −126 | 28 | |
| 12 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 537 | 607 | −70 | 26 | |
| 13 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 512 | 574 | −62 | 25 | |
| 14 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 488 | 656 | −168 | 22 | |
| 15 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 561 | 716 | −155 | 20 | |
| 16 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 494 | 682 | −188 | 20 | |
| 17 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 463 | 750 | −287 | 18 | |

### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | – | A | H | A | H | A | N | H | A | A | H | – | A | H | H | – | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | W | B | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | B | L | L | W | B | L | W | W | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 8 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Points | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 38 |

### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 13 November 2023.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Finals series
### Bracket

| Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| 14 September – Melbourne | 14 September – Melbourne | 14 September – Melbourne | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Melbourne | 37 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Cronulla-Sutherland | 10 | 20 September – Sydney | 20 September – Sydney | 20 September – Sydney | | | | |
| | | | Cronulla-Sutherland | Cronulla-Sutherland | 26 | | | | |
| 14 September – Townsville | 14 September – Townsville | 14 September – Townsville | North Queensland | North Queensland | 18 | 27 September – Melbourne | 27 September – Melbourne | 27 September – Melbourne | | | |
| 5 | North Queensland | 28 | | | | Melbourne | Melbourne | 48 | |
| 8 | Newcastle | 16 | | | | Sydney | Sydney | 18 | 6 October – Sydney | 6 October – Sydney | 6 October – Sydney |
| | | | | | | | | | Melbourne | Melbourne | 6 |
| 15 September – Sydney | 15 September – Sydney | 15 September – Sydney | | | | 28 September – Sydney | 28 September – Sydney | 28 September – Sydney | Penrith | Penrith | 14 |
| 6 | Canterbury-Bankstown | 22 | | | | Penrith | Penrith | 26 | | |
| 7 | Manly Warringah | 24 | 21 September – Sydney | 21 September – Sydney | 21 September – Sydney | Cronulla-Sutherland | Cronulla-Sutherland | 6 | | |
| | | | Sydney | Sydney | 40 | | | | | | |
| 13 September – Sydney | 13 September – Sydney | 13 September – Sydney | Manly Warringah | Manly Warringah | 16 | | | | | |
| 2 | Penrith | 30 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Sydney | 10 | | | | | | | | |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Player Appearances

| FB=Fullback | W=Winger | C=Centre | FE=Five-Eighth | HB=Halfback | PR=Prop | H=Hooker | SR=Second Row | L=Lock | B=Bench | R=Reserve |
| No | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | F1 | F2 | F3 |
| 1 | Daniel Atkinson | FE (NSW) | FE (NSW) | FE (NSW) | B | – | – | FE (NSW) | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE (NSW) | HB (NSW) | FB (NSW) | W | FE | – | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | C | B | B | – | B |
| 2 | Jayden Berrell | H (NSW) | H (NSW) | H (NSW) | – | – | H (NSW) | – | H (NSW) | – | – | – | – | H (NSW) | H (NSW) | H (NSW) | H (NSW) | H (NSW) | – | H (NSW) | H (NSW) | B | FE (NSW) | B | B | – | H (NSW) | H (NSW) | H (NSW) | H (NSW) | H (NSW) |
| 3 | Blayke Brailey | H | H | H | H | – | H | H | H | H | HB | H | H | H | H | H | – | H | H | H | – | H | H | HB | HB | H | H | H | H | H | H |
| 4 | Billy Burns | SR (NSW) | SR (NSW) | B | B | – | SR (NSW) | SR (NSW) | SR (NSW) | SR (NSW) | SR (NSW) | SR (NSW) | SR (NSW) | SR (NSW) | – | SR (NSW) | SR (NSW) | SR (NSW) | – | SR (NSW) | SR (NSW) | SR (NSW) | SR (NSW) | B | B | – | SR (NSW) | SR (NSW) | SR (NSW) | SR (NSW) | SR (NSW) |
| 5 | Jesse Colquhoun | | | | | | | | | | | | | B (NSW) | PR (NSW) | B (NSW) | PR (NSW) | B (NSW) | L (NSW) | B | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Kade Dykes | | | | FE (NSW) | – | FB (NSW) | FB (NSW) | FB (NSW) | FB (NSW) | FB (NSW) | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Dale Finucane | B | B | B | | | | | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. | On 23 April, Finucane announced his immediate retirement from the NRL on medical grounds. |
| 8 | Michael Gabrael | C (JFC) | C (JFC) | C (JFC) | – | – | C (JFC) | C (JFC) | C (JFC) | C (JFC) | C (JFC) | – | – | – | – | – | – | C (JFC) | C (JFC) | C (JFC) | C (JFC) | – | C (JFC) | – | – | C (JFC) | – | C (JFC) | C (JFC) | C (JFC) | C (JFC) |
| 9 | Braden Hamlin-Uele | | | | | | PR (NSW) | B | B | B | B | – | – | B | – | B | PR (NSW) | PR (NSW) | PR (NSW) | B | PR (NSW) | B | B | – | B | B | B | PR (NSW) | PR (NSW) | PR (NSW) | PR (NSW) |
| 10 | Tuku Hau Tapuha | PR (NSW) | B | – | B | – | B | PR (NSW) | B | PR (NSW) | B | B | B | PR (NSW) | B | PR (NSW) | – | PR (NSW) | B | PR (NSW) | PR (NSW) | – | – | PR (NSW) | B | PR (NSW) | PR (NSW) | PR (NSW) | PR (NSW) | PR (NSW) | PR (NSW) |
| 11 | Tom Hazelton | B | B | B | PR | – | PR | PR | PR | PR | PR | PR | PR | PR | B | B | – | B | B | B | – | PR | | B | | B | B | B | B | B | B |
| 12 | Royce Hunt | PR | – | B | | | | PR (NSW) | PR (NSW) | PR (NSW) | B | B | B | B | B | B | – | B | PR | PR | – | PR (NSW) | PR | B | SR | B | B | PR | B | B | B |
| 13 | Nicho Hynes | HB | HB | HB | HB | – | HB | HB | HB | HB | | HB | HB | | – | HB | – | HB | HB | | | | | | | | FE | HB | HB | HB | HB |
| 14 | Kayal Iro | – | – | C (NSW) | C | – | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | – | C | C | C | – | C | C | C | | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| 15 | Sione Katoa | W | W | W | W | – | W | | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | – | W | | W | – | W | W | W | W | | W | W | W | W | W |
| 16 | Oregon Kaufusi | PR | PR | PR | PR | – | PR | PR | PR | PR | PR | PR | PR | PR | PR | PR | – | PR | PR | PR | – | PR | PR | PR | PR | PR | PR | – | PR | PR | PR |
| 17 | William Kennedy | FB | FB | FB | FB | – | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | – | FB | FB | FB | – | | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB |
| 18 | Cameron McInnes | L | L | L | L | – | L | L | L | L | H | L | L | | L | L | – | L | L | L | – | L | L | H | H | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| 19 | Ronaldo Mulitalo | W | W | W | W | – | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | – | W | W | W | – | W | | | W | | | W | W | W | W |
| 20 | Briton Nikora | SR | SR | | | – | SR | SR | SR | SR | SR | SR | SR | SR | SR | SR | – | SR | SR | SR | – | SR | SR | SR | SR | SR | SR | SR | SR | SR | SR |
| 21 | Jesse Ramien | C | C | C | C | – | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | – | C | C | C | – | C | C | C | C | C | | C | | C | |
| 22 | Toby Rudolf | B | PR | PR | | | B | B | | B | | | | B | PR | PR | – | PR | PR (NSW) | B | – | B | B | PR | PR | PR | PR | PR | PR | PR | PR |
| 23 | Sam Stonestreet | W (NSW) | W (NSW) | W (NSW) | W (NSW) | – | W (NSW) | W | W (NSW) | W (NSW) | W (NSW) | W (NSW) | W (NSW) | W (NSW) | W (NSW) | W (NSW) | W (NSW) | W (NSW) | | | – | – | W | W | – | W | W | W (NSW) | W (NSW) | W (NSW) | W (NSW) |
| 24 | Siosifa Talakai | C | C | C | SR | – | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | SR | SR | – | SR | SR | | – | B | B | SR | C | – | – | B | C | B | C |
| 25 | Siteni Taukamo | C (JFC) | C (JFC) | C (JFC) | FE (JFC) | – | C (JFC) | C (JFC) | C (JFC) | C (JFC) | W (JFC) | – | FB (JFC) | FB (JFC) | FB (JFC) | C (JFC) | C (JFC) | FB (JFC) | W (NSW) | W (NSW) | W (NSW) | FE (NSW) | W (NSW) | C (JFC) | C (JFC) | W (NSW) | W (NSW) | FB (JFC) | FB (JFC) | FB (JFC) | FB (JFC) |
| 26 | Niwhai Puru | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) | – | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) | – | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) | – | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) | HB (NSW) |
| 27 | Braydon Trindall | FE | FE | FE | FE | – | FE | FE | - | - | - | - | - | HB | HB | FE | – | FE | FE | HB | – | HB | HB | – | – | HB | HB | FE | FE | FE | FE |
| 28 | Jack Williams | B | B | SR | B | – | B | B | B | B | L | B | B | L | B | B | – | B | B | | | | B | L | L | B | B | B | B | B | B |
| 29 | Teig Wilton | SR | SR | SR | SR | – | SR | SR | SR | SR | SR | SR | SR | SR | | | | B | B | SR | – | SR | SR | | | SR | SR | SR | SR | SR | SR |
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| 29 | Max Bradbury | PR (JFC) | B (NSW) | PR (NSW) | PR (NSW) | – | PR (JFC) | PR (JFC) | – | PR (JFC) | PR (NSW) | PR (NSW) | PR (NSW) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | Dylan Coutts | SR (JFC) | SR (JFC) | SR (JFC) | SR (JFC) | – | SR (JFC) | SR (JFC) | SR (JFC) | SR (JFC) | SR (JFC) | – | SR (JFC) | SR (JFC) | SR (JFC) | SR (JFC) | SR (JFC) | SR (JFC) | SR (JFC) | SR (JFC) | SR (JFC) | – | L (JFC) | SR (JFC) | SR (JFC) | SR (JFC) | SR (JFC) | SR (JFC) | SR (JFC) | SR (JFC) | SR (JFC) |
| 31 | Mawene Hiroti | FB (NSW) | – | – | – | – | FE (NSW) | W (NSW) | FE (NSW) | C (NSW) | C (NSW) | C (NSW) | – | C (NSW) | – | C (NSW) | C (NSW) | C (NSW) | | | | | | C (NSW) | – | W | – | – | – | C (NSW) | C (NSW) |
| 32 | Liam Ison | FB (JFC) | FB (JFC) | FB (NSW) | FB (NSW) | – | FB (JFC) | FB (JFC) | FB (JFC) | FB (JFC) | FB (JFC) | FB (NSW) | FB (NSW) | FB (NSW) | FB (NSW) | FB (NSW) | FB (NSW) | – | FB (NSW) | FB (NSW) | – | FB | FB (NSW) | FB (NSW) | – | – | FB (NSW) | FB (NSW) | FB (NSW) | FB (NSW) | FB (NSW) |

## Representative Honours

| Player | All Stars match |
| Michael Gabrael | New South Wales U19 Origin |
| Nicho Hynes | Indigenous All Stars |
| Nicho Hynes | New South Wales Origin Game 1 |
| Cameron McInnes | New South Wales Origin Game 1 |
| Briton Nikora | Maori All Stars |
| Braydon Trindall | Indigenous All Stars |
| Sione Katoa | Tonga |

## Awards
### Sharks Awards Night

Were presented on Thursday 3 October 2024 at Doltone House Sylvania.
* Porter Gallen Medal and Pontifex Player of the Year: Blayke Brailey
* NRLW Player of the Year: Tiana Penitani
* Tommy Bishop Players Player: Jesse Ramien
* NRLW Player's Player: Quincy Dodd and Brooke Anderson
* Steve Rogers Rookie of the Year: Kayal Iro
* NRLW Rookie of the Year: Georgia Hannaway
* Members Player of the Year: Daniel Atkinson and Tiana Penitani
* Sharks Have Heart Community Award: Nicho Hynes, Max Bradbury and Emma Tonegato
* Iron Man: Blayke Brailey
* Andrew Ettingshausen Club Person of the Year: Tony Grimaldi
* Education Excellence: Jesse Colquhoun, Samuel McCulloch and Tiana Penitani
* Jersey Flegg - Gavin Miller Player of the Year: Samuel McCulloch
* Jersey Flegg - Greg Pierce Players Player: Felix Faatili

### Women's Awards Night

Were held on Wednesday 15 May at Sharks at Kareela.
* Female Pathways Player of the Year: Felila Fakalelu
* Tarsha Gale Coaches Award: Joy Levy
* Tarsha Gale Player's Player of the Year: Koreti Leilua and Tia-Jordyn Vasilovski
* Tarsha Gale Player of the Year: Stephanie Faulkner
* Lisa Fiaola Coaches Award: Charlotte Hall
* Lisa Fiaola Players' Player: Felila Fakalelu
* Lisa Fiaola Player of the Year: Felila Fakalelu

### Junior Rep Awards Night

Were presented on Tuesday 14th May.
* Junior Rep Player of the Year: Thomas Dellow
* Harold Matthews Cup Player of the Year: Thomas Dellow
* Harold Matthews Cup Coaches Award: Thomas Dellow
* Harold Matthews Cup Players' Player: Thomas Dellow
* SG Ball Player of the Year: Jai Davies
* SG Ball Coaches Award: Pharrell Gray
* SG Ball Players' Player: Max McCarthy

### Other awards

* Preston Campbell Medal: Braydon Trindall
* Ken Stephen Medal: Nicho Hynes
* NRLW Captain of the Year: Tiana Penitani