2018 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season

The 2018 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the 52nd in the club's history. Coached by Shane Flanagan and captained by Paul Gallen and Wade Graham, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2018 Telstra Premiership.

Fixtures

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Cro.	Opp.	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Report
9 March	1		1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville	Loss	14	20	Dugan, Segeyaro	Townsend 3/3
15 March	2	St George Illawarra Dragons	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Loss	16	20	Bukuya, Feki	Townsend 4/4
24 March	3	Parramatta Eels	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	Win	14	4	Townsend	Townsend 5/5
30 March	4	Melbourne Storm	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Win	14	4	Lee	Townsend 5/5
6 April	5	Sydney Roosters	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Loss	10	28	Holmes	Townsend 1/3
13 April	6	St George Illawarra Dragons	WIN Stadium, Sydney	Loss	20	40	Brailey, Lee, Holmes, Leutele	Townsend 2/4
22 April	7	Penrith Panthers	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Win	26	22	Ramien, Holmes, Sorensen	Townsend 5/6
28 April	8	Gold Coast Titans	Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast	Win	10	9	Holmes, Lee	Townsend 0/2	Townsend 2/2
5 May	9	Parramatta Eels	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Win	22	20	Feki, Townsend, Lee	Townsend 3/5
13 May	10	Canberra Raiders	GIO Stadium, Canberra	Win	24	16	Holmes, Williams, Feki	Townsend 4/5
20 May	11	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Win	22	16	Lee, Holmes, Ramien, Matt Prior	Townsend 3/4
27 May	12	Newcastle Knights	McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle	Win	48	10	Holmes, Ramien, Brailey, Dugan, Lee, Lewis	Townsend 6/10
1 June	13	South Sydney Rabbitohs	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	Loss	14	22	Ramien, Katoa	Townsend 3/3
10 June	14	Wests Tigers	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Win	24	16	Gallen, Holmes, Lee, Ramien	Townsend 4/5
16 June	15	Brisbane Broncos	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Loss	16	20	Ramien, Leutele, Graham	Townsend 2/3
29 June	16	New Zealand Warriors	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	18	15	Lee, Ramien	Townsend 3/5
	17	Bye
13 July	18	Penrith Panthers	Panthers Stadium, Sydney	Win	24	12	Holmes, Katoa, Moylan	Townsend 4/4
20 July	19	Canberra Raiders	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Win	28	24	Fifita, Leutele, Holmes, Graham, Katoa	Townsend 4/6
26 July	20	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	Loss	10	12	Holmes	Townsend 1/2
5 August	21	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Loss	32	33	Graham, Holmes, Moylan, Ramien, Woods	Holmes 6/7
	22	Melbourne Storm	AAMI Park, Melbourne	Win	17	14	Brailey, Holmes, Dugan	Holmes 2/3	Townsend 1/1
	23	North Queensland Cowboys	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Win	28	16	Lewis, Townsend, Fifita, Dugan, Bukuya	Holmes 4/5
	24	Newcastle Knights	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Win	38	12	Lee, Dugan, Feki, Holmes, Townsend	Holmes4/5, Lee 1/1
	25	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	Win	30	18	Feki, Capewell, Fifita, Dugan, Holmes	Holmes 3/6

Finals Series

Date	Week	Opponent	Venue	Result	Cro.	Opp.	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Report
8 September	1		Allianz Stadium, Sydney	Loss	12	21	Feki, Lee	Holmes 2/3
14 September	2	Penrith Panthers	Allianz Stadium, Sydney	Win	21	20	Townsend, Holmes, Lewis	Holmes 4/5	Townsend 1/1
14 September	2	Melbourne Storm	AAMI Park, Melbourne	Loss	6	22	Lewis	Holmes 1/1

Player movements

Source:
Losses

Gerard Beale to New Zealand Warriors
Jack Bird to Brisbane Broncos
Fa'amanu Brown to Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Manaia Cherrington to New Zealand Warriors
Jordan Drew to Townsville Blackhawks
Chris Heighington to Newcastle Knights
Malakai Houma to Newtown Jets
Jaimin Jolliffe to Newtown Jets
Jeremy Latimore to St George Illawarra Dragons
James Maloney to Penrith Panthers
Jayden McDonogh to Newtown Jets
Daniel Mortimer to Leigh Centurions
Sam Tagataese to Brisbane Broncos
Jayden Walker to Penrith Panthers
Tony Williams to Parramatta Eels

Gains

Josh Dugan from St George Illawarra Dragons
Aaron Gray from South Sydney Rabbitohs
Trent Hodkinson from Newcastle Knights
Matt Moylan from Penrith Panthers
James Segeyaro from Leeds Rhinos
Ava Seumanufagai from Wests Tigers
Scott Sorensen from Canberra Raiders
Braden Uele from North Queensland Cowboys

Representative honours

The following players have played a first grade representative match in 2018. = Captain

Player	State of Origin 1	2018 Pacific Rugby League Tests	State of Origin 2	State of Origin 3	International Rugby League tests
Valentine Holmes	Queensland	-	Queensland	Queensland	Australia
James Segeyaro	-	Papua New Guinea	—	—	—
Joseph Paulo	-	Samoa	—	—	—
Andrew Fifita	-	Tonga	—	—	Tonga
Matt Prior	-	-	New South Wales	—	—
Aaron Woods	-	-	-	-	Australia

Squad statistics

Statistics Source:
Statistics current as of Round 25

Name	App	T	G	FG	Pts
	23	3	0	0	12
	18	2	0	0	8
	17	1	0	0	4
	5	0	0	0	0
	13	6	0	0	24
	13	7	0	0	28
	23	3	0	0	12
	20	1	0	0	4
	17	3	0	0	12
	1	0	0	0	0
	4	0	0	0	0
	23	21	21	0	126
	9	3	0	0	12
	16	11	1	0	46
	23	3	0	0	12
	13	2	0	0	8
	21	2	0	0	8
	20	0	0	0	0
	24	1	0	0	4
	18	10	0	0	40
	23	1	0	0	4
	13	0	0	0	0
	12	1	0	0	4
	24	4	62	3	143
	1	0	0	0	0
	4	1	0	0	4
	9	1	0	0	4
	1	0	0	0	0
28 Players used	—	87	84	3	519