{"id":825193,"date":"2026-07-26T15:58:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T15:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/825193\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T15:58:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T15:58:24","slug":"cronulla-sharks-win-big-at-stuttering-manly-sea-eagles-total-rugby-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/825193\/","title":{"rendered":"Cronulla Sharks win big at stuttering Manly Sea Eagles \u2013 Total Rugby League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalrl.com\/cronulla-sharks-win-big-at-stuttering-manly-sea-eagles\/\" title=\"Permanent Link to Cronulla Sharks win big at stuttering Manly Sea Eagles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"675\" height=\"360\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" class=\"bestwp-post-thumbnail-single wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/81921888_HynesN-260726_AKK_4667_2026726164246-crop-675x360.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MANLY SEA EAGLES 12 CRONULLA SHARKS 48<br \/>STEPHEN IBBETSON, 4 Pines Park, Sunday<\/p>\n<p>CRONULLA cemented their top-four place with a Nicho Hynes-inspired victory over a Manly side whose finals hopes have taken another hit.<\/p>\n<p>Hynes scored 20 points with a try and conversions of all eight Manly touchdowns, another couple of which he assisted.<\/p>\n<p>While the Sharks sit pretty, a fourth straight defeat for Manly \u2013 and their heaviest of the season \u2013 presents Kieran Foran with his biggest challenge yet as coach.<\/p>\n<p>A poor tackling performance was epitomised by two missed efforts in an eleventh-minute Ronaldo Mulitalo break, from which Teig Wilton crossed.<\/p>\n<p>Will Kennedy then dived on an Oregon Kaufusi offload on the end of a sweet improvised passage of play.<\/p>\n<p>While Tolutau Koula hit back for Manly, Cronulla swiftly re-established their dominance as Braydon Trindall passed over the top for Mulitalo.<\/p>\n<p>Hynes crashed over for his try then Sione Katoa made it 30-6 at half-time.<\/p>\n<p>Early in the second half, Mulitalo had acres of space to receive a bullet pass from Hynes, who then set up a Siosifa Talakai try with a skilful break.<\/p>\n<p>KL Iro touched down a Kennedy kick for the final Sharks try before Joey Walsh snuck through for a late consolation and Jamal Foagrty kicked his second goal.<\/p>\n<p>SEA EAGLES: 1 Lehi Hopoate, 2 Jason Saab, 3 Josh Feledy, 4 Reuben Garrick, 5 Tolutau Koula, 6 Joey Walsh, 7 Jamal Fogarty, 8 Teniela Paseka, 14 Nicholas Lenaz, 10 Simione Laifai, 11 Haumole Olakua\u2019atu, 12 Ben Trbojevic, 13 Jake Trbojevic. Subs: 9 Jake Simpkin, 15 Nathan Brown, 16 Kobe Hetherington, 17 Ethan Bullemor, 19 Blake Wilson (not used), 20 Onitoni Large (not used)<\/p>\n<p>Tries: Koula (22), Walsh (74); Goals: Fogarty 2\/2<\/p>\n<p>SHARKS: 1 Will Kennedy, 2 Sione Katoa, 3 Jesse Ramien, 4 KL Iro, 5 Ronaldo Mulitalo, 6 Braydon Trindall, 7 Nicho Hynes, 14 Jesse Colquhoun, 9 Blayke Brailey, 17 Oregon Kaufusi, 11 Briton Nikora, 12 Teig Wilton, 13 Cameron McInnes. Subs: 8 Addin Fonua-Blake, 15 Billy Burns, 16 Siosifa Talakai, 18 Hohepa Puru, 19 Tuku Hau Tapuha (not used), 20 Mawene Hiroti (not used)<\/p>\n<p>Tries: Wilton (11), Kennedy (16), Mulitalo (27, 44), Hynes (35), Katoa (38), Talakai (51), Iro (66); Goals: Hynes 8\/8<\/p>\n<p>SCORING SEQUENCE: 0-6, 0-12, 6-12, 6-18, 6-24, 6-30; 6-36, 6-42, 6-48, 12-48<\/p>\n<p>Rugby Leaguer &amp; League Express Men of the Match<br \/>Sea Eagles: Lehi Hopoate; Sharks: Nicho Hynes<\/p>\n<p>Penalty count: 4-3; Half-time: 6-30; Referee: Grant Atkins; Attendance: 17,126<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MANLY SEA EAGLES 12 CRONULLA SHARKS 48STEPHEN IBBETSON, 4 Pines Park, Sunday CRONULLA cemented their top-four place with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":825194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-825193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/825194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}