{"id":880900,"date":"2026-09-05T12:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/880900\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T12:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:16:12","slug":"nrl-news-2026-sharks-vs-storm-result-siulagi-tuimalatu-brown-stretchered-off-michael-gabrael-ronaldo-mulitalo-sin-bins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/880900\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL news 2026: Sharks vs Storm result, Siulagi Tuimalatu-Brown stretchered off, Michael Gabrael, Ronaldo Mulitalo sin bins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sharks<\/a> coach Craig Fitzgibbon would\u2019ve done well not to punch another monitor<\/a> after his side went down to 11-men in a fiery start against Melbourne<\/a> before losing in the final seconds. <\/p>\n

The first sin bin came in the fifth minute when Michael Gabrael hit Storm winger Siulagi Tuimalatu-Brown high. <\/p>\n

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Siulagi Tuimalatu-Brown is stretchered off the field.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

Tuimalatu-Brown had to be stretchered off the field after the incident, before Gabrael was given a 10-minute punishment. <\/p>\n

On Nine\u2019s coverage, Brad Fittler was asked if Gabrael was lucky it wasn\u2019t a send-off. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s absolutely fortunate,\u201d was Fittler\u2019s blunt reply. <\/p>\n

Tuimalatu-Brown was conscious in the sheds after the incident, with Melbourne considering a hospital visit to assess any nerve damage.<\/p>\n

Four minutes later, Ronaldo Mulitalo had a brain explosion and hurt his side with another sin bin.<\/p>\n

The Sharks winger had run into a melee after the Storm were penalised for contact on kicker Riley Pollard. <\/p>\n

Harry Grant was the man in trouble for late contact before Mulitalo ran from his wing to strike him across the face. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019d want to be really careful, he\u2019s got a final to play next week as well,\u201d Billy Slater said. <\/p>\n

Referee Todd Smith then lectured Mulitalo and his captain Cameron McInnes, saying they had the penalty until the Sharks winger ran from a distance before putting him in the bin. <\/p>\n

\u201cI hope there\u2019s a couple of spare monitors up there for Craig Fitzgibbon tonight,\u201d Slater laughed. <\/p>\n

After the sin bins, Melbourne went out to a 12-0 lead through tries for Hugo Peel and Sua Fa\u2019alogo.<\/p>\n

On Cronulla\u2019s Old Boys Day, the Sharks didn\u2019t go away and ended up with a half-time lead of 18-12. <\/p>\n

The Storm also had an injury blow with Jahrome Hughes going off with a hamstring problem late in the first half. The injury will be a big watch for Hughes ahead of New Zealand\u2019s World Cup campaign. <\/p>\n

Following the break, the Storm levelled it up with a try to Alec MacDonald. In the 61st minute, Cronulla went ahead 20-18 through a penalty goal. <\/p>\n

The score stayed that way until the final seconds when Melbourne continually threw the ball around. Grant eventually broke the line and threw a flick pass to Trent Loiero, who beat one defender to score the late winner. <\/p>\n

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The Storm celebrate their late winner. \u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a way to finish your season,\u201d Slater said. <\/p>\n

Among the concerns with Gabrael and Mulitalo, the Sharks will also await to see how Addin Fonua-Blake is punished for a hip-drop tackle. <\/p>\n

The Sharks will play the Cowboys next weekend in the first week of finals. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sharks coach Craig Fitzgibbon would\u2019ve done well not to punch another monitor after his side went down to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-880900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880900","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=880900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}