The 2018 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the 52nd in
the club's history. Coached by
Shane Flanagan
Shane Flanagan (born 2 December 1965) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach, and was the Head Coach of the Cronulla Sutherland Sharks. He was appointed assistant coach of NRL team Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in 2006 and was ...
and captained by
Paul Gallen
Paul Gallen (born 14 August 1981) is an Australian professional boxer and former professional rugby league footballer who played as a and forward and captained the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL to their maiden NRL Premiership in 2016 ...
and
Wade Graham
Wade Graham (born 25 October 1990) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er for and captains the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL. He has played for at international level.
Graham previously played for the Penrith Pan ...
, they competed in the
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...
's
2018 Telstra Premiership.
Fixtures
Pre-season
Regular season
Finals Series
Ladder
Squad
Player movements
Source:
Losses
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Gerard Beale ''to''
New Zealand Warriors
The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as ...
*
Jack Bird ''to''
Brisbane Broncos
The Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Football Club Ltd., commonly referred to as the Broncos, is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in April 1987, the Broncos play in Australia's elite com ...
*
Fa'amanu Brown ''to''
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facili ...
*
Manaia Cherrington ''to''
New Zealand Warriors
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(mid-season)
*
Jordan Drew ''to''
Townsville Blackhawks
The Townsville & Districts Blackhawks are an Australian semi-professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Queensland's top rugby league competition, the Queensland Cup. The club was admitted to the ...
(mid-season)
*
Chris Heighington
Christopher Heighington (born 14 January 1982) is a former professional rugby league footballer. An English international, Country New South Wales and NRL All Stars representative, his positions were and . He played for the Wests Tigers and ...
''to''
Newcastle Knights
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*
Malakai Houma Malakai may refer to:
People
*Variant spelling of the name of the Hebrew prophet Malachi
* Malakai Black (born 1985), ring name of Dutch professional wrestler Tom Büdgen
*Malakai Fakatoufifita, styled Lord Tuʻilakepa, Tongan noble, politician, a ...
''to''
Newtown Jets
The Newtown Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west. They currently compete in the NSW Cup competition, having left the top grade after the 1983 NSWRFL season. The Jets' home groun ...
*
Jaimin Jolliffe ''to''
Newtown Jets
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*
Jeremy Latimore ''to''
St George Illawarra Dragons
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*
James Maloney ''to''
Penrith Panthers
The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the NRL. The team is based west of the centre of Sydney, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Penri ...
*
Jayden McDonogh ''to''
Newtown Jets
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*
Daniel Mortimer
Daniel Mortimer (born 13 June 1989) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a or for the Leigh Centurions in the Betfred Championship. He previously played for the Parramatta Eels, Gold Coast Titans, Syd ...
''to''
Leigh Centurions
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The club was founded in 1878, and is one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern ...
(mid season)
*
Sam Tagataese ''to''
Brisbane Broncos
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*
Jayden Walker ''to''
Penrith Panthers
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*
Tony Williams ''to''
Parramatta Eels
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The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and thei ...
Gains
*
Josh Dugan
Joshua Dugan (born 10 May 1990) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a and for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL and Australia at international level.
He previously played for the Canberra ...
''from''
St George Illawarra Dragons
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*
Aaron Gray ''from''
South Sydney Rabbitohs
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*
Trent Hodkinson
Trent Hodkinson (born 31 August 1988) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a in the NRL.
He played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in two separate spells, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Newcastle ...
''from''
Newcastle Knights
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*
Matt Moylan ''from''
Penrith Panthers
The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the NRL. The team is based west of the centre of Sydney, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Penri ...
*
James Segeyaro ''from''
Leeds Rhinos
The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club was formed in 1870 as Leeds St John's and play in the Super League, the top tier of English rugby league. They have played home matches at Head ...
(mid-season)
*
Ava Seumanufagai ''from''
Wests Tigers
The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football team, based in the Inner West and South West Sydney. They have competed in the National Rugby League since being formed at the end of the 1999 NRL season as a joint-venture ...
*
Scott Sorensen ''from''
Canberra Raiders
The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby ...
*
Braden Uele ''from''
North Queensland Cowboys
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Sinc ...
Representative honours
The following players have played a first grade representative match in 2018. (C) = Captain
Squad statistics
Statistics Source:
Statistics current as of Round 25
References
{{2018 in rugby league
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks seasons
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season