Dragons captain Ben Hunt , Panthers fullback Dylan Edwards , Bulldogs hooker Jeremy Marshall-King and Raiders trio Joe Tapine , Curtis Scott and Jarrod Croker were also among the big-name casualties so far this weekend.Canberra had one man on the bench for 60 minutes in their defeat to the Warriors earlier on Saturday. In their situation, the Sharks underwent a major reshuffle with Connor Tracey, who started the game as a makeshift centre, switching to fullback after Kennedy was ruled out.
The match started well for the visitors with Kennedy smoothly tipping on for Katoa to open his try-scoring account for 2021, but the Eels quickly struck back. The Sharks defended courageously and repeatedly repelled Parramatta despite obvious fatigue until Ferguson cleaned up the dregs from a Smith bomb to collect his first double since round 15, 2019 – celebrating with a back flip.