Cronulla scraped into eighth position and extended their streak of playing finals footy to six years in 2020; a pass mark after another challenging season.
As their playmaking magician watched from afar, Cronulla bowed out in week one of the finals against the Raiders.They were hardly alone, but the Sharks didn't enjoy much home familiarity. With PointsBet Stadium being rebuilt, they were forced to play at Netstrata Jubilee Oval in Kogarah. Then after the COVID-19 break, Cronulla played out of Bankwest Stadium for a period.
Cronulla were strong finishers too, according to the stats, with 23 tries in the final 20 minutes of matches.Their attack was strong, but the Sharks' defence negated that. They conceded one more try than they scored. Concerningly, they ranked 11th in this metric and conceded 14 more tries than South Sydney, who were the next-worst top-eight team defensively.
Ramien threw 24 offloads from which his teammates made 167.7 metres. Explosive prop Braden Hamlin-Uele , winger Sione Katoa and Andrew Fifita also started plenty of second-phase play.Much was made of the Sharks' goal-kicking in 2019 after missed conversions cost them several wins and most likely a top-four berth.
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