It was a win built on a courageous second half defensive effort as the Sharks held off the Sydney Roosters to book their place in the Matthews Cup Grand Final.
Reduced to 12-players for the 10 of the last 11 minutes of the match, the Sharks showed great resolve to maintain their two-point advantage and claim the 14-12 win, setting up a clash with the Western Suburbs Magpies to decide the 2022 NSW Under-17 champions.
The Magpies, who finished as minor premiers, qualified for the Grand Final with an overtime victory over the Canberra Raiders.
The Sharks were fourth after the regular season, before wins over the Eels and Roosters to qualify for a Grand Final match-up scheduled for Saturday at CommBank Stadium in Parramatta.
The game is set to kick off at 12.45pm as the second of three junior rep Grand Finals at CommBank, with the Tarsha Gale Cup match at 11am, followed by the SG Ball decider at 2.30pm.
See below the Sharks team list
Matthews Cup Team List
Grand Final
Sharks v Magpies
Saturday, April 30
CommBank Stadium
Kick-off – 12.45pm
1 Chevy Stewart ©
2 Kurt Montgomery
3 Albert Litisoni
4 Richard Whalebone
5 Tanner Featherstone
6 Ashton Simmonds
7 Bryce Sait
8 Lachlan Araullo
9 Blake Woodger
10 Jai Davies
11 Joshua Sidoti
12 Max McCarthy
13 Alex Challenor
14 Lochi McMartin-Catlett
15 Charnze Enoka
16 Alex McFadden
17 Lama Afu
18 Jayze Tuigamala
19 Villiami Hikila
20 Jasper Catton
21 Chris Christodoulou
22 Nicholas Pantelis