It was a well-earned victory last weekend when the Jersey Flegg Sharks held on to beat the Bulldogs, one which has kept the young Cronulla side well in the hunt for one of the five Finals places on offer in the under-21 competition.
The Sharks built up a nice lead against the Bulldogs only to be forced to defend grimly late in the contest to secure the 26-24 win however now heading into the business end of the season will be looking for a strong follow-up performance when they host the Victorian Thunderbolts at PointsBet Stadium on Thursday.
The Flegg Sharks have already played the Thunderbolts on one previous occasion in 2022, the Cronulla team sneaking home 22-20 in the round 11 match played at Casey Fields in Melbourne.
For the Sharks young front rower Lachlan Crouch has been retained after a solid first up effort, the Club’s SG Ball Player of the Year getting through a mountain of work in his debut appearance in the Flegg competition.
While the Sharks come into the round 17 match on the back of a win, the Thunderbolts were soundly beaten by 44-22 by the Manly Sea Eagles at their most recent outing.
The Sharks v Victoria match is scheduled for a 5.35pm kick-off at PointsBet Stadium as the curtain-raiser to the Sharks v Storm NRL clash.
See below the Sharks team list.
Jersey Flegg Team List
Round 17
Sharks v Thunderbolts
Thursday, July 7
PointsBet Stadium
Kick-off – 5.35pm
1 Kane Ball
2 Tom Rodwell
3 Jordan Samrani
4 Noah Lester
5 Samuel Stonestreet
6 Manaia Waitere
7 Ryan Rivett
8 Toby Boothroyd
9 Samuel Healey
10 Lachlan Crouch
11 Kai Parker ©
12 Kyle Pickering
13 Blake Hosking
Interchange
14 Alec Brennan
15 Joshua Finau
16 Trentham Petersen
17 Jake Biggs
18 Toataua Porima
19 Cody Fuz
20 Lachlan Crossle