Sharks too good
The Sharks beat the Warriors 36–22 at Ocean Protect Stadium in front of 13,112 in Round 5. They led 24–10 at half-time and never looked back.
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak scored 3 tries and William Kennedy scored 2 tries. Nicholas Hynes (Sharks) was the standout with 78 fantasy points and 146 run metres. The Sharks won the metres battle 1,838 to 1,651.
Our Final Tip had the Sharks at 61% (a Lean) and got it right.
Sharks
WLLWW
Warriors
LWWWL
Game flow
Sharks · above
Warriors · below
Show scoring as a table
| Min | Team | Player | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5' | Warriors | Dallin Watene-Zelezniak | Try | 0–4 |
| 8' | Warriors | Tanah Boyd | Penalty goal | 0–6 |
| 13' | Sharks | William Kennedy | Try | 4–6 |
| 15' | Sharks | Nicholas Hynes | Conversion | 6–6 |
| 17' | Sharks | William Kennedy | Try | 10–6 |
| 18' | Sharks | Nicholas Hynes | Conversion | 12–6 |
| 24' | Sharks | KL Iro | Try | 16–6 |
| 25' | Sharks | Nicholas Hynes | Conversion | 18–6 |
| 27' | Warriors | Dallin Watene-Zelezniak | Try | 18–10 |
| 33' | Sharks | Billy Burns | Try | 22–10 |
| 35' | Sharks | Nicholas Hynes | Conversion | 24–10 |
| 42' | Warriors | Dallin Watene-Zelezniak | Try | 24–14 |
| 43' | Warriors | Tanah Boyd | Conversion | 24–16 |
| 50' | Sharks | Teig Wilton | Try | 28–16 |
| 51' | Sharks | Nicholas Hynes | Conversion | 30–16 |
| 63' | Sharks | Siosifa Talakai | Try | 34–16 |
| 65' | Sharks | Nicholas Hynes | Conversion | 36–16 |
| 76' | Warriors | Erin Clark | Try | 36–20 |
| 76' | Warriors | Tanah Boyd | Conversion | 36–22 |
Team stats
Better on the day
SharksWarriors
49%
Possession
51%
80%
Completion rate
76%
1,838
Run metres
1,651
541
Post-contact metres
519
9
Line breaks
3
34
Tackle breaks
26
10
Offloads
14
605
Kick metres
619
87.4%
Effective tackle %
86.2%
26
Missed tackles
34
12
Errors
12
10
Penalties conceded
1
| CRO | NZW | |
|---|---|---|
| Six-again (ruck) | ||
| Dangerous Tackle | ||
| Early Tackle | ||
| Offside General | ||
| Offside inside 10m | ||
| Ball Strip | ||
| Total | 11 | 3 |
Positional battles
Combined numbers per position group · more fantasy points takes the battle
Fullbacks
CRO 68-41
Kennedy
Tuaupiki
154
Run metres
111
59
Kick return metres
32
6
Tackle breaks
3
2
Line breaks
0
Halves
CRO 111-72
Trindall, Hynes
Metcalf, Boyd
3
Try assists
0
4
Line-break assists
0
593
Kick metres
612
4
Errors
2
Hookers
NZW 64-49
Brailey
Egan
40
Tackles
40
38
Run metres
94
127
Passes
83
0
Errors
0
Middles
NZW 138-109
Fonua-Blake, Rudolf, Colquhoun
Fisher-Harris, Ford, Clark
253
Run metres
383
109
Post-contact metres
158
82
Tackles
77
5
Missed tackles
5
Back row
CRO 115-66
Burns, Wilton
Halasima, Laban
182
Run metres
119
4
Tackle breaks
3
78
Tackles
47
5
Missed tackles
4
Outside backs
CRO 152-138
Katoa, Ramien, Iro, Stonestreet
Watene-Zelezniak, Nicoll-Klokstad, Pompey, Tuivasa-Sheck
703
Run metres
498
3
Line breaks
2
1
Tries
3
6
Errors
7
Best performers
CRO
Nicholas Hynes
78
CRO
William Kennedy
68
NZW
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
66
NZW
Wayde Egan
64
CRO
Billy Burns
64
CRO
Kayal Iro
54
NZW
Erin Clark
53
NZW
Leka Halasima
53
Show performers as a table
| Player | Team | Fantasy | Run m | Tackle breaks | Line breaks | Tries | Try assists | Tackles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Hynes | Sharks | 78 | 146 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| William Kennedy | Sharks | 68 | 154 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Dallin Watene-Zelezniak | Warriors | 66 | 188 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Wayde Egan | Warriors | 64 | 94 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Billy Burns | Sharks | 64 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 |
| Kayal Iro | Sharks | 54 | 175 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| Erin Clark | Warriors | 53 | 121 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Leka Halasima | Warriors | 53 | 94 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
Head-to-head
2025 R14Sharks home
CRO
10
40
NZW
Warriors by 30
2024 R26Sharks home
CRO
28
30
NZW
Warriors by 2
2024 R1Warriors home
CRO
16
12
NZW
Sharks by 4
2023 R20Warriors home
CRO
12
44
NZW
Warriors by 32
2023 R5Sharks home
CRO
30
32
NZW
Warriors by 2
How we tipped it
Chance each model gave the Sharks · right of 50% = tipped the winner
Generated automatically from nrl.com match data and our own models · 2026-09-25 05:16:09 UTC