4 Pines Park will play host to Sunday's Round 11 NRL game between Manly Sea Eagles and Cronulla Sharks. The game kicks off at 4:05 pm with Cronulla Sharks heading into the game as favourites with the bookmakers. Continue reading for our in-depth preview of the Manly Sea Eagles vs. Cronulla Sharks game and give you our free tips and bets.
When: Sunday May 14, 2023 at 4:05 pm
Where: 4 Pines Park
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Manly Sea Eagles vs Cronulla Sharks Preview
Crunch time for Manly Sea Eagles at home as they seek to avoid a third straight loss.
But their task shapes as a difficult one against the heavyweight Cronulla Sharks, who will be fired up to respond to a heavy Magic Round defeat.
Manly fell out of the Top 8 for the first time this season after meek defeats to the Titans at home (26-10) and the Broncos in Magic Round (32-6).
Jake Trbojevic’s loss is being keenly felt, brother Tom is still firing well below capacity and the side is lacking a playmaking option besides Daly Cherry-Evans.
Out-of-sorts and out of shape Josh Schuster has been named in the reserves but a late-call-up appears unlikely. The Sea Eagles’ named 17 is unchanged.
The Sharks arrived in Brisbane second on the ladder and on a three-game march, having destroyed the Cowboys 44-6 in Round 9.
But they were caught on their heels by an effervescent Dolphins outfit in a 36-16 defeat.
Cronulla was already 30-0 down before getting on the scoreboard, the game as good as over.
The Sharks won the yardage battle and made more line-breaks, but uncustomary errors and sloppy defence plagued their performance.
After dominating the rivalry with 18 wins in the archrivals’ last 21 clashes, the Sharks chalked up convincing wins at home (34-22) – with Siosifa Talakai producing an astonishing first-half display – and at Manly (40-6) in 2022.
If there’s anything close to a certainty in Round 11, it’s Cronulla bouncing back hard.
The Sharks are yet to lose consecutive regular-season games under Craig Fitzgibbon, while Seibold’s Sea Eagles are more than a couple of tweaks away from competing with the NRL’s big dogs.
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Head To Head Bet
We're tipping Cronulla Sharks to win at $1.55 odds.
First Try Scorer
First Try Scorer: William Kennedy at $11.
Manly Sea Eagles vs Cronulla Sharks Teams
Sea Eagles team: 1. Tom Trbojevic 2. Jason Saab 3. Brad Parker 4. Tolutau Koula 5. Reuben Garrick 6. Cooper Johns 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Taniela Paseka 9. Lachlan Croker 10. Sean Keppie 11. Haumole Olakau’atu 12. Kelma Tuilagi 13. Josh Aloiai 14. Karl Lawton 15. Ben Trbojevic 16. Ethan Bullemor 17. Aaron Woods 18. Kaeo Weekes 19. Ray Tuaimalo-Vaega 20. Morgan Harper 21. Samuela Fainu 22. Josh Schuster
Sharks team: 1. William Kennedy 2. Sione Katoa 3. Jesse Ramien 4. Siosifa Talakai 5. Ronaldo Mulitalo 6. Matt Moylan 7. Nicho Hynes 8. Oregon Kaufusi 9. Blayke Brailey 10. Royce Hunt 11. Briton Nikora 12. Teig Wilton 13. Dale Finucane 14. Cameron McInnes 15. Jack Williams 16. Wade Graham 17. Thomas Hazelton 18. Braydon Trindall 19. Connor Tracey 20. Jesse Colquhoun 21. Mawene Hiroti 22. Jayden Berrell