@valentineholmes1 off to the races! Defuse the bomb ✅ Beat two defender ✅ Run 78 metres ✅ Score under the posts ✅ Make it look effortless ✅ . . Repost: @nrl #NRL #rugbyleague #sharks #upupcronulla #cronulla #theshire #nrlraiderssharks

@valentineholmes1’s line break, right foot step and one-handed off leads to a great try. . . Repost: @nrl #NRLSharkEels #NRL #sharks #upupcronulla #rugbyleague #cronullasharks #cronulla

@valentineholmes1 with the dynamite pickup and finish 👌. . . Repost: @nrl #NRLSharksRoosters #NRL #Sharks #UpUpCronulla #Cronulla

The Cowboys haven’t played in a finals match without Johnathan Thurston since their inaugural post-season campaign in 2004. The team has fought bravely to go 8-9 without their talisman this year, but they won only six of their previous 19 when Thurston wasn’t there. In the seven seasons that current finals format has been employed (ie. 1-4 and 5-8 splitting off in week one), the eighth-place team has never beaten the fifth-place side. The Cowboys came desperately close in 2013 when they were edged 20-18 by the @CronullaSharks – their opponents this weekend – in a wildly controversial qualifying final exit. - #NRL #RugbyLeague #UpUpCronulla #Flashback #Throwback #WBW #WindbackWednesday #NRLFinals

They played Origin??? On our website we have a piece on 17 players whose brief time in the Origin spotlight you may struggle to remember. 17. Phil Bailey. @CronullaSharks centre/backrower Phil Bailey’s period in the rep limelight was brief but successful. Virtually unknown prior to the 2003 season, the former Northern Eagles utility was a bolter on the Blues’ bench and played all three matches of their 2-1 series success. He was then picked in the injury-hit Kangaroo Tour squad and played two Tests of the series whitewash of Great Britain, but was overlooked by @NSWRL1908 and Australia thereafter. #NRL #RugbyLeague #Origin #UpTheBlues #Flashback #Throwback #TBT #UpUpCronulla