2004 NRL Telstra Premiership

Round 25

Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 28 lost to Melbourne Storm 36

2004 NRL Telstra Premiership
Round 25
Cronulla Sutherland
Sharks
28
36 Melbourne
Storm
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/2219
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 28th August, 2004
Kick Off 7:30 PM (local time)
Referee Tim Mander
Venue Toyota (Sydney)
Crowd 11,125
Match Stats
Halftime Score 14 26
Scrums 7 4
Penalties 7 10
Cronulla Scoresheet Melbourne
Nigel VAGANA 2 T 2 Matt GEYER
Brett KIMMORLEY   Steve BELL
Nathan MERRITT   Dallas JOHNSON
Matthew RIECK   David KIDWELL
      Ben MacDOUGALL
      Billy SLATER
 
Matt HILDER 4/6 G 4/7 Matt ORFORD
      0/1 Stephen KEARNEY
 
Matthew RIECK BIN Matt KING
Jason STEVENS      
Cronulla Teams Melbourne
David PEACHEY 1 FB 1 Billy SLATER
Nathan MERRITT 2 W 2 Matt GEYER
Nigel VAGANA 3 C 3 Steve BELL
Ryan McGOLDRICK 4 C 4 Ben MacDOUGALL
Matthew RIECK 5 W 5 Matt KING
 
Greg BIRD 6 FE 6 Scott HILL
Brett KIMMORLEY (c) 7 HB 7 Matt ORFORD
 
Jason STEVENS 8 FR 8 Robbie KEARNS
Matt HILDER 9 HK 9 Cameron SMITH
Danny NUTLEY 10 FR 10 Rodney HOWE
Sam ISEMONGER 11 2R 11 David KIDWELL
Paul GALLEN 12 2R 12 Stephen KEARNEY (c)
Phil BAILEY 13 L 13 Dallas JOHNSON
 
Keith GALLOWAY 14 B 14 Alex CHAN
Andrew LOMU 15 B 16 Ryan HOFFMAN
Matt BICKERSTAFF 16 B 17 Cooper CRONK
Michael SULLIVAN 17 B 19 Glen TURNER
 
Stuart RAPER   HC   Craig BELLAMY
   
 

Team Info

Cronulla

Previous Game:
Round 23 vs. Parramatta
Next Game:
Round 26 vs. North Qld
Out:
Jason Kent (halfback), Chris Beattie (bench)
In:
Brett Kimmorley (halfback), Andrew Lomu (bench)

Melbourne

Previous Game:
Round 24 vs. Bulldogs
Next Game:
Round 26 vs. Manly
Out:
Kirk Reynoldson (front row), Jeremy Smith (bench)
In:
Alex Chan (bench), Glen Turner (bench)
Changes:
Rodney Howe (bench to front row)

Match Notes

- Cronulla wore a retro jersey to commemorate the 1980's in this match, but the design was not identical to the original strip and was widely criticised

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson

Sources: David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present)