Not the result we were after and we won't go into some of the unsavoury decisions, but here are the stats of the game nonetheless.
Possession
The Sharks ended up with 55% possession compared to the Eels 45%.
Completion Rates
The Sharks completed 29/36 sets at 81%. The Eels complated 24/29 sets at 83%.
Penalties
There were just 8 penalties conceded in the game, 3 against the Sharks and 5 against the Eels.
Paul Gallen conceded two for the Sharks with five players conceding 1 penalty each for the Eels.
Tackles
The Eels made a whopping 368 tackles compared to the Sharks 264 tackles.
Paul Gallen had the most tackles with 32 for the Sharks.
Issac De Gois finished with 47 tackles in the game, the most for the Eels.
Missed Tackles
The Eels missed 33 total tackles, with Danny Wicks and Corey Norman both missing the most with 4.
The Sharks missed just 19 tackles, with both Michael Ennis and Matt Prior also missing 4.
Total Run Metres
The Sharks made a total of 1568m from 178 runs at an average of 8.80m per run.
The Eels made significantly less - just 1110m from 133 runs - at an average of 8.35m per run.
Hit-Ups
The Sharks made 616m from 80 hit-ups at an average of 7.7m per hit-up.
The Eels made 508m from 64 hit-ups an average of 7.94m per hit-up.
Dummy-Half Runs
The Sharks made 45m from 6 dummy half runs at an average of 7.5m per dummy-half run.
Both Luke Lewis and Jack Bird made 18m from 2 dummy half runs at an average of 9m per dummy-half run.
The Eels made 84m from 9 dummy half runs at an average of 9.33m per dummy-half run.
Corey Norman made 27m from 3 dummy half runs at an average of 9m per run.
Line-Breaks
The Sharks made 7 line-breaks to the Eels 2.
Gerard Beale, Ricky Leutele & Sosaia Feki all recorded 2 line-breaks.
Bevan French and Danny Wicks recorded the Eels 2 line-breaks (1 each)
Line-Break Assists
The Sharks made 8 line-break assists to the Eels 2.
8 players recorded 1 each for the Sharks with Issac De Gois and Corey Norman recording 1 each for the Eels.
Try Assists
The Sharks record 6 try assists compared to the Eels 3.
6 separate players had 1 try assist for the Eels, with Corey Norman recording to try assists for the Eels.
Offloads
The Sharks made 10 offloads compared to the Eels 8.
Paul Gallen and Andrew Fifita both recorded 2 offloads, the most for the Sharks.
Beau Scott recorded 3 offloads for the Eels.
Errors
The error count was narrow, with the Sharks making 9 errors and the Eels making 8 errors.
Andrew Fifita made 2 errors for the Sharks and Kenny Edwards made 2 errors for the Eels.
Player Stats
1. Michael Gordon: 80 minutes, 81m from 13 runs (6.23m per run), 9 tackles, 1 error & 3 missed tackles.
2. Semi Radradra: 80 minutes, 116m from 15 runs (7.73m per run), 2 tackles, 1 offload & 3 missed tackles.
3. Michael Jennings: 80 minutes, 64m from 8 runs (8m per run), 5 tackle breaks, 13 tackles & 1 missed tackle.
4. Clint Gutherson: 80 minutes, 128m from 14 runs (9.14m per run), 4 tackle breaks, 24 tackles, 1 offload, 1 error & 1 missed tackle.
5. Bevan French: 80 minutes, 134m from 6 runs (22.33m per run), 3 tries, 3 tackle breaks, 4 tackles, 1 line-break & 3 missed tackles.
6. Kenny Edwards: 80 minutes, 67m from 9 runs (7.44m per run), 2 tackle breaks, 21 tackles, 2 errors, 1 penalty conceded & 3 missed tackles.
7. Corey Norman: 80 minutes, 65m from 8 runs (8.13m per run), 2 try assists, 2 tackle breaks, 18 tackles, 1 line-break assist, 1 error & 4 missed tackles.
8. Daniel Alvaro: 46 minutes, 87m from 13 runs (6.69m per run), 1 tackle break, 32 tackles & 1 missed tackle.
9. Issac De Gois: 80 minutes,0 run metres, 1 try assist, 47 tackles, 1 offload, 1 line-break assist, 1 penalty conceded & 4 missed tackles.
10. Danny Wicks: 56 minutes, 92m from 12 runs (7.67m per run), 1 try, 2 tackle breaks, 30 tackles, 1 offload, 1 line-break, 1 error, 1 penalty conceded & 3 missed tackles.
11. Manu Ma'u: 68 minutes, 66m from 9 runs (7.33m per run), 27 tackles, 1 error, 1 penalty conceded & 3 missed tackles.
12. Beau Scott: 50 minutes, 39m from 6 runs (6.5m per run), 27 tackles, 3 offloads & 1 missed tackle.
13. Tepai Moeroa: 80 minutes, 55m from 8 runs (6.88m per run), 37 tackles, 1 penalty conceded & 2 missed tackles.
14. Cody Nelson: 12 minutes, 14m from 2 runs (7m per run), 9 tackles & 0 missed tackles.
15. Peni Terepo: 29 minutes, 23m from 2 runs (11.5m per run), 21 tackles & 0 missed tackles.
16. David Gower: 30 minutes, 33m from 4 runs (8.25m per run), 25 tackles, 1 offload, 1 error & 0 missed tackles.
17. Rory O'Brien: 29 minutes, 46m from 4 runs (11.5m per run), 22 tackles & 1 missed tackle.
Replies
Where do you source them from? On the NRL app it's showing totally different figures.
They're my own stats.
I collate them for every game, every week, compare it across the board with numerous other outlets and then average it out where applicable and if needed.
I find that the stats from NRL.com are not as reliable as they once were, simply because they included additional extras within their stats that don't need to be included, particularly with total run metres.
Doesn't help when most NRL teams are not fans of the stats provider that the NRL use either, that being Prozone Stats.
And De Gois 0 run metres - their forwards really dominated the ruck
Bevan French 4 tackles missed 3
Certainly an area for him to tighten up and fast.
He's brilliant in attack but certainly needs to work on his defence and his defensive positioning overall.
I can't believe our completions were at 83%, it felt like we just kept giving the ball back to the Sharks, it was probably due to our poor last tackle kicks due to no room or momentum being created. The other thing that surprises me is that our hit ups were higher on average than the Sharks, it felt like they were constantly and illegally picking us up and driving us backwards, a new storm like tactic that the Sharks are using well because the refs are not penalising even after they call held.
Degois zero run metres is a concern and if he isn't threatening it is too easy for the defensive teams to pick the runner, maybe our play the balls were too slow but either way this can be addressed.
Thanks again mate
It was a game that actually had very few overall errors, I thought.
Both teams handled the ball relatively well.
The fact that Norman had to take the reins and control the play which didn't help when we couldn't quite get over the advantage line.
I wouldn't say they were holding us up and driving us back immediately. My issue was that they deliberately slowed down the ruck much longer than you're usually allowed to - even longer than the Storm normally would - yet they were hardly penalised for it. That's a concern and it can set a dangerous precedent across the NRL.
And with De Gois, his 0 run metres is more down to the fact that our forwards weren't really winning the battle through the middle.
Because the Sharks slowed down the ruck so much, there was no opportunity or time to really get a quick play the ball and dummy half run.
On the NRL app this week they go through the right and wrong ref decisions and only one they came up with for our game was that Gallen's double movement should have been a try.........there is definitely a bias against us
33 missed tackles... need to tighten that up.
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