Cronulla Sharks Academy Under 14's Team Photo (Photo : OurFootyMedia)

Cronulla Sharks Academy Under 15's Team Photo (Photo : OurFootyMedia)

Cronulla Sharks Academy Under 17's Team Photo (Photo : OurFootyMedia)

The under-14’s, despite being considerably outsized by their opponents, used skill and commitment in scoring three tries to two against the Bulldogs in what was an extremely impressive performance.

At the conclusion of the match 14’s Academy coach Glenn Brailey singled out Jye Challenor and Jackson Garrett for special praise, however he also expressed his satisfaction with the display given by his entire playing group.

In the 15’s the result was reversed, with the Bulldogs crossing for three tries to the Sharks two, however after conceding the first three tries, fighting back with two four pointers of their own was an indication of the character of the Sharks side.

Marcus Pappas put in a man of the match performance for the Sharks, with his solid defence and strong charges with the football particularly pleasing to coach Chris Deiner. Ryan Cummins was busy in the backs, while Jayden Brailey tackled himself to a standstill at hooker.

While the first two games may have been dominated by defence, the 17’s Sharks let the ball do the work and reaped the benefits of their entertaining play in running in seven tries to two against the more highly fancied Canterbury side.

Instructed by coach Craig Holmes to use an obvious speed advantage, Taylar Garrett, playing centre and five eighth, and Jason Gray out on the wing, were amongst the Sharks to cause havoc with the Bulldogs defence, with the pair crossing for five of the Sharks seven tries.

In the forwards the likes of Brandon Sweeney, Brock Cope, Kurt Dillon and Daniel Byrne more than matched their opposites, while Kurt Drysdale was enterprising from dummy half.

The Sharks Summer Academy concluded with the Bulldogs games after 12 weeks of training both before and after the Christmas period.

All players and coaches were selected from local area clubs, with the Academy program to progress to Sharks Academy Talent Squads (SATS) for the winter period.

Under 14’s	Under 15’s	Under 17’s
SHARKS ACADEMY 12 Nick Hamilton, Jordan Ramirez, Dylan Issa tries beat the BULLDOGS 8	SHARKS ACADEMY 8 Dylan Tupaea, Corey Willis tries lost to BULLDOGS 12	SHARKS ACADEMY 28 Jason Gray 3, Taylar Garrett 2, Sage Wilder, Daniel Byrne tries Beat the BULLDOGS 8
Under 14's	Under 15's	Under 17's