2012 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season

2012 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
2012 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
NRL Rank	7th
Team information
CEO	Richard Fisk
Coach	Shane Flanagan
Assistant coach	Peter Sharp
Captain	Paul Gallen ;
Stadium	Toyota Stadium
Avg. attendance	13,237
Top scorers
Tries	Ben Pomeroy (9)
Goals	Todd Carney (54)
Points	Todd Carney (127)

Last updated February 06, 2024

The 2012 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season is the 46th in the club's history. Coached by Shane Flanagan and captained by Paul Gallen, they competed in the NRL's 2012 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 7th (out of 16). The Sharks were then knocked out of contention in their first game of the finals against the Canberra Raiders.

Ladder

2012 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	18	0	6	2	568	369	+199	40
2	Melbourne Storm (P)	24	17	0	7	2	579	361	+218	38
3	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	16	0	8	2	559	438	+121	36
4	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	16	0	8	2	497	403	+94	36
5	North Queensland Cowboys	24	15	0	9	2	597	445	+152	34
6	Canberra Raiders	24	13	0	11	2	545	536	+9	30
7	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	12	1	11	2	445	441	+4	29
8	Brisbane Broncos	24	12	0	12	2	481	447	+34	28
9	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	11	0	13	2	405	438	-33	26
10	Wests Tigers	24	11	0	13	2	506	551	-45	26
11	Gold Coast Titans	24	10	0	14	2	449	477	-28	24
12	Newcastle Knights	24	10	0	14	2	448	488	-40	24
13	Sydney Roosters	24	8	1	15	2	462	626	-164	21
14	New Zealand Warriors	24	8	0	16	2	497	609	-112	20
15	Penrith Panthers	24	8	0	16	2	409	575	-166	20
16	Parramatta Eels	24	6	0	18	2	431	674	-243	16

Ladder progression

Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.

	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
1	Canterbury-Bankstown	2	4	6	6	8	8	8	8	10	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	36	38	38	40
2	Melbourne	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	18	20	22	24	24	26	26	28	28	28	28	28	30	32	34	36	38
3	South Sydney	0	0	2	2	4	6	6	8	10	12	14	16	16	18	20	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	32	32	34	36
4	Manly-Warringah	2	4	4	4	4	6	6	8	10	12	14	14	16	18	18	20	22	24	24	24	26	28	30	32	34	36
5	North Queensland	0	2	4	4	6	6	8	8	10	12	14	14	14	16	18	20	20	22	24	26	26	26	28	30	32	34
6	Canberra	0	2	2	4	4	6	6	6	6	8	10	10	10	12	14	14	16	18	18	20	20	22	24	26	28	30
7	Cronulla-Sutherland	0	0	2	4	6	8	10	12	12	14	14	16	16	18	20	22	24	25	25	25	25	27	27	29	29	29
8	Brisbane	2	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	14	14	16	16	18	20	20	22	22	24	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	28
9	St. George Illawarra	2	2	4	6	6	6	8	10	10	10	10	12	12	14	14	16	16	18	20	20	22	22	22	22	24	26
10	Wests	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	18	18	20	20	22	22	22	24	26	26	26	26
11	Gold Coast	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	6	8	10	12	12	14	14	16	16	18	20	22	22	22	24	24	24
12	Newcastle	0	2	2	4	4	6	6	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	12	14	16	16	18	20	22	22	24	24	24	24
13	Sydney	2	2	4	4	6	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	12	12	14	14	16	17	17	17	17	19	19	19	21	21
14	New Zealand	0	2	2	4	4	4	6	6	8	10	10	12	12	14	14	16	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
15	Penrith	0	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	8	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	14	16	16	16	18	20	20
16	Parramatta	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	6	8	8	10	10	10	10	12	14	14	16	16	16	16

Results

Round 1 – Tigers vs Sharks (Loss 17 - 16)

Tries – Isaac De Gois, Colin Best, Todd Carney

Round 2 – Sharks vs Knights (Loss 6 - 18)

Tries – Ben Pomeroy

Round 3 – Sharks vs Sea Eagles (Win 17 - 14)

Tries – Jayson Bukuya, Nathan Gardner, Ben Pomeroy

Round 4 – Cowboys vs Sharks (Win 20 - 14)

Tries – Andrew Fifita, Ben Pomeroy, Paul Gallen

Round 5 – Panthers vs Sharks (Win 14 - 15)

Tries – Jayson Bukuya, Wade Graham

Round 6 – Sharks vs Dragons (Win 12 - 0)

Tries – John Morris, Wade Graham

Round 7 – Sharks vs Eels (Win 24 – 18)

Tries – Matthew Wright, Ben Pomeroy, Jayson Bukuya, Stewart Mills

Round 8 – Raiders vs Sharks (Win 22 - 44)

Tries – John Williams (2), Ben Pomeroy, Jayson Bukuya, John Morris, Stewart Mills, Jeff Robson, Colin Best

Round 9 – Rabbitohs vs Sharks (Loss 34 - 28)

Tries - Todd Carney, Jeff Robson, Stewart Mills. Colin Best, Ben Pomeroy

Round 10 – Sharks vs Storm (Win 12 - 10)

Tries – Isaac Gordon, Jeremy Smith

Round 11 – Bulldogs vs Sharks (Loss 26 – 6)

Tries – Jeremy Smith

Round 12 – BYE
Round 13 – Eels vs Sharks (Loss 29 - 20)

Tries – Isaac Gordon, Colin Best, Paul Gallen

Round 14 – Sharks vs Titans (Win 22 - 12)

Tries - Jeremy Smith, Chad Townsend, Colin Best, Isaac De Gois

Round 15 – Sharks vs Warriors (Win 20 - 19)

Tries – Jeff Robson (2), Ben Pomeroy

Round 16 – BYE
Round 17 – Broncos - (Win 12 - 26)

Tries – Colin Best(2), Wade Graham, Ben Pomeroy Nathan Stapleton,

Round 18 – Sharks vs Roosters (Drew 14 - 14)

Tries – Ricky Leutele, Ben Pomeroy

Round 19 – Dragons vs Sharks (Loss 18 - 10)

Tries - Wade Graham(2)

Round 20 – Sharks vs Raiders (Loss 4 - 36)

Tries - Mark Taufua

Round 21 – Sharks vs Panthers (Loss 20 - 21)

Tries - Ricky Leutele(2), Jeff Robson, Tyson Frizell

Round 22 – Warriors vs Sharks (Win 4 - 45)

Tries - Todd Carney(2), Andrew Fifita(2), John Williams(2), Jeff Robson

Round 23 – Knights vs Sharks (Loss 26 - 4)

Tries - John Williams

Round 24 – Sharks vs Rabbitohs (Win 20 - 7)

Tries - Andrew Fifita, Tyson Frizell, John Williams

Round 25 – Storm vs Sharks - (Loss 20 - 18)

Tries - Sam Tagataese, Nathan Stapleton, Isaac Gordon

Round 26 – Sharks vs Cowboys (Loss 22 - 36)

Tries - Colin Best, Isaac De Gois, Paul Gallen, Andrew Fifita

Finals Week 1 - Raiders vs Sharks (Loss - 34 - 16)

Tries - Ricky Leutele, Wade Graham, Nathan Stapleton

Team stats

(Regular Season)

Most Points – Todd Carney - 139
Most Tries – Ben Pomeroy - 9
Most Conversions – Todd Carney - 46
Most Penalty Goals – Todd Carney - 14
Most Field Goals – Todd Carney - 3
Most Try Assists – Todd Carney - 10
Most Line Breaks – Colin Best - 13
Most All Runs – Paul Gallen - 347
Most Offloads – Paul Gallen - 48
Most Kicks in Play – Todd Carney - 213

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v t e Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Est. 1967 in Cronulla, New South Wales
The club	History Records Players Coaches Supplements saga
Home ground	Endeavour Field Sutherland Oval
Culture	Johnny Mannah Cup Sharkies Leagues Club
League	NSWRL ARL SL NRL
Premierships (1)	2016
Seasons (57)	1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Other competitions	Current NRL Nines NSWRL Women's Premiership Jersey Flegg Cup S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup Tarsha Gale Cup Past Amco Cup New South Wales Cup NRL Under-20s
Affiliations	Cronulla-Sutherland Cobras Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League Newtown Jets