LIVE: Sharks batter Bulldogs with 'early assault'

Just arsenic the Bulldogs instrumentality a measurement forward, the Sharks reply with back-to-back tries.

First through Cameron McInnes earlier Jack Williams got successful connected the action.

Nicho Hynes' footwear is getting a enactment retired successful this opening half! He has presently made 4/5 conversions.

The Sharks person the vantage of the upwind successful the archetypal 40 minutes. Will the momentum displacement erstwhile the teams alteration ends? 

In his instrumentality to archetypal grade, Kyle Flanagan puts the Bulldogs connected the board!

From the 10m line, Flanagan scoots towards the near borderline and scores. And isn't helium ecstatic!

Quickly backing up, Flanagan converts.

Sharks pb 24-4.

Things could get disfigured present for the Bulldogs arsenic the Sharks complaint implicit again.

Will Kennedy puts connected a amusement and spell earlier dishing disconnected to Ronaldo Mulitalo.

Nicho Hynes misses the conversion but the people inactive balloons retired to

"An aboriginal battle by the Sharks astatine home," Mat Thompson says successful commentary for Nine.

"It's conscionable a grooming gallop for the Sharks astatine the minute, each the possession. You tin spot the Bulldogs getting tired, each successful a bunch," NRL fable Phil Gould adds.

The Sharks spell back-to-back!

Nicho Hynes sets up Braden Hamlin-Uele and the prop barges over.

Hynes past slots the conversion.

The Sharks person each the power here. They pb 14-0.

Karl Oloapu has pulled up a small ginger aft laying a tackle connected the Bulldogs' effort line.

He received attraction connected his enarthrosis and has been stretching it retired trying to regain immoderate movement.

Jacob Kiraz is penalised for a shot strip.

Nicho Hynes steps up to instrumentality the punishment amusement and extends the Sharks' lead, 8-0.

The Sharks unfastened the scoring!

Thing got moving aft Nicho Hynes broke distant and sprinted downfield with the wind.

He looked each but location earlier Jake Averillo carried retired a spirited pursuit to resistance him down.

With the adjacent play, the Sharks shifted the shot towards the near borderline to unfastened up abstraction for Teig Wilton to score.

Hynes follows up with the conversion and Cronulla pb 6-0.

We are underway successful Cronulla!

Briton Nikora and Wade Graham instrumentality to the tract successful their respective milestone matches.

The Bulldogs person the archetypal tally of the ball.