A ropeable Benji Marshall has actually apologised to Wests Tigers fans after his side were on the incorrect end of a 58-6 NRL demolition at the hands Cronulla. In their very first getaway because halfback Nicho Hynes was eliminated for 8 weeks with an ankle injury, the Sharks ran in 10 attempts to snap a run of 3 straight losses. Cronulla’s makeshift halves pairing of Brayden Trindall and Daniel Atkinson impressed on Friday as winger Ronaldo Mulitalo bagged his very first NRL hat-trick in front of a 10,912 crowd at Shark Park. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today The Tigers threatened briefly in the very first half however a 17th-minute sin-binning to Api Koroisau was the driver for the Sharks’ thumping. Koroisau likewise stopped working to end up the 2nd half with a thought calf injury, while sought-after Tigers prop Stefano Utoikamanu clocked up simply 75 run metres and missed out on 4 takes on in another underwhelming proving. “I’ve got to apologise to our fans,” Marshall stated. “When you take the field, you’ve got to select the best mindset, and tonight they ran more difficult and took on method more difficult than us and it revealed on the scoreboard. “We have not seen that (absence of mindset) all year. “If it was a weekly event then I ‘d most likely understand more, however it’s the very first time I’ve seen it this year. “There’s nobody in our group that might state they played well.” The Tigers stay last on the NRL ladder and have actually yielded 138 points in their last 3 video games, with Marshall’s guys leaving to the worst possible start when Kayal Iro busted over inside 2 minutes. Solomona Faataape crossed to provide the Tigers a short reprieve before Mulitalo returned serve. Koroisau was sin-binned as the Sharks made a break and the Tigers hooker was punished for not being square at marker. Sione Katoa scored when the visitors were down to 12, however even back to complete enhance and as halftime approached, Marshall’s side were toothless in attack. The Tigers lost perseverance after 3 straight sets, Jesse Ramien obstructing an Aiden Sezer pass to make a break downfield. Katoa completed on the exact same set to offer the home side a 24-6 half-time lead. “That was the most pleasing, they’ve got assaulting weapons,” Sharks coach Craig Fitzgibbon stated. “I actually liked that part (defensively) more than the opposite of the scoreboard to be sincere.” From there whatever spoiled to even worse for the Tigers with Koroisau, Utoikamanu and back-rower Alex Seyfarth all stopping working to complete the video game. Cronulla ran in 6 second-half shots, Mulitalo bagging 2 of them as Briton Nikora, Braden Hamlin-Uele and Trindall likewise crossed. The only drawback for Cronulla, who enhanced their grip on a top-four area with the big win, was the loss of young forward Jesse Colquhoun to a believed ACL injury.
Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall fumes after 52-point loss: ‘I’ve got to apologise to our fans’
