Tigers do it hard way

of the night, errors and penalties, including a scrum infringement in keeping with the night's Back to the 80s theme, killed Cronulla's momentum.

Tuqiri appeared to put the game to bed with a 65th minute try but again the Sharks refused to lie down.

When Nathan Gardner grabbed a spilt bomb to score under the posts, Cronulla was back in it at 24-22 with 10 to go.

The visitors thought they had the hit the lead late when Pomeroy crashed over, only to be penalised for not playing the ball.

The Tigers held strong in the dying minutes to claim a less-than-impressive victory.

Wests Tigers 24
Tries: Fulton 2, Brown, Lawrence, Tuqiri
Goals: Marshall 2

Cronulla 22
Tries: Collis 2, Ferguson, Gardner
Goals: Porter 3

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