title: 2012 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
text: # 2012 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
  
  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 seasonvte :
  
  | 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)
  * Round 2 – Sharks vs Knights (Loss 6 - 18)
  * Round 3 – Sharks vs Sea Eagles (Win 17 - 14)
  * Round 4 – Cowboys vs Sharks (Win 20 - 14)
  * Round 5 – Panthers vs Sharks (Win 14 - 15)
  * Round 6 – Sharks vs Dragons (Win 12 - 0)
  * Round 7 – Sharks vs Eels (Win 24 – 18)
  * Round 8 – Raiders vs Sharks (Win 22 - 44)
  * Round 9 – Rabbitohs vs Sharks (Loss 34 - 28)
  * Round 10 – Sharks vs Storm (Win 12 - 10)
  * Round 11 – Bulldogs vs Sharks (Loss 26 – 6)
  * Round 12 – BYE
  * Round 13 – Eels vs Sharks (Loss 29 - 20)
  * Round 14 – Sharks vs Titans (Win 22 - 12)
  * Round 15 – Sharks vs Warriors (Win 20 - 19)
  * Round 16 – BYE
  * Round 17 – Broncos - (Win 12 - 26)
  * Round 18 – Sharks vs Roosters (Drew 14 - 14)
  * Round 19 – Dragons vs Sharks (Loss 18 - 10)
  * Round 20 – Sharks vs Raiders (Loss 4 - 36)
  * Round 21 – Sharks vs Panthers (Loss 20 - 21)
  * Round 22 – Warriors vs Sharks (Win 4 - 45)
  * Round 23 – Knights vs Sharks (Loss 26 - 4)
  * Round 24 – Sharks vs Rabbitohs (Win 20 - 7)
  * Round 25 – Storm vs Sharks - (Loss 20 - 18)
  * Round 26 – Sharks vs Cowboys (Loss 22 - 36)
  * Finals Week 1 - Raiders vs Sharks (Loss - 34 - 16)
  
  ## 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
  