NRLW: Game results, scores for Round 6 2025
Verran missed Magic Round due to a foot injury but made up for lost time with a try and three assists as the Sharks clinched a 20-6 victory to continue their LWLWLW start to the season.
The Sharks fullback was involved in everything as she sliced through after just four minutes as the visitors made an early statement with Georgia Ravics scoring from the next set after they made 70 metres with ease.
Verran then set up Cassie Staples on the other wing to make it 12-0 after 16 minutes before the pair combined midway through the second half to secure the win which keeps them in the finals mix ahead of a home game against the Titans.
They will be hoping to have Dodd back after the dynamic hooker limped off late in the first half and didn't return which hurt their ruck attack.
Sharks star Emma Verran impressed in her return from injury, with a try and three try assists. Picture: Getty Images
DOUR DRAGONS
The Dragons were without key attacking weapons Teagan Berry, Raecene McGregor, Indie Bostock and several others, and it showed as they took 63 minutes to make a line-break which led to a cracking solo try.
They defended stoutly apart from a 10-minute period in the first half, but their attack still has plenty of work to do as they slumped to a third-straight loss where they've struggled to score points.
But there was one moment of magic when youngster Maria Paseka showed off her speed and strength to burst free inside her own half before she got past Verran to get her side on the board.
The Sharks' win may have come at a cost, with Quincy Dodd failing to finish the game with an ankle injury. Picture: Getty Images
BIDDLE BINNED
Cronulla's main concern is strike centre Annessa Biddle who was controversially sent to the sin bin for a late shot on Maddie Studdon midway through the first half.
Biddle was causing all sorts of problems for the Dragons defence with 91 metres from seven carries before she was sent from the field for 10 minutes for a tackle the commentators didn't think warranted a stint in the sin bin but was described as 'moderate force with a shoulder to the head' by the referee.
She finished with a game-high 224 metres but faces a nervous wait for the charges to drop, while Dodd was placed on report for a high tackle from the following play but shouldn't have anything to worry about.
MALIEPO LEADS WARRIORS TO BIG NRLW WIN
—Dave Lyall
A brilliant display by former New Zealand rugby international Patricia Maliepo has led the Warriors to a 34-6 thumping of the Bulldogs at Accor Stadium in Sydney on Saturday evening.
The Warriors, coming off the back of their first away win of the season last start in Magic Round, led from start to finish against a Dogs side that were never able to get going in attack.
Five eighth Maliepo ran rampant, scoring 18 points from a brace of tries and five goals from seven attempts, while lock Laishon Albert-Jones, the niece of the legendary Stacey Jones, was too much of a handful up the middle for the Bulldogs.
The victory pushed the Warriors to seventh on the ladder, more than halfway through the regular season with the top six teams set to qualify for the finals.
The Warriors celebrate after Tyra Wetere scores a try. Picture: Getty Images
It took less than three minutes for Payton Takimoana to cross out wide for the Warriors, the winger's seventh try in six games. Maliepo joined Takimoana on the scoresheet ten minutes later, dragging several defenders over the line in a bullocking run.
Pani Hopoate powered over under the posts to get the Dogs on the board ten minutes before halftime and the visitors led 12-6 at the break.
The Warriors extended their advantage eight minutes into the second half when centre Tysha Ikenasio desperately chased down an in goal kick just centimetres from the dead ball line as Bulldogs winger Elizabeth MacGregor watched on, thinking the ball would trickle out of play.
Maliepo grabbed another before winger Tyra Wetere clinched a double inside four minutes, the second a brilliant leap over MacGregor in the in goal.
The loss sees the Dogs drop to eighth on the ladder with five games to play.
To make matters worse for the Bulldogs, they lost ball playing forward Tegan Dymock, the daughter of Canterbury premiership winner, Jim, to a foot injury in the first half and then star half Tayla Preston with a knee complaint in the second stanza. The pair will head for scans tomorrow.
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