{"id":118600,"date":"2021-08-24T11:30:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T11:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=118600"},"modified":"2021-08-24T11:56:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T11:56:32","slug":"storm-revelation-clears-sharks-for-finals-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=118600","title":{"rendered":"Storm revelation clears Sharks for finals finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cronulla Sharks&#x27; bid for a top-eight finish just got a whole lot stronger after Melbourne Storm star Cameron Munster revealed coach Craig Bellamy intended to rest a slew of players for the two sides&#x27; round 25 match-up.<\/p>\n<p>The Sharks are currently sitting <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-2021-wests-tigers-finals-hopes-over-after-loss-to-cronulla-sharks\/50360245-9236-4c54-8896-d76bfbd1cd47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"eighth on the NRL ladder after thrashing the Tigers 50-20 at the weekend. \">eighth on the NRL ladder after thrashing the Tigers 50-20 at the weekend.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They sit on 20-points, alongside the Titans and Raiders, but the huge win has seen them sneak into the top-eight by a differential of -32 (14 higher than the Titans on -46).<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"4181cf16-e0fd-40fc-887b-d7a269c95934\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/4181cf16-e0fd-40fc-887b-d7a269c95934\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With just two games remaining, the Sharks have 14th placed Broncos and Storm left to play.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>But their round 25 clash just became a whole lot easier, with Munster revealing to Nine News the Storm were planning to rest over 10 stars for the clash in preparation for finals.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Hopefully, I&#x27;ll have a rest against the Sharks,&quot; Munster told Nine News.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;m fairly sure we&#x27;ll rest probably 10-plus players. So, we&#x27;re pretty excited to get the rest.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"5ff730dc-e3a8-4fd3-89f4-09a69fb412ca\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/5ff730dc-e3a8-4fd3-89f4-09a69fb412ca\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;The old legs are struggling at the moment. I&#x27;m really excited to get a breather.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>While it&#x27;s no secret teams that have already qualified for finals tend to rest stars in the closing rounds, with the race heating up further down the ladder it&#x27;s sure to throw a spanner in the works for those still fighting to keep their season alive.<\/p>\n<p>While the revelation doesn&#x27;t necessarily guarantee the Sharks will make the eight, it goes a long way in bolstering their finals hopes.<\/p>\n<p>The Titans will have the Knights and Warriors to play, while the Raiders have the Warriors and the Roosters.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Cronulla Sharks&#x27; bid for a top-eight finish just got a whole lot stronger after Melbourne Storm star Cameron Munster revealed coach Craig Bellamy intended <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=118600\" title=\"Storm revelation clears Sharks for finals finish\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118600"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118600"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118602,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118600\/revisions\/118602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}