{"id":422710,"date":"2024-09-20T13:18:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T13:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=422710"},"modified":"2024-09-20T22:08:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T22:08:42","slug":"announced-himself-gus-in-awe-of-unsung-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=422710","title":{"rendered":"'Announced himself': Gus in awe of unsung hero"},"content":{"rendered":"

A late Cowboys resurgence was not enough to dim the brilliance of Braydon Trindall as the Sharks<\/a> book their spot in the grand final qualifier.<\/p>\n

The 26-18 victory marks the end of the Sharks horror finals run since 2018 and the first September football triumph with Craig Fitzgibbon at the helm. \ufeff<\/p>\n

But it was Trindall who was the unlikely hero for the side, recording two tries, one try assist and a linebreak.<\/p>\n

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The playmaker ignited the Sharks early onslaught with a penalty try<\/a> as he was pulled to the turf without the ball by an incoming Reuben Cotter.<\/p>\n

The surprising decision was backed up by a steaming Cameron McInnes try, which was produced by the brilliance of a \ufeffRonaldo Mulitalo and Trindall partnership.<\/p>\n

\"Trio<\/p>\n

Trindall and Mulitalo followed the effort to close the half with a 24-point lead over the interstate visitors. \ufeff<\/p>\n

"What a try – outstanding from Trindall in the corner," Peter Psaltis said on Nine.<\/p>\n

Valentine Holmes halted the Sharks onslaught in the opening minutes of the final 40 with his trademark footwork pushing him to plant the ball down next to the posts.<\/p>\n

But a pinpoint kick by Trindall forced a set restart in favour of the Sharks\ufeff and set Sione Koata up to score, but he was later denied by the Bunker due to a knock on.<\/p>\n

Royce Hunt looked certain to score minutes later but was also denied by the Bunker as an earlier knock on by Mulitalo was missed on field.<\/p>\n

Watch the 2024 NRL premiership live and free on Nine and<\/strong><\/em> 9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

An additional two tries by the Cowboys was of little concern for the five-eighth\ufeff, who forced yet another repeated set before rattling the Cowboys to earn a penalty goal.<\/p>\n

"He's playing like a veteran and that was fantastic," Paul Vautin said.<\/p>\n

"He has had a magnificent game Trindall."<\/p>\n

After the game, halves partner Nicho Hynes<\/a> heaped praise on Trindall and believes their combination is coming together well at the right time of year.<\/p>\n

\"Hynes<\/p>\n

"He's killing it Tricky," he said.<\/p>\n

"All I wanted to do was come back and suit our style. Tricky has been kicking well and playing well, so we've got to stick to our strengths as a football team.<\/p>\n

"We're gelling pretty nicely at the right part of the year."<\/p>\n

The highest\u00a0\ufeffpraise however came from Phil Gould<\/a>, who claims Trindall is now a bonafide first grade star who will have plenty of clubs knocking on his door soon.<\/p>\n

"Every finals series, a player emerges and rise to the occasion to announce themselves," he said on Nine's post-game recap.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

"I think that's a breakout game. We know he's been a talented player, he had to wait for a long time at the Sharks – but tonight was a breakout game.<\/p>\n

"He really announced himself on the stage of NRL football \u2026 that was a superb performance and he really did take the pressure away from Nicho Hynes.<\/p>\n

"He was able to simplify his game \u2026 Trindall came up with the big plays."\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A late Cowboys resurgence was not enough to dim the brilliance of Braydon Trindall as the Sharks book their spot in the grand final qualifier. […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":422716,"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\/422710"}],"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=422710"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422723,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422710\/revisions\/422723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/422716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=422710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=422710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=422710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}