September fodder no more, the Sharks are plotting to hand the "finals flops" baton to the Sydney Roosters and edge to within one tantalising win of a first title decider in a decade.
Maligned for years as the NRL's play-off pretenders, Cronulla enter Saturday night's do-or-die clash against the Roosters with the chance to bury one of the competition's great myths once and for all.