Where there’s a Will there’s affray
CRONULLA are bracing for a fiery showdown with Melbourne centre Will Chambers, who has been the Sharks’ public enemy No.1 in recent years.
The Sharks expect extra spice from Chambers, who will make his return from a three-game crusher tackle ban tomorrow night.
Chambers imploded when the teams met this year, with a choke hold in the final minute of the game costing him two weeks on the sidelines.
“I’m not sure he gets under our skin,” Sharks coach Shane Flanagan said.
“We’ve got under him. He is the one who has blown up all the time.
“I’ve got a team of people who stand up for themselves who won’t take a backward step. Chambers is the same. When push comes to shove, we won’t get shoved. We’ll do our own pushing as well.”
You cannot get more of a contrasting figure than the man tasked with stopping Chambers, who has been suspended more times this year than Cronulla centre Ricky Leutele has in his nine-season career.
Chambers has eight charges to his name – including two against the Sharks – while Leutele has not been suspended in his 127-game career.
“Ricky is not fazed by,” Flanagan said. “He is always consistent in his performances.
“His best and worse are that close together you can’t see the difference.”