<p>The red-hot Roosters will be out to ambush the equally in form Sharks in this weekend’s second Elimination Final.</p> <p>It’s interesting to think where the Chooks would have finished had Sam Walker been in their ranks from jump in 2025, with the diminutive halfback’s return from injury going hand-in-hand with his team’s recent renaissance.</p> <p>They won four of their last five and made it to their date with the eight, just before the entrees were served, largely thanks to the exploits of young Walker.</p> <p>The Sharks finals foray had been guaranteed for some time, but they’ll be disappointed to have their lives on the line here after missing out on the top four and the double chance that comes with it.</p> <p>Like the Roosters, they are in fine touch too, winning an impressive seven out of their final eight games to finish the season.</p> <p>Someone’s winning run is coming to an end here, as well as their season, as there can only be one victor here. Who will it be? The Sharks or the Roosters? Let’s find out!</p> <p>Check out our Cronulla Sharks vs Sydney Roosters match preview for plenty of betting tips and predictions across a host of markets. From H2H to anytime try scorer and everything in between.&nbsp;</p> <p>Looking for all the latest news, analysis, odds, and betting tips ahead of this second Elimination Final? Check out our Sharks vs Roosters prediction below.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Sharks vs Roosters Prediction and Betting Tips</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Head-to-Head Prediction</h3> <p>Saturday’s second elimination final goes down at Shark Park when Cronulla welcome the red-hot Roosters to town.</p> <p>Despite just sneaking into eighth, the Chooks are actually the favourites in the head-to-head market here and it’s not hard to see why.</p> <p>They finished the season with five wins from their final six matches, in a run of results headlined by the scalping of both Melbourne and Canterbury.</p> <p>The Sharks also enjoyed a strong finish to the regular season, closing out with three wins on the swim.</p> <p>The good news just keeps coming for Cronulla too, with main man Nicho Hynes cleared to play, after initial reports suggested he was facing a one-match ban for a hip drop tackle.</p> <p>His battle against the recently revived Sam Walker, whose return from a long-term injury has completely reinvigorated the Roosters, will be a must watch.</p> <p>All in all, we simply can’t walk away from Walker and his Tri-colours. They’ve pulled off too many massive results with their season on the line in the last two months, for us to believe they can’t pull off at least one more.</p> <p><strong>Betting tip: </strong><a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/rugby-league/nrl/cronulla-sharks-v-sydney-roosters-9597452">Sydney Roosters.</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>First Tryscorer Prediction</h3> <p>Sharks’ fullback Will Kennedy is on a unique hat-trick against the Roosters. He has been the first try-scorer in each of Cronulla's last two home matches against Sydney. Can he make it three in a row? We think so.</p> <p><strong>Betting tip: </strong><a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/rugby-league/nrl/cronulla-sharks-v-sydney-roosters-9597452">Will Kennedy.</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Over/Under Prediction</h3> <p>Each of the last three matches between Cronulla and Sydney have gone over the total match points line.</p> <p><strong>Betting tip: </strong><a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/rugby-league/nrl/cronulla-sharks-v-sydney-roosters-9597452">Over total match points (46.5).</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Sharks vs Roosters Anytime Tryscorer Betting Tips</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Daniel Tupou</h3> <p>Daniel Tupou has scored at least one try in eight of his last nine appearances in Sydney.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>KL Iro</h3> <p>KL Iro has scored a try in seven of his last eight appearances at Sharks Stadium.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>James Tedesco</h3> <p>James Tedesco has scored at least one try in four of Sydney's last five away matches.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Sione Katoa</h3> <p>Sione Katoa has scored a try in each of his four previous finals appearances with Cronulla as an underdog.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Angus Crichton</h3> <p>In four of Sydney's last five matches at Sharks Stadium, its starting left second row has scored a try.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Ronaldo Mulitalo</h3> <p>Ronaldo Mulitalo has scored two or more tries in each of Cronulla's last three home matches.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Mark Nawaqanitawase</h3> <p>Mark Nawaqanitawase has scored three or more tries in each of Sydney's last three matches against teams on a winning streak.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Sharks vs Roosters Teams</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Cronulla Sharks Team List</h3> <p>1. William Kennedy</p> <p>2. Sione Katoa</p> <p>3. Jesse Ramien</p> <p>4. KL Iro</p> <p>5. Ronaldo Mulitalo</p> <p>6. Braydon Trindall&nbsp;</p> <p>7. Nicho Hynes</p> <p>8. Addin Fonua-Blake</p> <p>9. Blayke Brailey</p> <p>10. Toby Rudolf</p> <p>11. Billy Burns&nbsp;</p> <p>12. Teig Wilton</p> <p>13. Jesse Colquhoun</p> <p>14. Oregon Kaufusi</p> <p>15. Siosifa Talakai</p> <p>16. Thomas Hazelton</p> <p>17. Braden Hamlin-Uele</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Sydney Roosters Team List</h3> <p>1. James Tedesco</p> <p>2. Daniel Tupou</p> <p>3. Billy Smith</p> <p>4. Robert Toia</p> <p>5. Mark Nawaqanitawase</p> <p>6. Hugo Savala</p> <p>7. Sam Walker</p> <p>8. Spencer Leniu</p> <p>9. Connor Watson</p> <p>10. Lindsay Collins</p> <p>11. Angus Crichton</p> <p>12. Victor Radley</p> <p>13. Naufahu Whyte</p> <p>14. Benaiah Ioelu</p> <p>15. Egan Butcher</p> <p>16. Blake Steep&nbsp;</p> <p>17. Siua Wong</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Sharks vs Roosters Match Details</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Date:</strong> Saturday, September 13, 2025.</p> <p><strong>Kick-off: </strong>7:50pm AEST.</p> <p><strong>Location: </strong>Shark Park, Sydney.&nbsp;</p>