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The NRL person confirmed Cronulla’s section derby clash with St George Illawarra volition spell up arsenic planned connected Sunday day contempt flooding wrong and extracurricular Shark Park.
Heavy rainfall implicit the past week, and ongoing drainage issues astatine the venue, has seen flooded areas look extracurricular 1 of the entrances to Shark Park, and forced the closure of the Captain Cook playing fields’ car parkland crossed the street.
Video and pictures besides emerged of a waterlogged Shark Park field, with flooded corners astatine some the bluish and confederate ends. The flooding could interaction connected the NRL fixture if the h2o is not adequately removed.
Sharks main enforcement Dino Mezzatesta had an aboriginal greeting travel to hardware store Bunnings to bargain pumps and hoses to drain h2o from the field, but said the nine were “on apical of it”.
“More hands connected deck, the much pumps moving the amended it is,” Mezzatesta said.
The NRL said they’d person their accustomed inspection of the crushed earlier footwear off, but astatine this constituent the crippled would inactive spell ahead.
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The Shire has had astir 69 mm of rainfall successful the past 24 hours, with different 20-40 mm of rainfall expected passim today. But Mezzatesta said the fans would brave the weather.
“Local derby truthful I’d ideate determination are radical that are diehards, a spot of rainfall won’t wounded them, they’ll inactive attend.”
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