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Cronulla Sharks are effectively the perfect rugby league team in that they have an incredible balance across all aspects of their team. For the sprinkling of youthful exuberance and confidence, there's grizzly veterans who have seen it all on a footy and have roots in the good ol' days of footy. There's a threat on either edge in Luke Lewis and Wade Graham, which is complimented nicely by power through the middle. Even in their two halves who have done a fine job all season, there's balance as Chad Townsend takes care of the basics in steering the Sharks around while James Maloney straightens everything, offering a potent attacking force.

This is a team that has been assembled for success in the modern NRL where speed and skill trumps all. Last week we saw this on display as the Sharks ran riot over the Cowboys and they would foolish to go away from what has worked for them all season long, especially against a Melbourne Storm side who will lick their lips at the prospect of Cronulla falling back on their 'grinding' style of footy which has brought them success in recent years.

Balance is what brings all that speed and skill together though, forming a dangerous attacking package which could trouble the Storm. Against the Cowboys, the Sharks rolled down the field on what felt like a tsunami as the likes of Valentine Holmes and Sosaia Feki started sets off by scooting out of dummy half or steaming on to a short-ball. Neither is overly big and that's probably why their metres aren't as high as other outside backs as they can be dominated in a tackle, however along with Jack Bird and Ricky Leutele, they are hungry to take a carry and utilise their speed to make metres around the ruck. This only works because all four of Cronulla's outside backs are quick, strong and have nice footwork which means that their opposition are often put on the back-foot by a zippy run out of dummy half only to find themselves scrambling once again.

Having very legit threats on either edge also enables the Sharks to attack from anywhere and they have made a habit of shifting the footy to their edges early, to see what happens. In the Storm's win over Canberra, we saw and heard how Canberra hit their edges and attacked those outside channels with some success; expect this to be done much better by the Sharks.

Again, the balance of the Sharks will allow them to attack Melbourne's edges with more potency than Canberra. Andrew Fifita, Paul Gallen, and Matt Prior have been immense for Cronulla with Prior going to a new level especially as he's put up five consecutive 150m+ games since his first 150m+ game of the season in round 24 vs Rabbitohs ... while also offloading 10 times in those five games after putting up 13 offloads up to that point. These blokes plug away through the middle, often running a funky angle as well which not only gets the Sharks on the front-foot but it also draws oppositions defences in to the middle as they need three or four defenders to bring one of these Sharks forwards down.

Then the Sharks can set up with James Maloney operating with Wade Graham on the left, or Chad Townsend and Ben Barba combining with Luke Lewis and Jack Bird on the right. Having two edge forwards in Lewis and Graham who possess all the skills of a half, is key here as they can get the footy in a three vs three situation and sum up the situation, then execute the correct skill for that situation. For many teams, the edge forward is a ball-runner who is usually tasked with running of a play-makers hip. The Sharks have exactly that in Lewis and Graham - two of the best - yet they can also rely on these two to do their own bit of play-making which is incredibly difficult to defend against.

James Maloney was a shining light for Cronulla last week mainly thanks to his running game. Maloney is a fabulous No.6 in that regard as he plays two-passes wide of the ruck where he's got a few options distracting defenders and more importantly, he's got time and space to get his head up and run. Look for Maloney to try get on the outside of a Melbourne forward after the Sharks have hit one of their edges as Maloney will be looking for a Storm forward to over-commit on the inside.

Cronulla have got this far because they have quickly adapted to what works in 2016, while adding their own little twist on it. The top teams in the NRL have got forwards and backs who are quick, nimble and skillful around the ruck area as Cronulla do, yet not too many teams have the ability to swiftly shift the footy to their edges around halfway like Cronulla. They'll win this Grand Final by relying on a pack of mobile forwards to punch holes and offload through the middle, before hammering the edges with a simple attacking structure that has a sole focus of moving the footy quickly.