Sharks grab Knights late in trial

New colours ... recruit Beau Ryan takes the ball forward for the Sharks. Source: Colin Whelan / AAP

Cronulla ran in three tries in the last 10 minutes to beat Newcastle 22-16 in Saturday's NRL trial clash at Tamworth's Scully Park.

Trailing 16-4, the Sharks claimed victory through Jonathan Wright's four-pointer with less than 60 seconds of the match remaining.

A power outage had led to a 10-minute delay after the floodlights went out, but shortly after the resumption of play Kevin Naiqama opened the scoring for the Knights after Darius Boyd latched onto a clever Kurt Gidley pass.

Gidley added the extras before NSW State of Origin winger Akuila Uate went over in the corner after being put through by Boyd to give the Knights a 10-0 advantage at halftime.

Coach Wayne Bennett made a raft of changes after the interval and the Sharks got themselves back into the game when Stewart Mills darted over for his side's first points of the game.

Young Newcastle back Peter Mata'utia looked to have sealed the win for his side with 11 minutes remaining, with Tyrone Roberts kicking the extras.

But Cronulla refused to lie down and hit straight back when Nathan Gardner went over and Chad Townsend added the extras.

Hard-working hooker Isaac De Gois reduced the deficit with Townsend once again converting.

Wright, who recently joined from Canterbury, then capped off a great fightback with a try at the death and Townsend maintained his fine kicking with a third successful kick.

"We were on the back foot in the second half but we will take some things from the game to work on,'' Knights skipper Gidley said after the game.

Neither team had any major injury concerns to report.

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