Live NRL updates: New Zealand Warriors v Cronulla Sharks

Shaun Johnson of the Warriors. Photo / Getty

Follow live updates as the New Zealand Warriors take on the Cronulla Sharks in their round 21 NRL clash at Mount Smart Stadium.

The Warriors head into tonight's match needing to win all of their remaining six games to keep their faint playoff hopes alive.

They face a mountainous task if they are to claw their way up from 12th spot on the NRL ladder and into the top eight, with a six-point gap separating them and three other sides locked together on 18 points - the Raiders, Titans and Bulldogs - from the eighth-placed Dragons and ninth-ranked Panthers.

Cronulla have won seven of the last nine meetings between the two sides, but they have been close contests, with five of the last six games decided by four points or less.

Warriors: Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (c), David Fusitu'a, Blake Ayshford, Solomone Kata, Ken Maumalo, Kieran Foran, Mason Lino, Jacob Lillyman, Issac Luke, Sam Lisone, Bodene Thompson, Bunty Afoa, Simon Mannering.

Interchange: Ata Hingano, Ben Matulino, Ligi Sao, James Bell.

Sharks: Valentine Holmes, Sosaia Feki, Kurt Capewell, Ricky Leutele, Gerard Beale, Fa'amanu Brown, Chad Townsend, Andrew Fifita, James Segeyaro, Matt Prior, Luke Lewis, Wade Graham, Paul Gallen (c).

Interchange: Jayson Bukuya, Chris Heighington, Jeremy Latimore, Adam Clydsdale.