Blayke Brailey and Addin Fonua-Blake fined for offences inside two tackles during Sharks' win

Blayke Brailey and Addin Fonua-Blake both took a hit to the hip pocket after they were put on report early during their win against the Roosters.

As Brailey tore apart the Tricolours, the hooker did have some concern when he was placed on report when his side was leading 14-6.

Brailey looked to have put a quality tackle on Billy Smith in the 20th minute, but the Bunker decided he needed to be put on report.

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Smith looked dazed after his head hit the turf, and he went off for an HIA. However, Michael Ennis was bemused by the report.

"It's a great tackle under the ball, and lands on his shoulder. What are we looking at? That can't be right," he said on Fox League.

Smith failed his HIA.

"He's had a rough run ... horrible luck," Ennis said.

Speaking post-match, Roosters coach Trent Robinson was both frustrated and confused after Smith was forced off.

"It's a hard one ... yeah, I don't know. It's a really tough one for me," he said.

Brailey was fined $1000 as a result for a grade one dangerous throw.

From the tackle after the penalty, the Sharks were in trouble again when Addin Fonua-Blake put a blatant shoulder charge on Lindsay Collins.

He was placed on report but only penalised.

The next day Fonua-Blake was fined $1500 for a grade one shoulder charge.

At Shark Park, Cronulla started on fire when William Kennedy sliced through the Roosters' defence.

Daniel Tupou hit back for his side with a spectacular try in the corner, but the Sharks were ahead 20-6 following tries to Teig Wilton and Nicho Hynes.

Before the half was over, the Roosters hit back through James Tedesco with the score 20-12 at the break.

Cronulla had earlier suffered a blow with Briton Nikora ruled out following a HIA.

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It looked like it was game on at 20-18 when Angus Crichton scored after half time.

But Billy Burns and Chris Vea'ila both crossed for the Sharks before Braydon Trindall slotted a field goal to finish the match at 31-18.

The Roosters also came out of the match with a concern for Victor Radley, who left the field with what looked to be a shoulder issue.

Robinson was optimistic that Radley's complaint was only minor.

"He just was carrying it a bit there at the end," he said.

"They're sort of checking on it, hopefully it will be OK

"But, I saw as he was running, he was hanging it down, so it was enough to get him off and get Fahu [Naufahu Whyte] back on."