Signing off

That'll do me. What a big day of footy we just had, holy hell.

And we're not done yet - there's still some twists in the tale for tomorrow. 

We have Knights-Titans and Roosters-Raiders and here's the situation - if the Knights win, their match against the Dolphins next week becomes a play-off for eighth. 

If they lose the Broncos and Dragons will survive into the final round of the competition....as will the Raiders if they can upset the Roosters in tomorrow's second match. 

It'll be a big one, so be sure to tune in! 

Shaun Johnson forever. 

Warriors press conference: Shaun Johnson speaks for the final time

Shaun Johnson is sitting in with Andrew Webster for the Warriors presser. 

"It feels so good to finish this way and to be honest, even if we didn't get the result it'd feel good to finish this way just with the way we played," Johnson said. 

"I'm pretty content right now. I just want to soak it in and enjoy it."

Johnson spoke to the team at halftime and he put a big emphasis on having fun. 

"We got in a group and said we'd been in this situation before - take the result out of it, take the outcome out of it, let's just express ourselves in a manner we can be proud of.

"We did that and we played a style that won a game against a pretty good footy side." 

He talks about the last try he set up in great technical detail. 

"We got the ball back and I said to Walks to get us into the right strip," Johnson said.

"It was a three-play sequence, I wanted to get momentum in and around the spots I knew we could. Walks took control of the footy, we talked about fading in certain spots, Barney got a quick play-the-ball and we doubled up on it.

"That feeling of being in the zone where you know why you're doing something to get a look you want to create, to finish your career on that, that's why I'm so content. 

"It wasn't just one cut out ball. There's things that led into that play that led to that look.

"These are all just moments, man. I know I'm going to cherish it." 

Coach Andrew Webster wraps Johnson's legacy.

"I say he's done a lot for the game, but he's done so much for our club," Webster said.

"He's a Warrior. He loves this place. What he's done for the game, if you have a big impact on kids wanting to participate, on wanting to play the game, especially in New Zealand, it's only three guys - Stacey (Jones), Benji (Marshall) and Shaun.

"Those touch highlights from when he was young, they're amazing. So many kids want to be him. In New Zealand, that's so special.

"We sell out every week on the back of guys like Shaun. It's special what he's done for the game and for the Warriors."

Johnson says he wants to help the Warriors junior spine players develop their game, says he's passionate about building a program so they have insight he didn't have when he was younger.

There's a couple of other things but I'd encourage any footy fan to go have a look at this presser when they have the time. Johnson speaks so well about football and life. A great note to end on.

Cronulla Sharks press conference: "There has to be a consistency."

Apologies for the delay, my Kayo crashed and then the live stream for the press conferences on the NRL website wasn't working for reasons that remain unclear to me. 

Cronulla coach Craig Fitzgibbon isn't happy with some of the refereeing, especially the Kyal Iro sin bin.

"I'd like to tell you what I really think about it. We have to protect our players, we don't want to see high shots," Fitzgibbon said. 

"But we wait until a few weeks before the semis for a crackdown? That was a disaster, that period, it was just stop start, stop start. 

"Gamesmanship then comes into it - we all know what we're doing there. 

"We want to see good footy, this is the time of year we should be letting the game flow. But there has to be a balance there." 

Both Ftzgibbon and Cam McInnes says they're not using it as an excuse and the Sharks weren't good enough. 

"I don't want to take away from their (the Warriors) performance, it's happening every game," Fitzgibbon said. 

Match report: Magic Johnson creates winning try in final minute of his career

Shaun Johnson has put the perfect full stop on his career, leading the Warriors to a come-from-behind 30-28 win over Cronulla with his last touch in the NRL.

Playing the last of his 268 NRL games before retirement, Johnson threw a perfect 15-metre cut-out ball for Dallin Watene-Zelezniak to score in the final minute.

The play sealed the Warriors a memorable win, ending their nightmare season in style and finishing off a comeback that began with them down 22-4 at half time.

The result means Cronulla appear unlikely to claim a home final, and could mathematically still miss the top four if they are beaten by Manly next week.

But the story of Saturday night at PointsBet Stadium was Johnson against his former club.

The retiring halfback began the game with a piece of old-school Johnson magic, before ending a personal nine-match losing streak in the final minute.

He helped open the scoring when he dummied twice to his outside, stepped through the defence on halfway and passing back inside for Luke Metcalf.

And when that 4-0 lead became a 22-4 deficit at the break, Johnson was heavily involved in the comeback.

With Taine Tuaupiki a threat on the right edge and setting up two tries himself, Johnson continually found ways to chip in.

He grubber-kicked early for one of Watene-Zelezniak's three tries, giving the flying winger room to run onto the ball and score.

Johnson also nailed two kicks from the sideline, helping give the Warriors a 26-22 advantage with 13 minutes to play.

And when the fairytale finish looked dead after Sam Stonestreet put the Sharks back ahead with nine minute to play, Johnson refused to give up.

A Sharks error offered the Warriors one last attacking opportunity, before Johnson touched the ball on almost every play of the set for the visitors.

Eventually he came up with the decisive one for Watene-Zelezniak's third, capping off a magical career.

"Far out," Johnson said in an on-field presentation.

"I know we carried on a bit tonight, but this is my last game so we're allowed to carry on."

For Cronulla, this loss could prove costly.

There were good signs for their attack in Nicho Hynes' return game from a fractured ankle, with Braydon Trindall keeping control of the attack.

Playing predominantly at first receiver, Trindall played a role in the Sharks' first two tries with perfectly timed passes for Teig Wilton and Kayal Iro.

With the pressure off Hynes, he was also able to send Tom Hazleton over for a four-pointer as the Sharks crossed three times in a five-minute period before the break.

And it was Trindall who was again influentual late, helping Will Kennedy put Stonestreet over late before nailing a crucial conversion from the sideline.

But ultimately the Johnson magic won out, meaning Cronulla are now likely to have to head to Melbourne to face the minor premiers in the first week of the finals.

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SHAUN JOHNSON SETS UP THE WINNER IN THE FINAL SECONDS, WARRIORS WIN

Last tackle, Johnson swings blind again, he rockets the ball out to Watene-Zelezniak, he steps inside and slams it down to score and win the game for the Warriors!

Shaun Johnson's final touch in the NRL is a gamewinning try assist. I cannot believe it, what a moment! 

Johnson has the kick from touch after the siren, he can't stop smiling, he shanks it but who cares.

Warriors win 30-28, that was incredible. 

77' Metcalf's two-point field goal drifts wide

Johnson takes the Sharks on late in the set, Metcalf goes for an equaliser from deep but it just goes wide. But then Williams makes an error on the ensuing set! The Warriors will have the ball on halfway with 90 seconds left. Can Johnson find one last bit of magic to win the game for his side? 

69' Sharks strike back to retake the lead

A penalty on the Warriors for obstructing Atkinson on a kick chase gives the Sharks field position, they go down their left and Kennedy knifes in before passing out to Stonestreet and the rookie is over for his second. 

We're all level, can Trindall convert from touch to give the Sharks the lead? You bet he can! What a kick! Sharks lead 28-26.

66' Montoya plunges over as Warriors take unlikely lead

Leiataua smashes straight through! He's brought down on the Sharks 40 but the Warriors are back on the attack. 

On the last the Warriors run it left, Metcalf swings a long pass out to Montoya and he plunges over in the corner! The Warriors lead! This is remarkable!

Johnson from touch....BANG! Warriors take the lead 26-22.

64' CNK crashes over as Warriors draw within two

The Warriors go straight back at the space where Iro would be, Johnson and Tuapiki link down that side again and he goes short to Nicoll-Klokstad for the centre to crash over! 

Johnson converts and we're set for a huge final 15 minutes, Sharks lead 22-20.

Sin bin: Kyal Iro

A Sharks drop gives the Warriors another chance at drawing closer. 

Iro cleans up Watene-Zelezniak near the sideline but he clipped the Warrior in the head. Referee Chris Butler doesn't like it, he says there's been three or four infringements and Iro is off to the bin. Warriors still on the attack.