How do you prepare to play against a team that has won every game they’ve played this season and every game they’ve ever played against your team, including last year’s grand final?

That’s the challenge Cronulla captain Tiana Penitani will face if the Sharks beat the Cowboys on Saturday in the first week of the NRLW finals.

Penitani will have to lead her squad into battle against the Roosters, an assignment that has proved mission impossible for every other team this season. And even if they win that, they’ll likely face the Brisbane Broncos – who have beaten everyone bar the Roosters – in the grand final. Such is the disparity between the top two teams and everyone else in the NRLW this season.

“I think when you look back to 2023 when there was expansion, it looks very similar to what

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