The Warriors have overcome a wild afternoon from front-rower Kane Evans, including being sin-binned twice, to claim a comeback 18-16 NRL victory over Cronulla at Cbus Super Stadium.
Evans was binned late in the first half of Saturday's game after being baited into two left jabs from renowned sledger Will Chambers - with the Sharks turning a six-point deficit into a 10-point lead.
The Warriors fought back to level the contest at 16-all midway through the second half, only for Evans again to lose his head for a head slam on Chambers.
But the rest of the Warriors held their nerve, with a 67th-minute Reece Walsh penalty goal proving the difference in a spiteful affair.
Seven players finished the game on report - Evans twice.
It was a horror outing for the journeyman prop, who was cited immediately after his return to the field in the second half for a dangerous tackle on Ronaldo Mulitalo.
But Evans' bizarre brain snaps did not costing his side, who move within four points of the top eight and remain a mathematical chance to make the finals.
Cronulla blew an opportunity to go back up to eighth, dropping out of the top half of the ladder for the first time in six rounds.
The Warriors had led for most of the first half on the Gold Coast after Dallin Watene-Zelezniak's fourth-minute opener, set up by a looping cut-out ball from Sean O'Sullivan.
Cronulla levelled when Will Kennedy sent Connor Tracey over.
Evans' ill-discipline kickstarted a ghastly four-minutes for the Warriors that included a Briton Nikora try and an 85-metre effort from Kennedy.
Warriors pair Josh Curran (late shot) and Watene-Zelezniak (dangerous contact) were also put on report while Evans was in the bin.
However, the Sharks failed to go on with the job in the second half, with a Walsh try closing the gap when he latched onto a Josh Curran offload in the 56th minute.
Euan Aitken then tied the game a second time when he crossed soon after, before Walsh nailed the go-ahead points after a crusher tackle by Nikora.
