| Year: | 1972 |
| League: | NSWRFL |
| League Rank: | 8th |
| Cup: | Challenge Cup |
| League Wins: | 8 |
| League Draws: | 0 |
| League Losses: | 14 |
| Points For: | 332 (61 tries, 74 goals, 1 field goal) |
| Points Against: | 378 (71 tries, 82 points, 1 field goal) |
| Ceo Title: | CEO |
| Coach: | Tommy Bishop |
| Captain: | Greg Pierce Ken Maddison Cliff Watson |
| Stadium: | Endeavour Field |
| Avg Attendance: | 6,162 |
| Top Tries: | Ray Corcoran (13) |
| Top Goals: | Barry Andrews (71) |
| Top Points: | Barry Andrews (151) |
| Prev Season: | 1971 |
| Next Season: | 1973 |
The 1972 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the sixth in the club's history. They competed in the NSWRFL's 1972 premiership.
| width=20 abbr="Position×" | width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=20 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=20 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manly-Warringah | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 460 | 255 | +205 | 37 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Eastern Suburbs | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 514 | 297 | +217 | 35 | ||||||||||
| 3 | St. George | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 398 | 221 | +177 | 34 | ||||||||||
| 4 | South Sydney | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 456 | 331 | +125 | 28 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Newtown | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 402 | 371 | +31 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Canterbury-Bankstown | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 382 | 373 | +9 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Western Suburbs | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 367 | 398 | -31 | 17 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Cronulla-Sutherland | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 332 | 378 | -46 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 9 | North Sydney | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 320 | 405 | -85 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Balmain | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 333 | 455 | -122 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Penrith | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 278 | 490 | -212 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Parramatta | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 317 | 585 | -268 | 10 | ||||||||||