RICKY STUART has won more times in Canberra than he has anywhere else. He knows, perhaps more than anyone else, what it takes to win there. But what is more important for him, leading into his latest game there, is that his side does, too.

Canberra may have an ominous record at home - especially after sundown in the winter months - but Stuart's Sharks just don't seem to care.

A trip to Canberra is seen by many teams as one of the toughest road trips in the competition, however Cronulla have won their past three matches in the nation's capital.

"Some teams go down there and they probably complain about the conditions," Stuart said. "It'll be cold, it'll be wet, it'll be slippery, but it's not going to bother us. We've worked really hard on our attitude, and our mindset. We don't care what the conditions are going to be. Whatever's dished up … if you don't have the right mental application, you won't play your best football."

The Sharks have charged up the NRL table with four wins in a row - and six in seven matches - to sit just behind Manly, Melbourne and the Roosters. But the Sharks are doing it all via stealth, and that's fine by Stuart. "We probably don't deserve to be talked about like those sides yet," he said. "For me, what we need to do over the next six or seven weeks is keep doing what we're doing, worrying about the next game and what the hurdles are there."

Tonight, one of those hurdles is being without their bruise brothers, Paul Gallen and Greg Bird. But with another win in Canberra, and a bye to come, the Sharks will have come in from the cold and have the big guns looking over their shoulders.