After coaching the St George/Illawarra Dragons to a 60-18 loss against the Sydney Roosters on ANZAC Day, Shane Flanagan was asked about the Dragons next game against the Cronulla Sharks. Things got weird… According to News.com.au Flanagan told reporters. “That’s been marked in the calendar for a while.” Fair enough. It isn’t a surprised that…
Cronulla Sharks forward Dale Finucane has retired from Rugby League with immediate effect due to repeated concussions. Finucane played 251 games during his career in which he played for the Canterbury Bulldogs, the Melbourne Storm and the Cronulla Sharks. He also played State Of Origin football for New South Wales in 5 games. Rugby League…
Cronulla Sharks half Braydon Trindall has been charged by police after failing a roadside drug and alcohol test. The Sharks have handed the information over to the NRL Integrity Unit and they will do an investigation before handing over the information to the NRL who will hand down any ban that may be upcoming for…
Disgruntled New Zealand Warriors prop Addin Fonua-Blake has joined the Cronulla Sharks on a 4 year deal. It comes as a bit of a shock to some as the St George/Illawarra Dragons felt very confident about securing Fonua-Blake’s services after the withdrawal of an offer from the Wests Tigers earlier in the week. Fonua-Blake will…
In a move that in no way is meant to take attention away from the fact the QRL named an ineligible players in their State Of Origin squad, or take attention away from the annihilation that Queensland suffered at the hands of New South Wales in back-to-back State Of Origin games, both of which were…
Shaun Johnson is off contract and coming off the back of kicking a ridiculous, ugly, but amazing field goal for the Cronulla Sharks to defeated the Penrith Panthers. After the game Johnson told the media “If there are any clubs out there that are after a halfback, I’m your man” So where will Shaun Johnson…
So you want to know what the biggest loss in the history of the Cronulla Sharks is? Well, you’ve come to the right place! On August 23rd in 2003 the Cronulla Sharks were beaten 74-4 by the Parramatta Eels in round 24 at Parramatta Stadium. 7,050 were in attendance as Jamie Lyon scored 5 tries…
Want to know how many tries Andrew Ettingshausen scored during his NRL career? Well, you’ve come to the right place! Andrew Ettingshausen scored 166 tries for the Cronulla Sharks between 1983 and 2000 in 327 games. Andrew Ettingshausen scored 7 tries in 27 appearances for New South Wales in the State Of Origin series between…
Want to know what the biggest winning margin in the history of the Cronulla Sharks is? Well, you’ve come to the right place! On August the 21st in 2005 the Cronulla Sharks defeated the Manly Sea Eagles 68-6 at Endeavour Field in front of 13,325 spectators. Brett Kimmorley and Nigel Vagana both scored a hat-trick…
It is hard for a club to rebuild its reputation after going through a rough time. Just ask the Canterbury Bulldogs. For the Cronulla Sharks, the club has been suffering from a PR hangover that goes back to not only the ASADA scandal, but then a subsequent salary cap scandal that led to their coach…
Breaking news as Bronson Xerri has been stood down after returning a positive drug test. “The Provisional Suspension Notice asserts that Mr Xerri returned a positive A-sample for exogenous Testosterone, Androsterone, Etiocholanolone and 5b-androstane-3a,17b-diol which are prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the NRL’s Anti-Doping Policy. “He was tested by the…
When the Cronulla Sharks signed Josh Dugan to a massive contract they knew what they were getting. A representative quality outside back with a history of injury problem. They made the offer to Dugan, he signed it, and the rest is history. Now as we head into the 2020 NRL season it seems pretty clear…
When you look back over the last 15 years of the Cronulla Sharks the club has offered up a bit of a mixed bag of results. Going from a team everyone would like to see win its first NRL title, to being one of the most disliked clubs across the game due to the ASADA…
Melbourne Storm are leading the pack in the 2017 NRL and they look the favourites for silverware later in the year. Craig Bellamy and his side seem to have put last season’s Grand Final defeat to the Cronulla Sharks behind them and are currently holding a two-point lead at the top of the table as…
A few days ago I wrote an article asking readers Which Sydney Based NRL Club Would You Choose To Relocate and included a poll that allowed readers to have their say. Here are the results of that poll so far: Incredibly, readers chose the Wests Tigers, Sydney Roosters and Cronulla Sharks as their favourite options…
If you support a club in Sydney the chances are even you feel like there are too many NRL clubs based in Sydney. Sydney is the most saturated sporting market in Australia, and for good reason. It is the economic powerhouse of the nation, with the biggest corporate base to draw upon along with having…
After an incredible year that saw the Cronulla Sharks break their long standing premiership drought, the team is back again and looking to become the first true reigning premiers since the Brisbane Broncos of 1992-1993. Ironically, the first opponent of the 2017 season for the Cronulla Sharks will be the Brisbane Broncos. Both teams are…
I always find it a little strange when I see that Rugby League is called upon once again to right all the wrongs in society. The NRL is a sporting competition that features a narrow band of young men within society between the ages of around 17 to 35, whose financial status varies considerably, but…
The Cronulla Sharks had their winning streak snapped on Monday Night by the Gold Coast Titans in a game that ended in an 18-all draw after Golden Point extra time. The game will be remembered for a number of controversial incidents including players allegedly lying down to draw penalties, allegations Wade Graham lied at the…
News Limited is reporting that Paul Gallen is upset at what he called “disrespectful” Sharks supporters in the wake of news that he will be on the sidelines for a month with a knee injury. Gallen said the he was hurt that Sharks supporters would question his loyalty to the club after some of them…
Roy Masters is reporting that Cronulla Sharks players could be offered one month bans by ASADA as soon as this week. Masters writes that bans could be taken during the off season, would would basically only see a couple of players miss the Four Nations and everyone get off with a get out of jail…
The Cronulla Sharks have announced they they will not be looking to bring in a new coach for the rest of 2014 season. That means that James Shepherd will continue his role as the Sharks interim coach until the return of Shane Flanagan once his ban from the game is over. The Sharks tried to…
News Limited is reporting that the Cronulla Sharks have made informal enquiries about signing North Queensland Cowboys halfback Robert Lui. Informal enquiries is a funny term. I like to think it’s like a formal enquiry but will a lower standard of dress code. My guess is that the Cronulla Sharks want to sign Lui, but…
Andrew Fifita has be pretty blunt when talking about the North Queensland Cowboys final exit against the Cronulla Sharks last season. Fifita told Fairfax media that he didn’t notice the mistake that saw the Cronulla Sharks score a try one the 7th tackle in last years finals series match against the Cowboys. The Sharks went…
Cronulla Sharks captain Paul Gallen could miss the rest of the season with scans this week to determine the extent of a bicep injury he picked up in the Sharks 31-18 loss at home to the Newcastle Knights. Bicep injuries tend to be one of those rotten injuries that are never have a good outcome….
The Sharks week from hell has ended on a high with the dailytelegraph announcing the club has landed a major sponsor for the rest of the season in the form of Labour Health. I’m sure NO ONE sees the irony in the Sharks attracting a company that specialised in drug and alcohol testing in the…
Phil Rothfield of the Daily Telegraph is reporting that Australian test coach Tim Sheens was offered the interim Cronulla Sharks coaching role last night, only to turn it down. It is not a huge surprise that the Sharks turned to Tim Sheens. He is a very experienced coach who has seen just about every situation…
Peter Sharp has quit his role as interim coach of the Cronulla Sharks effective immediately. At this stage no replacement has been named. Sharp stated that he did not want to take over the role when Shane Flanagan was suspended for 12 months due to the ASADA investigation. As it turns out he did not…
Todd Carney once again finds his Rugby League career in tatters after yet another off field incident. The Cronulla Sharks decision to sack him, and the timing of his sacking (just one day before the June 30 deadline that allowed players to switch teams), makes it hard to see where Carney goes from here. I…
Todd Carney has been sacked by the Cronulla Sharks after a picture of his was circulated on social media last night that showed him urinating into his own mouth. Carney, who has had a number of chances over the course of his career, will be hard pressed to get his football career back on track…