Inside Morris’s heartbreaking farewell to players
Axed coach John Morris has told his Sharks players he will be cheering for them for the remainder of the season in a teary farewell speech.
Axed coach John Morris has told his Sharks players he will be cheering for them for the remainder of the season in a teary farewell speech.
Fourteen years after being dumped to park football by Ricky Stuart, ‘nightwatchman’ Josh Hannay is back with the Sharks and determined to make a big impression.
A series of stuff-ups were put forward as the reason for John Morris’ exit from the Sharks, but the dumped coach has a different story.
As the Sharks prepare to unveil the Craig Fitzgibbon era, Trent Robinson is confident an ‘understanding of the loyalties’ will prevent his current assistant coach from raiding their ranks.
Newcastle have shown a toughness they’ve lacked for years after outlasting Cronulla 14-8 to get their 2019 season off to the best possible start.
The Cronulla Sharks have secured a game-changing $40 million cash injection that will turn the NRL’s premiership paupers into a long-term powerhouse.
No more grubby third party deals and no more salary cap rorting. The peptide days are long gone. After decades of lurching from one crisis to another, Cronulla’s future is secure, writes PHIL ROTHFIELD.
Kalyn Ponga’s move from fullback to the five-eighth for Newcastle has put the Knights star in traffic with some of Cronulla’s biggest hitters — and the Sharks are planning an all-out onslaught.
Growing up, all Jayden and Blayke Brailey ever dreamt of was playing in the NRL together. On Friday night that lifetime ambition will come to pass.
The pain Andrew Fifita carried last year had him ready to give up. But with a new season, a new attitude and new stem cells in his knee, the Cronulla prop is ready to give it all back to the game he loves.
Wayne Bennett shuffles South Sydney, Zac Lomax will miss Round 1, a NZ young gun is out, injury hampers Wests Tigers star and Raiders’ selection surprise. Keep up to date with all the latest news ahead of the team announcements.
In the third instalment of the 2019 NRL pre-season power rankings Nick Campton looks at two teams poised to make a run up the ladder and two more clinging on to their time at the top.
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