Tigers v Sharks - a perspective

[Merlot]

Cronulla (1st grade ) , unsure but expect it would filter thru the grades ,all scrap , together for each other and don't like being bettered than there opposite number , . Where our club seem softer , willing to engage but no enthusiasm to dominate

 

[Needaname]

Sharks have 8 players in the first grade squad that have played together from Harold matt's....this to me is the most glaring difference between them and the Tigers.

Who are they?
I’ve been saying to a sharkies mate for years that the Sharks will be the next Penrith dynasty style club. I wonder if they will go all the way this year?

 

[TheEnz]

Who are they?
I’ve been saying to a sharkies mate for years that the Sharks will be the next Penrith dynasty style club. I wonder if they will go all the way this year?

My bad...they started playing 6 years ago when they won NSW cup with Newtown Jets, still impressive, that 8 have come through and are all solid first graders with 6 years of experience playing together at the highest levels.
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/ei...special-grand-final-bond-20250918-p5mw85.html

 

[Needaname]

My bad...they started playing 6 years ago when they won NSW cup with Newtown Jets, still impressive, that 8 have come through and are all solid first graders with 6 years of experience playing together at the highest levels.
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/ei...special-grand-final-bond-20250918-p5mw85.html

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Cheers, I recall that as well. A few like Wilton, Brailey, Mulitolo and Trindle would be have been in lower grades again.

 

[Needaname]

My bad...they started playing 6 years ago when they won NSW cup with Newtown Jets, still impressive, that 8 have come through and are all solid first graders with 6 years of experience playing together at the highest levels.
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/ei...special-grand-final-bond-20250918-p5mw85.html

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Turns out in 2018 Jets made the NSWCup GF with 5 current NRL 17 players.
They also made the 2018 Jersey Flegg cup with another 2.
Also worth noting they were premiers last year in the NSW Cup.

 

[jirskyr]

Sharks are one of the best run clubs in the league. The geographical size of their catchment is small but they are constantly producing high quality NRL level players. They are run well on the financial side of things too with multiple private investments performing well.

Meanwhile, we had a CEO who got himself suspended for 6 months which got us a salary cap penalty. Then we decided to bring him back after that and keep him on for another 5 years. Things seemed to be doing okay stakeholder-wise, but it turned out he was fudging the numbers to make our reach seem better than it was. So overall it's been a shitshow.

I know it's been quoted a million times, but Jack Gibson said it best: "Winning starts in the front office."

I wouldn't go over the top, in:
2013 their head coach was suspended for supplements
2016 their Chairman was done for cocaine
2018 Sharks were done for systematic salary cap breaches dating back 4 years and by some miracle were not fingered or excluded for their 2016 premiership
2018 their CEO accidentally outed their coach for breaching his suspension, whilst attempting to self-report salary cap breaches, leading to a lengthy ban

You won't see bigger systematic FUs in the Head Office than that. Sharks are responsible for some of the all-time top-tier governance failures.

What Cronulla do have is a passionate and highly involved/athletic local population who love their tackle footy and keep producing quality juniors.

 

[crazycat]

Differences ...

Sharks wear - black, white & blue,
we wear - black, white & orange.

Sharks have one home ground,
we have quite a few.

Sharks represent a well defined district,
we don’t

Sharks keep playing into September,
we don’t!

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The most glaring similarity however, is that the Cronulla Sharks & Wests Tigers will both be watching this years grand final from the bleachers.

Cmon...

Yea, the Sharks probably will loose to Melbourne. Maybe it's close, maybe it's a wipeout.

But their 2 games from raising the trophy and if they watch the grand final from the benches, it's from a point of possible.

Were celebrating 13th!

The Sharks have Craig Fitzgibbon who gets his hands dirty and trains people hard. We have John Morris who was their coaching reject.
The Sharks are able to train in a gutsy player style and manage injuries well. We can't and haven't.