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The 2021 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the 55th in the club's history. The club was coached by Josh Hannay in an interim role and captained by Wade Graham. The team was initially coached by John Morris, who was relinquished of his duties following the signing of Craig Fitzgibbon as coach for the 2022 NRL season. The team competed in the National Rugby League's 2021 Telstra Premiership.
Milestones
Round 1: Aaron Woods played his 50th game for the club.
Round 1: Aiden Tolman made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
Round 2: Wade Graham played his 250th career game.
Round 4: Teig Wilton scored his 1st career try.
Round 6: Braden Hamlin-Uele played his 50th career game.
Round 8: Will Chambers made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the Melbourne Storm.
Round 9: Matt Moylan played his 50th game for the club.
Round 12: Shaun Johnson played his 200th career game.
Round 12: Briton Nikora played his 50th career and club game.
Round 12: Franklin Pele made his NRL debut for the club.
Round 15: Will Chambers scored his 1st try for the club.
Round 16: Aiden Tolman scored his 1st try for the club.
Round 17: Braydon Trindall scored his 1st career try.
Round 19: Toby Rudolf scored his 1st career try.
Round 20: Luke Metcalf made his NRL debut for the club.
Round 23: Luke Metcalf scored his 1st career try.
Fixtures
= Pre-season
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Ladder
= Ladder progression
=Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.
Coaching staff
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Josh Hannay — NRL Head Coach (Interim)
Darren Mooney — General Manager – Football
Mark Noakes — NRL Performance Operations
Nathan Pickworth — Head of Performance
Dave Howlett — NRL Assistant Coach
Paul Gallen – NRL Specialist coach
Luke Lewis – NRL Specialist coach
Daniel Holdsworth – Elite Development Coach/NRL Assistant
Tony Grimaldi — Strength and Conditioning Coach
Alex Clarke — Strength Coach
Dave Garrick – NRL Physiotherapist
Pat Williams – NRL Physiotherapist
John Davey – Sports Scientist
Marc Leabres – Performance Analyst
Luke Mace - NRL Operations
Amanda King – Education and Wellbeing
Jeff Robson – Education and Wellbeing
Glenn Brailey – Academy and Talent Identification
Dr. George Pitsis – Club Doctor
Squad
Player movements
Player Appearances
Representative honours
Bold denotes players who captained their respective teams.
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1 – Ronaldo Mulitalo was originally set to make his debut for the Queensland Maroons but was found to be ineligible despite having played representative rugby league for Queensland's under 18s and under 20s sides.
Squad statistics
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NSWRL Major Comps
= Knock-On Effect NSW Cup (Newtown Jets)
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Regular season
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= Jersey Flegg Cup (U21s)
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= Harvey Norman Women's Premiership
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The Sharks were originally set to compete in the Harvey Norman Women's Premiership finals series. Due to the COVID lockdown situation in Sydney as well as surrounding areas, the NSWRL made the decision to cancel qualifying matches and head straight to a grand final, eliminating the Sharks from the competition.
NSWRL Junior Reps
= SG Ball Cup (U19s)
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= Harold Matthews Cup (U17s)
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= Tarsha Gale Cup (U19s)
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Finals series