Henson Park was looked at, as was Darwin, Wollongong, Bankwest Stadium, and even overseas prior to the decision being made to play all but one home fixture at the home ground of St George Illawarra. The 12th home game will be at Sunshine Coast Stadium in Queensland, where the Rabbitohs hosted the Warriors in round five this year. The initial thought was a combination of venues for the Sharks home games, brought on by the reconstruction of the current Sharks Leagues Club adjacent to PointsBet Stadium.
A revamped club will be the centrepiece of a new commercial-retail precinct bringing further revenue to Cronulla's coffers. It's a two-year construction period at the current Woolooware site, so Munro says in the club may again consult members about whether to take more home games - with Bankwest firmly in the Sharks' sights.
Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, with a 20, capacity, is not owned by the Dragons. They rent it from Georges River Council.
But it is deep in Dragons heartland. Plans are already underway by the Sharks marketing and commercial teams to "Cronulla-ify" the stadium. Cronulla finished the season in disastrous fashion. After winning 8 out of 9 games in the middle of the season and climbing to near the top of the ladder, the team experienced the worst losing streak in the club's history, losing their last 10 consecutive games.
In a see-sawing match to finish to a tumultuous season, the Sharks in their final game coming back from 26—0 down only to lose 26—24 to Canberra. A missed penalty goal in the dying seconds of the match would have sent the game into extra-time, allowing the chance for Cronulla to equal the biggest single-game comeback in the history of top-level rugby league in Australia.
Round one of the season saw the Sharks break their game losing streak against the Penrith Panthers with an 18—0 victory at Toyota Park. Ricky Stuart, despite being somewhat hampered by the decisions of former coach Raper in the team he inherited, led the Sharks to fifth on the ladder at the halfway mark of the season surprising many critics.
The season ended with the Sharks in 11th place, rounding off a heartbreaking season, with the club losing no less than nine matches by 4 points or less. The Sharks made an excellent start to , beating defeated grand finalists Manly and premiers Melbourne in away games in the first two rounds. The team finished the season in third spot, with equal points to the clubs coming first and second.
They had one of the best defensive records, but one of the worst attacking records in the league. This was a disappointing end to an otherwise successful season.
During the season Cronulla's dire financial problems became public knowledge. The club is asset-rich, owning its stadium and the surrounding land, but had cash flow problems due to its low average home gate, poor on-field performances in recent seasons and lower than average merchandising and corporate sponsorship. The club announced plans for a partial relocation to the Central Coast, which was rebuffed by the NRL. It was to split home games for the —14 seasons among.
The financial strife at Cronulla has been just the start of the club's woes. The first issue to come to light was allegations on the ABC program Four Corners that the team in a pre-season trip to New Zealand in psychologically damaged a young woman after the side was engaged in group sex, most notably ex-player Matthew Johns. The director of Cronulla, Barry Pierce, was implicated in the drama, as he was managing the touring side.
Later in the season, Cronulla forward Reni Maitua tested positive to a banned performance-enhancing substance and has been banned for two years. Major sponsor LG did not renew their contract beyond Ultimately the malaise was found to reach to the very top of the club, with the CEO, Tony Zappia forced to quit after controversy where he allegedly hit a female employee while shadow boxing.
Zappia did not disclose this to the board. The on-field performances of the club also suffered in , with the club recording 9 straight losses after a win in Round 1. Despite a midseason revival with four straight wins, the Cronulla side slipped to ten straight defeats to equal the club's worst losing streak. One of these losses caused great controversy as the Sharks, playing against Manly, were forced to field just 12 men for most of the game after Luke Douglas was sent off by referee Phil Haines for a careless high tackle.
Coach Stuart was left fuming by this and other decisions made by the referees during the game. The Sharks managed to avoid the wooden spoon in when the Roosters were soundly beaten by the Cowboys in the final round, resulting in a lower overall standing than the Sharks.
This was a rare positive in a horror season for the Cronulla club. The start of the season saw the Sharks return reinvented, with a new board, new CEO Richard Fisk and refinancing of club debt with the leagues club. However, reverting the poor on-field performance proved more difficult.
Having developed a plan to refinance debt and a long term financial strategy, Richard Fisk resigned in June The clubs head coach, Ricky Stuart, also tendered his resignation from onwards due to the poor on field performance.
The season started so promising for the club. The addition of Wade Graham at five-eighth and New Zealand international Jeremy Smith to a pack already containing two origin players promised an end to the Sharks' status as cellar-dwellers. Despite being humiliated by the Raiders at Canberra Stadium in round one, , the club won its next two matches. They beat defending premiers St. George Illawarra at home in round two, and smashed Penrith at Centerbet Stadium.
Then the losses really started coming for the club as a number of first starters were injured, losing five in a row to the Warriors , Sea Eagles , Knights , Cowboys , and Rabbitohs Cronulla dropped down the table, from 9th to 15th.
They broke their hoodoo in round ten, when they beat the struggling Sydney Roosters at Toyota Stadium. They were again disappointing in round eleven, when they were defeated by the Eels at Parramatta Stadium.
They then faced the Broncos at home in round 13, and were, again, disappointing going down A bye in round 14 gifted them with the chance to train hard for a week without a match, and skipper Paul Gallen lead the NSW Blues Origin team to a memorable victory over Queensland, with an inspirational performance.
He then played outstandingly for the Sharks in their round 15 match against the Bulldogs just three days after the State of Origin match.
Cronulla beat Canterbury-Bankstown The next four weeks saw a turnaround of the club's performance, with victory over the Gold Coast Titans , the South Sydney Rabbitohs , and then they took revenge against the Canberra Raiders A round of player signings occurred in the middle of the season.
Proposals to develop the land assets of the Leagues club which owns the stadium and land around Shark Park finally became more tangible, as details of a residential and shopping centre were released. The Sharks seek to alleviate their crippling debts and also to create an income stream.
For Cronulla's maiden season in first grade a sky blue jersey with a white V was adopted from the Cronulla Surf Club despite Cronulla's chocolate and gold design in the Sydney 2nd Division competition. The team colours of black, white and sky blue haven't changed, with the exception of grey being incorporated during super league, and shortly after on the team's away strip.
It is alleged that during the first season the club President suggested the 'Lions' while the captain Ken Kearney recommended the 'Sharks'. The mascot may have been named after the Cronulla Surf Club's rugby league teams of the s. From the late s through to the late s, the Sharks used a predominately black circular crest with a blue shark. This was changed after Super League in to a blue and white star-shaped design.
Between —, the name was shortened to simply the "Sharks"[citation needed]. Since , the name has since been changed back to the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and changed their logo again in , which is currently in use.
The leagues club sits beside the Cronulla Sutherland home ground, Toyota Stadium, originally known as Endeavour Field. Cronulla's home ground has had numerous names over the years including Ronson Field, Shark Park,Toyota Park, and its current name, Toyota Stadium, re-named after the construction of a stand at the Southern end of the ground.
Up, up, Cronulla, the boys in the black white and blue Up, up, Cronulla, name of the sharks fits you. Sharks, sharks, forever go out and play without fear. Now's the time to see good football, cause the sharks are here!
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