"Weren't Allowed To Vote For Me" - Andrew Fifita Reveals 2016 Clive Churchill Controversy
The Chad Townsend ShowShow Notes
Welcome back to the podcast! 10 YEARS ON… ANDREW FIFITA IS BACK TO RELIVE ONE OF THE GREATEST SEASONS IN CRONULLA SHARKS HISTORY. In this episode of The Chad Townsend Show, I sit down with my former Sharks teammate Andrew Fifita in collaboration with James Maloney and the Rugby League Journeyman to go back to 2016 — the season Cronulla finally broke through and won their first NRL Premiership after 49 years of heartbreak.
And of course, we have to talk about THAT Grand Final.
Andrew produced one of the most incredible moments in Sharks history when he charged onto the ball, beat the defence and crashed over to score a massive try in the 2016 Grand Final against Melbourne.
We go behind the scenes of that moment and the entire 2016 journey.
- The incredible 15-game winning streak - What made the 2016 Sharks team so special - The pressure of trying to win Cronulla's first premiership - Andrew Fifita's unbelievable Grand Final try - The moments leading into the Grand Final - What was really happening inside the Sharks dressing room - Stories from the 2016 playing group - The belief that this team could finally win it - What it meant to finally bring the premiership back to Cronulla - The emotions of winning after 49 yearsAndrew Fifita was one of the most important players in that 2016 team, and this is his story of the season that changed Sharks history forever.
10 YEARS ON — WE GO BACK TO 2016.
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