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Official Andrew Fifita
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dylan the villian
Jaws
master stroke by flanno to say to tigers "we'll take him too thanks"
Woody@goSharks
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is fifita in this weekend?
Great_White_Shark
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greenie1957
Hammerhead
attitude
fishermanaxe
Grey Nurse
Andrew didn't look right out there today! Still carrying that injury pretty badly. Rather Gibbs next week if he can only play like that.
agreed, he was your average forward tonight, when we needed someone to explode it ended up being Taga
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Sorry Fish,, you were right too,,
No good carrying Andrew next week...
He Should get BOTH into Flanno's and his Brothers ear..
30 minutes of unleashing HELL, to continue the Fafita name into week 3 of the finals
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Sorry Fish,, you were right too,,
No good carrying Andrew next week...
He Should get BOTH into Flanno's and his Brothers ear..
30 minutes of unleashing HELL, to continue the Fafita name into week 3 of the finals
goodbyepenrithhellosharks
Great White
we carried injuries into the game to Andrew Todd and Wade yesterday and got found out on all of them
dylan the villian
Jaws
Fifs older brother signed with cowboys.
sharks2010
Dribbler
i thought wade went well, hit hard in d
goodbyepenrithhellosharks
Great White
ha ha just watched it again when I was not a nervous pisswreck....we might be ok yet with injuries
fishermanaxe
Grey Nurse
Just heard Andrew say on the footy show he felt his medial go too (strain I assume)
Admitted he couldn't push throw with the calf .... Sorry big fella , ya been fantastic all year- but we need only fit men next week!
Admitted he couldn't push throw with the calf .... Sorry big fella , ya been fantastic all year- but we need only fit men next week!
dylan the villian
Jaws
Coerced by skipper Paul Gallen into taking the field last weekend, Cronulla prop Andrew Fifita admits he didn't want to play in the opening weekend of the NRL finals for fear of tearing his calf muscle off the bone.
The stunning revelation goes some way to explaining Fifita's sub-par showing against North Queensland, but the NSW Origin prop says he is over the mental demons for the game against Manly on Friday night as he eyes a return to the form which had him the most feared front-rower.
"I trained (on Tuesday) and I feel magnificent," declared Fifita, who is nursing a knee and calf complaint.
The knee injury is a grade-one medial ligament strain - sustained in Saturday night's elimination final win over North Queensland - while he carried the calf ailment into the clash.
But just how much he had been carrying the injury had not been revealed, his 114 metres gained his worst performance in a game he has managed to finish in three months.
"I couldn't run - I couldn't even do the captain's run," Fifita said.
"I did a little bit and it just felt that sore.
"If there's any injury, the one thing you don't want to do is your calf, because it pretty much controls your whole body.
"I tried pulling out the night before.
"I had a few chats some with of the (team) leaders, Gal gave me a speech about Aussies and how he did his calf and how he played and got man of the match.
"I was in la-la land last week - I don't know, I just couldn't get out of gear one.
"I was too scared I'd tear my calf right off the bone."
Those mental demons were still there on Tuesday, when he arrived at Sharks training with his knee in a brace and heavy strapping on his calf.
Club medical officials - already dealing with the likely absence of Todd Carney from Friday night's match due to a hamstring injury - ordered Fifita to rest.
He refused.
"I shouldn't have, but I really needed to," Fifita said of taking part in the session.
"I said to them, 'I really need to get my mentality right'.
"I didn't do one bit of running last week - I thought I really needed it."
And having come through the session, Fifita is ready to show his best against a Manly pack which didn't take a backward step against the Sydney Roosters last week.
Fifita owes them one too, having produced his most ineffective game of the season against the Sea Eagles in their only meeting in round six - eight runs for 73 metres in 46 minutes of game time.
"If there's one team you don't want to play going into semis, you'd fear Manly to be the most experienced team for that," Fifita said.
"How many premierships they've been in, and how many semi-finals they've been in - I don't even remember the last time they were out of the semis.
"They're going to be a big pack to (go up against)."
The stunning revelation goes some way to explaining Fifita's sub-par showing against North Queensland, but the NSW Origin prop says he is over the mental demons for the game against Manly on Friday night as he eyes a return to the form which had him the most feared front-rower.
"I trained (on Tuesday) and I feel magnificent," declared Fifita, who is nursing a knee and calf complaint.
The knee injury is a grade-one medial ligament strain - sustained in Saturday night's elimination final win over North Queensland - while he carried the calf ailment into the clash.
But just how much he had been carrying the injury had not been revealed, his 114 metres gained his worst performance in a game he has managed to finish in three months.
"I couldn't run - I couldn't even do the captain's run," Fifita said.
"I did a little bit and it just felt that sore.
"If there's any injury, the one thing you don't want to do is your calf, because it pretty much controls your whole body.
"I tried pulling out the night before.
"I had a few chats some with of the (team) leaders, Gal gave me a speech about Aussies and how he did his calf and how he played and got man of the match.
"I was in la-la land last week - I don't know, I just couldn't get out of gear one.
"I was too scared I'd tear my calf right off the bone."
Those mental demons were still there on Tuesday, when he arrived at Sharks training with his knee in a brace and heavy strapping on his calf.
Club medical officials - already dealing with the likely absence of Todd Carney from Friday night's match due to a hamstring injury - ordered Fifita to rest.
He refused.
"I shouldn't have, but I really needed to," Fifita said of taking part in the session.
"I said to them, 'I really need to get my mentality right'.
"I didn't do one bit of running last week - I thought I really needed it."
And having come through the session, Fifita is ready to show his best against a Manly pack which didn't take a backward step against the Sydney Roosters last week.
Fifita owes them one too, having produced his most ineffective game of the season against the Sea Eagles in their only meeting in round six - eight runs for 73 metres in 46 minutes of game time.
"If there's one team you don't want to play going into semis, you'd fear Manly to be the most experienced team for that," Fifita said.
"How many premierships they've been in, and how many semi-finals they've been in - I don't even remember the last time they were out of the semis.
"They're going to be a big pack to (go up against)."
Ibanez
Great White
Dylan's got all the scoops today haha.
dylan the villian
Jaws
haha had the day off and is pissin down rain today, nothing better on!