The Sharks may have only missed out on the finals for the first time since 2014 on the last day of the regular season, but in reality they sealed their fate in mid April. It was then that after just five rounds, the club made the bewildering call to sack coach John Morris, who had steered them to back-to-back finals footy in the previous two seasons. The Sharks clearly lost their way from there, losing their next five games and they were chasing their tails from that point on. Fill-in coach Josh Hannay did a fair job to get the Sharks back in the hunt, but the bottom line is their roster is stronger than a couple of teams that finished ahead of them - and they should be playing in September. On the positive side, the future is bright - the Sharks have a good young squad, have bought well and found themselves a highly respected new coach in Craig Fitzgibbon. Young guns Braydon Trindall, Connor Tracy, Jack Williams, Teig Wilton, Sio Talakai, Briton Nikora, Ronaldo Mulitalo, Luke Metcalf, Will Kennedy, Mawene Hiroti and Sione Katoa all came of age and will give Fitzgibbon plenty to work with in 2022.
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