Craig Fitzgibbon has already come up with his first masterstroke less than a month into his head coach career.When he lost centre Connor Tracey to injury a week ago, the Sharks coach was faced with a dilemma as to who to slot into his backline to replace him.Rather than go with a specialist centre, Fitzgibbon went with nuggety back-rower Siosifa Talakai - and what a success it was against the Knights on Friday night.Talakai produced a man of the match performance at Shark Park, scoring one try, having another disallowed and setting up a third.He also ran for 228 metres - remarkably more than 100 better than the best Knight, Daniel Saifiti.A whole-hearted player with a thick, bushy beard, Talakai may well develop into a cult figure at Shark Park if he continues to produce performances like that.
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