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Alex Mitchell

Sharks' Fitzgibbon considers phoning it on

Cronulla coach Craig Fitzgibbon will be isolating at home when his side face Canberra in round one. (AAP)

Craig Fitzgibbon's first NRL game in charge of Cronulla won't play out exactly how he planned it, forced to swap GIO Stadium's touchline for his man cave after contracting COVID-19.

Fitzgibbon, who said he felt healthy, will have to watch his Sharks side face Canberra from his "downstairs bunker" and was not even sure what contact he would have with his players throughout the game.

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