The sight of Craig Fitzgibbon punching a monitor screen in a moment of fury proved one thing to Cronulla players - their coach is as frustrated as anyone that the Sharks may be letting a golden chance slip from their grasp.
Finalists in every year of the ex-Australian Test forward's coaching tenure, the Sharks enter Saturday's elimination final against North Queensland ready to farewell Cameron McInnes, Sisosifa Talakai, Jesse Ramien and Sione Katoa, who have been mainstays under Fitzgibbon.