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In this podcast
2:30 – Welcome Craig Fitzgibbon
3:06 – Coaching and growing up as Alan Fitzgibbon’s son
9:00 – Learning from Trent Robinson
10:15 – How he got the defensive coach role and the philosophies behind it
13:28 – Dealing with pressure and building trust within the team
16:09 – The 2018 grand final and planning for Cooper Cronk’s injury
22:23 – Growing up in Dapto and as the Sharks ball boy
23:26 – Coming through the junior grades
25:06 – Becoming a stats player and going away from this
26:47 – Illawarra Steelers junior reps
27:42 – Super League and his ARL contract
33:00 – Funny story from his first grade debut
35:51 – 1998 and the Steelers young guns
36:03 – His father in laws multi bet
38:15 – Making the St George Illawarra Dragons merger
40:57 – Playing with Mundine & Blacklock
43:00 – Getting dropped prior to 99 semi-final series
43:41 – 1999 grand final week
44:49 – First try in the grand final
45:45 – Thoughts after losing two grand finals early
47:12 – Why he left the Dragons for the Roosters
49:22 – Signing with Roosters
50:00 – Meeting Nick Politis
51:45 – Winning a Clive Churchill medal
53:04 – 2002 grand final and the Villasanti moment
56:25 – Kangaroo Tour
58:20 – Nerves and Origin debuts
59:10 – The three types of fear
1:04:08 – Origin coaching and walking through the new tunnel
1:05:52 – Getting the captaincy at the Roosters
1:08:15 – Moving to the Hull and the English Super League
1:11:28 – Favourite goal he kicked or try he scored
1:12:45 – Goal kicking
1:13:55 – Favourite venue away from the SFS
1:14:48 – Best and worst rig
1:17:22 – Freak trainers at the Roosters
1:18:18 – 5 people he would invite to private dinner party
CRAIG FITZGIBBON
Craig Fitzgibbon is a legend of the NRL, playing 263 first games. He debut at the Illawarra Steelers but spent the majority of his career at the Sydney Roosters winning a grand final in 2002 where he was also awarded the Clive Churchill medal. He spent two years in England playing 44 games from Hull. His distinguished rep career includes 18 test matches for Australia and 11 State of Origins for NSW. Post footy he is still one of the integral parts of the Roosters as an assistant coach to Trent Robinson.
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