Sad end as Fifita's 'body won't let him go on'

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Former Cronulla front-rower Andrew Fifita has decided to discontinue from rugby league.

The 33-year-old, who scored the match-winning effort successful the Sharks' 2016 expansive last victory, had been connected the lookout for a caller nine aft Cronulla decided against offering him a caller deal.

But Nine's Danny Weidler reports that Fifita's fittingness volition unit him into retirement, having played 252 archetypal people matches, including 213 for Cronulla.

His last lucifer for the Sharks was the club's elimination last nonaccomplishment to Souths.

He played 10 State of Origin matches for New South Wales and represented some Australia and Tonga.

Announcing his departure from the Sharks successful August, Fifita had been hopeful of playing on.

"I wouldn't accidental retirement," helium said astatine the time.

"I reckon I've inactive got different twelvemonth successful maine determination else."

Simply getting backmost connected the tract successful 2022 was a large accomplishment for Fifita. In 2021, helium revealed helium sent his woman a goodbye substance from the backmost of an ambulance, erstwhile helium thought helium would dice aft suffering a pharynx injury.

Fifita received an accidental elbow to the pharynx from an opponent, and his information rapidly deteriorated aft afloat time.

"They ended up cutting my neck. He said (if doctors did it) a infinitesimal aboriginal I would person died," Fifita said.

He spent 5 days successful an induced coma successful hospital.

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