Cronulla is a beach suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to be an Aboriginal corruption of the name of Mr. John Connell, who owned several large grants of land in the locality. An alternative belief is that the name is derived from the Aboriginal name for the area, Kurranulla.
Cronulla lies south of Sydney, on a small peninsula framed by Bate Bay on the east, Port Hacking in the south, and Gunnamatta Bay in the west. The neighbouring suburb of Woolooware lies to the north and west of Cronulla.
Based in Cronulla in the Sutherland Shire, south of Sydney, the Sharks were admitted in 1967 to the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition, predecessor of the Australian Rugby League (ARL) and the current NRL competition.
However, the season wasn't all bad for Cronulla, with the emergence of teenage star, Andrew Ettingshausen, who was named Rookie of the Year, and would later go on to become the most capped and successful player for Cronulla.
In 1995, Cronulla were one of the first clubs to join the Super League competition, which kicked off after protracted legal battles and much bitterness, in 1997.
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