Andrew Fifita: Brother| Indigenous| Wife| Weight Loss| Injury

Cronula prop Andrew Fifita is in critical but stable condition at the Royal Brisbane Hospital after suffering a serious throat injury. Today we will discuss about Andrew Fifita: Brother| Indigenous| Wife| Weight Loss| Injury

Andrew Fifita: Brother| Indigenous| Wife| Weight Loss| Injury

Andrew Fifitta is a professional rugby league footballer who plays in the NRL as a prop for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. He has played for Tonga and Australia at international.

Brother

Early years. He was born in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia. Fifita is of indigenous Australian and Tongan descent. Andrew Fifita’s twin brother, David Fifita plays for Wakefield Trinity as a prop.

Wakefield Trinity has made an offer for Cronulla Sharks and Tonga prop Andrew Fifita; His twin brother David joined Wakefield in 2016; Wakefield chief executive Michael Carter confirms “we have made an offer”.

The 2016 Premier Match winner of the Cronulla Sharks, whose defection from Australia helped propel Tonga to world No. 4, has 18 months left on his contract with the Sydney club but is currently out of favor.

“We have made an offer,” confirmed Trinity Chief Executive Michael Carter.

Indigenous

Fifita is of indigenous Australian and Tongan descent. Andrew Fifita’s twin brother, David Fifita plays for Wakefield Trinity as a prop. Fifita began playing rugby league with twin brother David in the Penrith Junior rugby league system before moving to Griffith, New South Wales.

Josh Addo-Carr and Andrew Fifita lent their support behind a potential indigenous team to compete in the Rugby League World Cup.

Wife

The Cronulla star’s wife has traveled to the hospital to be by her partner’s bedside after being taken to the hospital in a scary incident.

Sharks forward Andrew Fifitta remains in hospital after being treated for a serious throat injury sustained during his team’s loss to Newcastle on Sunday.

According to reports he experienced difficulty breathing and was treated by paramedics at Radcliffe’s Moreton Daly Stadium, when he was first taken to the Cronula dressing room to receive treatment from the club’s medical team.

Weight Loss

Reports: RTS to Switch Up Code 1:47 Andrew Fifita has revealed the phone call that prompted him to lose 20kg before the start of the upcoming 2021 season. Fifita is out of contract at the end of 2022 but will be looking for more consistency in his game after struggling for form last season…

Fifita has in turn denied this, having dropped 20kg in the off-season to keep up with the NRL’s latest six-again rules. He has been doing his business with feeder club Newtown in recent weeks. He will not play for the next three weeks after serving a suspension for Newtown last weekend.

Injury

Sharks prop Andrew Fifita has been admitted to intensive care and unconscious due to a throat injury he lost to Newcastle at Radcliffe on Sunday.

Fifita is understood to be in a stable condition after suffering a “significant laryngeal injury” and experiencing difficulty breathing the entire time.

Persistent swelling in his throat has caused doctors to swoon the 32-year-old former international, who is due to spend several days at the Royal Brisbane Hospital with his partner Nikki.