Great Britain he played from the interchange bench and kicked two goals in the Kangaroos' 44–4 victory. In 2006, Fitzgibbon succeeded Luke Ricketson as captain of the Sydney Roosters. On 12 August 2006, he became the highest scoring forward in premiership history, surpassing ex-Canberra Raiders back-rower David Furner. Fitzgibbon passed the previous record of 1218 points by converting winger Sam Perrett's third try in the 64th minute after beginning the match four points behind the Canberra forward. In August 2008, Fitzgibbon was named in the preliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, and in October 2008 he was selected in the final 24-man Australia squad. On 16 May 2009 it was announced that Craig had signed a one-year deal, with the option of a second year, with Super League side Hull F.C. for the 2010 season. Super League Craig Fitzgibbon was selected for the Exiles squad for the Rugby League International Origin Match against England at Headingley on 10 June 2011. On 3 September 2011 Fitzgibbon suffered a fracture and ligament damage to his ankle and announced his retirement at the age of 34. On the 26 September announced he would return to the Sydney Roosters in 2012 as a part of its Coaching Staff Highlights Played in the 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 & 2004 Grand Finals (scored 3 tries & kicked 9 goals for 30 points) Won the Clive Churchill Medal in the 2002 Grand Final Played 8 games for New South Wales 2003–2005 (scored one try & kicked 16 goals for 36 points) Played 15 games for Australia 2002–2005 (scored 3 tries & kicked 39 goals for 90 points) Played 4 games for Country vs. City 2002, 2004, 2005 & 2006 Craig Fitzgibbon is the highest point scoring forward (1560 points) Has played 239 first grade games (scored 39 tries & kicked 700 goals for 1560 Points) Has kicked over 600 goals for the Sydney Roosters One of the last remaining Illawarra Steelers players (Along with Trent Barrett and Luke Patten) Coaching career On 24 August 2015, Fitzgibbon was named as coach for the Country New South Wales rugby league team, replacing Trent Barrett for 2016. Fitzgibbon announced in April 2021 that he had signed a three-year contract to coach the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks from 2022 onwards. Fitzgibbon was forced to miss coaching the Sharks' first game of the 2022 NRL season as he was