Veteran Paul Gallen has signed a new one-year deal with current club Cronulla Sharks that will take him into his 18th season as an NRL player.
Gallen, the co-captain at Cronulla, made his NRL debut in June 2001 in the Sharks' 36-6 defeat to Parramatta.
The loose forward has played 321 matches for the Sharks and captained his side to their mai