Cronulla prop Andrew Fifita is ready to put his tumultuous end to the 2016 NRL season behind him, says Johnathan Thurston.

Friday’s All Stars match will be Fifita’s first since being blacklisted from the Australian Four Nations tour over his support for one-punch killer Kieran Loveridge.

Thurston, who will line up alongside Fifita for the Indigenous All Stars in Newcastle, said he had a spring in his step and was set for a big year.