Carney's first year at Cronulla was very good, as he helped the side into the finals.
However, they were defeated by the Raiders in the Qualifying Finals.

He was also selected to represent New South Wales in the annual State of Origin series playing at the five-eighth position.

Carney spent the off-season recovering from an achilles tendon tear, but despite an offer from the New Zealand Warriors in January 2013, Carney signed-up with the Sharks for an additional five-years from 2013.

Carney for the second time in his career, he won the Dally M 'Five-Eight of the Year' Award in the 2013 NRL season.

On 29 June 2014, Carney was sacked by the Sharks, due to a photograph leaked on social media in which he appears to urinate into his own mouth.

As he was on his last warning for behavioural issues, the NRL's Chief Operating Officer Jim Doyle, said, “I would be surprised if any club would show interest in signing him.
Considering his chequered history and even if they did it was 'unlikely' the NRL would agree to register him.”

On 18 January 2019, Carney appeared on the NRL podcast titled "Bloke in a bar".
 Carney was asked by host Denan Kemp about the incident which saw his contract terminated by Cronulla.
 Carney said that his "Bubbler" act had been performed by another teammate Bryce Gibbs.
 Carney claimed the "Bubbler" became part of celebrations after each win.

Carney also claimed that former Cronulla boss Steve Noyce was among the club officials to witness Gibbs do the '"Bubbler" and says he did not balk at it before the publicly circulated photo of Carney stole headlines and ultimately led to his exile from the NRL.
 Carney stated that Noyce only made an issue of the act because of the photograph becoming public.
Carney's first year at Cronulla was very good, as he helped the side into the finals. However, they were defeated by the Raiders in the Qualifying Finals.
He was also selected to represent New South Wales in the annual State of Origin series playing at the five-eighth position.
Carney spent the off-season recovering from an achilles tendon tear, but despite an offer from the New Zealand Warriors in January 2013, Carney signed-up with the Sharks for an additional five-years from 2013.
Carney for the second time in his career, he won the Dally M 'Five-Eight of the Year' Award in the 2013 NRL season.
On 29 June 2014, Carney was sacked by the Sharks, due to a photograph leaked on social media in which he appears to urinate into his own mouth.
As he was on his last warning for behavioural issues, the NRL's Chief Operating Officer Jim Doyle, said, “I would be surprised if any club would show interest in signing him. Considering his chequered history and even if they did it was 'unlikely' the NRL would agree to register him.”
On 18 January 2019, Carney appeared on the NRL podcast titled "Bloke in a bar".  Carney was asked by host Denan Kemp about the incident which saw his contract terminated by Cronulla.  Carney said that his "Bubbler" act had been performed by another teammate Bryce Gibbs.  Carney claimed the "Bubbler" became part of celebrations after each win.
Carney also claimed that former Cronulla boss Steve Noyce was among the club officials to witness Gibbs do the '"Bubbler" and says he did not balk at it before the publicly circulated photo of Carney stole headlines and ultimately led to his exile from the NRL.  Carney stated that Noyce only made an issue of the act because of the photograph becoming public.
Todd Carney