Players don't win the Dally M as much as stories do and Nicho Hynes had a good one in 2022.
After joining from Melbourne — where he'd impressed as a back-up — the halfback was a flashy new player on a flashy new team in Cronulla, who were the flavour of the winter months with their rise under new coach Craig Fitzgibbon.
It's the kind of simple, repeatable narrative that sticks in the mind of voters.
