
Teammates have declared Nicho Hynes "easily" the NRL's best player as Cronulla plot to ride on the halfback's coat tails all the way to premiership glory.
Hynes' scintillating return from a calf injury that sidelined the 2022 Dally M Medallist for the first three rounds sparked the Sharks to a 40-8 derby mauling of St George Illawarra on Sunday night.