{"id":280923,"date":"2023-03-24T19:18:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T20:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=280923"},"modified":"2023-03-25T21:01:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T21:01:06","slug":"sharks-admission-amid-early-season-slump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=280923","title":{"rendered":"Shark's admission amid early-season slump"},"content":{"rendered":"

No one will be happier at Nicho Hynes<\/a>' return to the Cronulla<\/a> team against the Dragons <\/a>on Sunday than the Sharks' Kiwi international forward Briton Nikora.<\/p>\n

Hynes and Nikora formed a lethal combination on the team's right edge last season and it was a major factor in the team's successful season.<\/p>\n

And just as significantly, Hynes' absence through injury has dulled Nikora's effect at the start of 2023 and been a leading reason for the Sharks' slow start in the opening three rounds.<\/p>\n

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"It will be great to have Nicho back – for the team and for me," Nikora told Wide World of Sports.<\/p>\n

\"Nicho<\/p>\n

"'Trindo' (Braydon Trindall) did a good job in the last few weeks but there is only one Nicho.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"He's a special talent who plays what he sees and he makes me look good.<\/p>\n

"We enjoy combining on the right edge and it will be great to have him back.<\/p>\n

"We haven't played as well as we would have liked to start the season.<\/p>\n

\"NRL<\/p>\n

"But it's early days and we have time to get it right."<\/p>\n

Nikora believes he will be a better player in 2023 after the experience of last year's World Cup.<\/p>\n

Stream the NRL premiership 2023 live and free on<\/strong><\/em> 9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

"It was my first time in England and I learned a lot," he said.<\/p>\n

"Playing against the best players in the world in different conditions was a great experience."<\/p>\n

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No one will be happier at Nicho Hynes' return to the Cronulla team against the Dragons on Sunday than the Sharks' Kiwi international forward Briton […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=280923"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280925,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280923\/revisions\/280925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=280923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=280923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=280923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}