{"id":288430,"date":"2023-04-22T09:55:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T09:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=288430"},"modified":"2023-04-22T10:57:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T10:57:55","slug":"skippers-huge-prediction-for-outstanding-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=288430","title":{"rendered":"Skipper&#039;s huge prediction for &#039;outstanding&#039; star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/cronulla-sharks\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Cronulla\">Cronulla<\/a> fullback Will Kennedy has continued his career-best season after a scintillating display against <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/canterbury-bulldogs\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs\ufeff\">Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs\ufeff<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy was the main man for his side, scoring a first-half hat-trick to take the game away from the opposition with the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/live-scores-2023-round-8-results-canterbury-bulldogs-cronulla-sharks-north-queensland-cowboys-newcastle-knights-updates-kick-off-time-news\/11c1be29-53c1-43bd-9e8d-a5bd816cc834\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Sharks winning 33-20\">Sharks winning 33-20<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With a number of quality fullbacks in the NRL, Kennedy is certainly putting his name in the conversation as one of the most improved players in the position. The Sharks gun has scored nine tries in seven games this season, along with two hat-tricks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2023-payne-haas-ezra-mam-face-ban-hip-drop-tackles-brisbane-broncos-parramatta-eels\/54fda073-4bd6-4803-975b-6daa5a66e6f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Brisbane cops double blow in hip-drop carnage<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/banja-luka-open-tennis-2023-novak-djokovic-throws-racquet-into-crowd-in-historic-loss-to-dusan-lajovic-video\/6200e9ae-97c4-4d88-adf6-f3bc699499a4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Djokovic launches racquet in &#x27;below standard&#x27; loss<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/swimming\/news-2023-cody-simpson-drops-hint-about-swimming-future-post-paris-olympics-return-to-music\/caaa34c8-7df2-444f-8e3b-1f2cb2fe6ba2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Cody Simpson hits out at &#x27;ridiculous&#x27; commentary<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sharks captain <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/nicho-hynes\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Nicho Hynes\">Nicho Hynes<\/a> believes there&#x27;s still plenty more to come from the \ufeff26-year-old.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"09b20201-8738-4e8b-af41-9afa9aa149cc\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/09b20201-8738-4e8b-af41-9afa9aa149cc\" alt=\"Will Kennedy. \" data-width=\"621\" data-height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\ufeff&quot;He&#x27;s outstanding, he&#x27;s someone who doesn&#x27;t get the wraps he deserves,&quot; he told Fox League post-game.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He&#x27;s such a humble, quiet kid who just wants to work hard &#8211; you tell him to do something on the field, he&#x27;ll do it for you.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;If he just keeps growing with his confidence, he could be a top line fullback in this competition. He just needs to believe in himself \ufeffand hope he keeps doing that.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Inside the first ten minutes against Canterbury, Kennedy had two tries to blow the Bulldogs out of the water with a 12-2 lead.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6325635205112\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/pickerimage-35.jpg\" alt=\"Kennedy scores two early for Sharks\" data-vms-id=\"ref:clgrsdgoo00230jn3ahaas685\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bulldogs centre Braidon Burns hit back for the side in his game of the year \ufeffwith a clinical finish down the right edge.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Stream the NRL premiership 2023 live and free on<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/9now.app.link\/NGHBKQkVweb\"><em><strong>9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy then had his hat-trick after 22 minutes in controversial circumstances after Teig Wilton appeared to obstruct Kyle Flanagan during the play.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Great call, that is a very good call, because Flanagan was not trying to move across and get himself involved in the tackle,&quot; Fox League&#x27;s Greg Alexander said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;(Wilton) didn&#x27;t touch his (outside) shoulder; Flanagan hung the arm out\ufeff.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That is a very good call by the Bunker.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilGould15\/status\/1649706677162344448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilGould15\/status\/1649706677162344448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Bulldogs had a sniff at half-time though when the score was 18-14 thanks to a Declan Casey try.<\/p>\n<p>Cronulla came out spirited in the second half and never looked like losing with Matt Moylan and Sione Katoa running in tries to go with a Nicho Hynes penalty goal and field goal.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff<em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/edm?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\"><em><strong>clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Cronulla fullback Will Kennedy has continued his career-best season after a scintillating display against Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs\ufeff. 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