{"id":489548,"date":"2026-02-02T07:38:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T08:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=489548"},"modified":"2026-02-02T21:23:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:23:29","slug":"why-hynes-has-bulked-up-in-search-for-premiership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=489548","title":{"rendered":"Why Hynes has bulked up in search for premiership"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nicho Hynes<\/a> has confirmed there has been a slight change to his frame as he tries to change Cronulla<\/a>'s fortunes from consistent finalists into premiership winners.<\/p>\n

Since Craig Fitzgibbon started as coach in 2022, the Sharks \ufeffhave finished 2nd, 6th, 4th and 5th but haven't gone past a preliminary final<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As the halfback, Hynes has been the main man for all those seasons, but hasn't been able to deliver the side to the promised land.<\/p>\n

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To address any shortcomings in the halves, the 29-year-old has decided to add to his size. \ufeff<\/p>\n

"I feel like I could take my game to a better \ufefflevel if I carried an extra kilogram of muscle and take the line on a bit more than I have over the previous years," he said on 9news Sydney.<\/p>\n

"That's a strength of mine and I want to play to my strengths and hopefully I can do that."<\/p>\n

Hynes finished last year with his lowest average running metres since the 2020 season with Melbourne when he played 11 matches.<\/p>\n

Overall he ran for more metres last year than he did the previous season though, finishing with 2,417.<\/p>\n

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On the other side of his game, Hynes stated that last year was his "best defensive year"\ufeff, having tackled at 91.15 per cent efficiency.<\/p>\n

That season he finished with the most tackles he's made on 628. His previous best was 514 in that first year with the Sharks.<\/p>\n

Hynes promised his defence will only get better.<\/p>\n

"That's what I've built my game off," he said.<\/p>\n

"That got me into games and I feel like a lot of teams target the halves and I was making up to 30 tackles a game sometimes and I want to make sure every single time a back-rower ran at me that I was making it, and they felt it as well."<\/p>\n

Hynes confirmed he will play for the Indigenous All-Stars vs Maori All-Stars on February 15.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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