Shark's admission amid early-season slump

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No 1 volition beryllium happier astatine Nicho Hynes' instrumentality to the Cronulla squad against the Dragons on Sunday than the Sharks' Kiwi planetary guardant Briton Nikora.

Hynes and Nikora formed a lethal operation connected the team's close borderline past play and it was a large origin successful the team's palmy season.

And conscionable arsenic significantly, Hynes' lack done wounded has dulled Nikora's effect astatine the commencement of 2023 and been a starring crushed for the Sharks' dilatory commencement successful the opening 3 rounds.

"It volition beryllium large to person Nicho backmost - for the squad and for me," Nikora told Wide World of Sports.

"'Trindo' (Braydon Trindall) did a bully occupation successful the past fewer weeks but determination is lone 1 Nicho.

"He's a peculiar endowment who plays what helium sees and helium makes maine look good.

"We bask combining connected the close borderline and it volition beryllium large to person him back.

"We haven't played arsenic good arsenic we would person liked to commencement the season.

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"But it's aboriginal days and we person clip to get it right."

Nikora believes helium volition beryllium a amended subordinate successful 2023 aft the acquisition of past year's World Cup.

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"It was my archetypal clip successful England and I learned a lot," helium said.

"Playing against the champion players successful the satellite successful antithetic conditions was a large experience."

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