LIVE: Slater urges huge switch for Sharks' $7m star

Nicho Hynes should determination to fullback, and Matt Moylan should spouse Braydon Trindall successful the halves.

With Will Kennedy apt to beryllium retired for the remainder of the play with a hamstring injury, that's the spine Billy Slater believes could rescue a Sharks play teetering connected the borderline of the apical eight.

With 5 rounds to spell successful the season, the Sharks prevarication seventh – but conscionable a constituent wrong the eight.

They're locked successful a choky conflict with their circular 23 opponents the Rabbitohs, arsenic good arsenic the Cowboys and Knights.

Should the Knights bushed the Dolphins and the Sharks suffer to the Bunnies, they volition autumn retired of the finals contention with a tricky tally home.

Speaking connected Wide World of Sports' Billy Slater Podcast, the Queensland manager said it was "desperate times" for the Shire side.

"With Kennedy going down, they request to alteration it up," helium said.

"We cognize what benignant of fullback (Hynes) is – he's a prima fullback and he's going to lend to the squad arsenic overmuch if not much determination than what helium is astatine half-back. He doesn't person to marque immoderate tackles and helium tin beryllium fresher successful attack. 

"The different happening I would alteration is fto spell of (their) defence. We cognize that's what's hurting the nine astatine the moment, but the Sharks connected their time are arsenic bully an attacking squad arsenic anyone successful the competition. 

"Let's complaint to the finals successful an attacking mode and spot if we tin triumph the contention successful a antithetic way."

Slater said a Hynes-Moylan-Trindall spine with Blayke Brailey astatine No.9 would beryllium a "first class" spine.

"Don't interest astir deficiencies successful defence. If you onslaught well, that'll energise your defence anyway. 

"They're successful a spot of a spread astatine the moment, but I consciousness their spot is their onslaught and they tin onslaught their mode retired of it."