Is anyone with a DT subscription able to help me out? Something about Nicho’s new deal.
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The Sharks have locked in $3 million worth of talent already and now they are prepared to make Nicho Hynes a $1 million player and the highest paid player in the club’s history.
Cronulla have tied down fullback Will Kennedy to a two-year extension. Kennedy’s signing now completes a quintet of deals done with Cronulla’s entire backline now locked in long-term. Ronaldo Mulitalo is also on a two-year contract while Sione Katoa, Sifa Talakai and Jesse Ramien will remain Sharks until at least the end of 2026.
The Sharks are expected to announce Kennedy‘s re-signing this week.
Just two weeks ago he told News Corp of his plan to re-sign.
“I want to stay at the club, I love the Sharks,‘’ Kennedy said.
“I‘ve been here since SG Ball (under-19) so I would love to stay. What Fitzy (coach Craig Fitzgibbon) is doing and what he’s brought to the club is special.
“Hopefully we can nut something out pretty soon.‘’
Sam Stonestreet and Braydon Trindall have also re-signed, meaning Cronulla have 23 players already secured until at least the end of next year.
Cronulla’s attention will now shift to Hynes as they put the finishing touches on a mega five-year contract extension.
The deal will also make Hynes the club’s first million-dollar player. A feat not even recent club greats including Paul Gallen, Andrew Fifita, Wade Graham or Luke Lewis could achieve.
The Sharks are also keen to lockdown back-rower Teig Wilton – whose deal expires at the end of this season – on a multi-year deal.
For Hynes though – his new deal will once again see him almost double his salary. He joined the Sharks last season on a contract worth about $600,000 which was comfortably more than double what he earnt during his final season at the Storm.
Cronulla are desperate to secure Hynes before he is able to hit the open market on November 1 where his value could soar to more than $1.2 million a season off the back of his Dally M winning season last year.
The Eels re-signed halfback Mitchell Moses for that figure after he rejected a contract worth $1.5 million to join the Tigers.
Canberra ace Jack Wighton is also expected to hit the seven figure mark after deciding to test his market value.
Hynes confirmed the club had kickstarted contract talks and joked about wanting a “20-year-deal”.
“I just hope something happens and gets done, my manager will sort that out and the club will sort that out, so hopefully they’re talking as we speak because I’d love to stay … then hopefully I’m here forever,” he told SEN. “Ideally I’d love to be here for the rest of my career then I’d like to go straight into coaching.”