Sharks star misses out on big bucks

Will Kennedy has impeccable timing on the football field - but off it, not so much.Just days after signing a new deal with the Sharks, Kennedy bagged a superb hat-trick in Cronulla's 33-20 win over the Bulldogs.Kennedy had been in hot demand from rival clubs and had he held off signing, he could easily have commanded a much larger deal after his demolition job on the Bulldogs.Kennedy did all the damage in the first 22 minutes against the injury-ravaged Doggies to take his tally for the season to nine tries in seven games.Kennedy's performance put the Sharks on track for back-to-back wins for the first time this season - but their defence was still shaky against a spare parts Bulldogs side.

Sharks’ $1.8m move has triggered an epic ‘shootout’... and one star has the upper hand

When Matt Moylan and Shaun Johnson spearheaded a dominant 38-10 win over the Titans on the weekend, it appeared Cronulla had settled on its first-choice halves pairing moving forward. The NRL news cycle moves fast though. Skip ahead a few days and the signing of Nicho Hynes has suddenly thrown that plan out the window. Now it appears as if one will be forced out and that both now have the rest of the season to prove they should be the one to partner Hynes. Both were already likely looking at reduced deals if they wanted to remain at Cronulla. But the signing of Hynes and extensions of Will Kennedy and Toby Rudolf reportedly set the club back $4.3 million and there may not be space left for both. The Daily Telegraphreported on Wednesday that Moylan has the upper hand, with the club set to re-sign the 29-year old, leaving Johnson’s future at the Shire clouded.