Nicho Hynes’ EXTRAORDINARY football plans with the Sharks, including once he retires from the NRL: ‘Give me a 20-year contract’
- Nicho Hynes wants to be a Shark for life
- Not just limited to his playing days in the NRL
- He hopes to one day also train at the NRL level.
shark runner Nicho Hynes has stated that he wants a 20-year contract with the club, after also revealing his long-term desire to be an NRL manager once he hangs up his boots.
The 26-year-old came to the Shire last season from the Melbourne Storm and guided Cronulla to a top-two finish.
Hynes then won the Dally M Medal, which has seen its value skyrocket.
Speaking on SEN, Hynes stated his intention to finish his career with the Sharks before assuming the coaching role.
He is also expected to extend his current gaming contract until 2028 soon.
Cronulla Sharks midfielder Nicho Hynes has stated that he wants a 20-year contract with the club, also revealing his desire to become a manager once he retires from the NRL.
The 26-year-old came to the Shire last season from the Melbourne Storm and won the Dally M Medal.
“There have been conversations, everyone talks about it a little bit,” Hynes told SEN Radio.
“I just hope something happens and it’s done, my manager will figure it out and the club will figure it out, so I hope they’re talking as we speak because I would love to stay… so I hope I’ll be here forever.” .
“Ideally I’d love to be here for the rest of my career, then I’d like to go straight into coaching… [so] give me a 20-year contract with the Sharks.’
Hynes went on to explain how he has he ‘always wanted’ to transition into coaching because of his love of ‘helping people’.
“Yes, I have ambitions to be a coach), in a big way, I have always said that I wanted to be a coach, I love it,” he said.
‘I love helping people, I love helping young children realize their dreams.
“So I hope one day I can coach to deliver a debut jersey, that’s the ultimate (dream) for me, I’d love to do that.”
In February, Hynes’s mother, Julie, was found guilty of supplying heroin and will be sentenced later this year; the soccer star has declared that she will support her.
‘I could be a development coach, then an assistant, then one day work at my trade and become a head coach, that would be nice.
“I know I have to start somewhere…so if I could be an assistant at NRL level or a development coach I’d be happy to do it, but coaching is definitely for me.”
The fusiliero defender was sensational in his first game of the season last Sunday in the derby against the Dragons, finishing with seven line breaks and four assist attempts to his name.
Hynes’s brilliant NRL performances are all the more remarkable given his off-field struggles.
In February, Hynes’s mother, Julie, was found guilty of supplying heroin and will be sentenced later this year.
In May 2021, Luke Murphy, a childhood friend of the NRL star, fatally overdosed at the home of Mrs Hynes in Blackwall, on the central coast of New South Wales.