Why good teams can pick the Sharks apart

There’s been a fair bit of chat this week about Nicho Hynes, Will Kennedy and why the Sharks have fallen off a cliff in recent weeks.

On the face of it, it’s quite simple. The Sharks can’t beat anyone good, but roll over anyone bad. Will Kennedy is now injured and Nicho Hynes seems to have lost form after being stunningly mistreated during the Origin period.

None of this is untrue: Hynes is below the admittedly astronomical standards he set himself, Kennedy is all but done for the year and, consequently, the Sharks are even less likely to make the Finals.

But why Cronulla have…