Sharks captain Nicho Hynes has admitted the Dolphins “played with an energy” his facet couldn’t match after a 36-16 Magic Round loss to the NRL’s latest membership on Saturday evening.
Hynes stated he was “shattered” after the loss, stating he couldn’t “put a finger on why that happened.”
The Dolphins have been all around the Sharks early on, opening up a 30-0 lead within the first half earlier than Cronulla-Sutherland saved face with two late tries earlier than the break.
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“They played with an energy we couldn’t and didn’t match,” Hynes stated.
“I spoke in the preseason about not wanting to be beat on effort and that’s what happened tonight. We got beat on effort and attitude. It’s not good enough.
“I’m always shattered when we lose. I hate losing. I don’t know why we went like that.
“We’ve had a good few weeks, we prepared and trained pretty good I felt. I just can’t put a finger on why that happened.
“I take losses really personal and there were a lot of things I should have done better and could have addressed more in the preparation.”
The Sharks had been one of many extra in-form groups within the competitors and have been second on the ladder getting into Magic Round.
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However, they have been humbled by the Dolphins with Sharks coach Craig Fitzgibbon stating his facet met “a more committed opponent” however believes will probably be a “good lesson” going ahead.
“They caught us on the jump and once the momentum started going, it was too late to address that,” Fitzgibbon stated.
“Tonight meant more to them than it did for us … It wasn’t surprising, we prepared for them coming out strong but we didn’t do anything about it.
“I think about half time we had about 30% of the ball but we did nothing with it which means we were defending for 70% and we did nothing there either.
“You could look at our defensive errors but that was an attitude thing. I thought we missed the mark there. It’s disappointing.”
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