The Sharks sit a game away from the Grand Final thanks to a wonderful season.
One of the main catalysts for said season has been their five-eighth Braydon Trindall.
Fresh off a best on ground performance against the Cowboys in last Friday night's Semi Final, Trindall has been quoted as saying he's "heading to November one".
Off contract at the end of the 2025 season, Trindall is set to be in hot demand. Especially should be be able to steer his Sharks past the behemoth that is the Penrith Panthers.
Below we look at five potential landing destinations for Braydon Trindall:
With the greatest of respects to Toby Sexton, the Dogs look a genuine halfback option away from something special.
Matt Burton really developed into a quality five-eight over 2024 while the rest of the Dogs roster is stacked.
I'm certainly not having a go at Sexton here, a player I a a huge fan of, but Trindall shapes as a serious upgrade. At least on recent form.
The Dogs have shown themselves to be the most active side in the market. They looked set to add Jahrome Luai only to miss out late to the Tigers.
Gus Gould is a smart operator and he can recognise value.
Given the money the Dogs have elsewhere, they'll have to find a bargain. Trindall at $600,000 suddenly looks like serious value.
Gould singled out Trindall for praise following the Sharks drought breaking Finals win on Friday night.
I'm 100% sure the Dogs could make the moves required to free up cap space to have a red hot crack at Trindall.
Dan, You are a Cronulla supporter and know a lot about the Sharks, so perhaps you can explain where all the salary cap goes at that club.
I read, a week or two back, that out of the seventeen clubs’ first choice full backs, that William Kennedy is paid about the fifteenth.
No-one ever uses the words “Blake Brayley” and “big money” in the same sentence.
Nicho Hynes is on a million and Trindall is on about $300K (you reckon).
That’s a dirt-cheap spine for any club with aspirations to top-four and being competitive in the finals.
So tell me, where – in 2024 – did the money go ?
Who did Cronulla spend it on ?
And from where are they going to find a million for Addin Fonua Blake next season, and another half a million for Trindall in 2026.
By all accounts, Melbourne spend big on the spine; spend OK money on the next eight or ten, and have nearly everyone else on not much more than minimum wages.
Penrith seem to do the same, regularly letting guys go when their (cheap) contracts expire and they would have to be paid big rises to induce them to stay.
Sounds like the Sharks don’t understand the concept.