AAMI Park: Hold up, Nathan. Jahrome Hughes might have something to say about being the best halfback in the game.
Less than 24 hours after Nathan Cleary produced a superstar return for the Panthers, Hughes was at his lethal best as the Melbourne Storm blew away Cronulla 37-10.
The Storm are 80 minutes away from another grand final. And Hughes was excellent as he called the shots and appeared to get better the longer the game went in front of a week-one AAMI Park record crowd of 26,326 fans.
The impressive attendance was boosted by the fact there was no AFL match in town.
How many of them might be tempted to return in future years while Hughes is in the prime of his career.
Hughes will win the Dally M Medal – and deserves to be right in the conversation with Cleary when it comes to the premier No.7 in rugby league right now.