They bleed just like everybody else.

That’s the message from Cronulla Sharks star Nicho Hynes ahead of a preliminary final showdown on Saturday night against the Penrith Panthers.

The Panthers are on the hunt for a remarkable fourth-straight premiership but Hynes was adamant Cronulla weren’t there to just make up the numbers.

“They are human,” the Dally M winner said on Thursday.

“Everyone is beatable.

“It’s going to be very hard, it’s not as easy as just saying they are beatable.

“They’re three-time champs for a reason [and] could be going into their fifth grand final.

“You have to applaud and take your hat off what they’ve done because it’s hard to do.

“But we wouldn’t be here right now if we didn’t have a belief to do it.”

Kick-off on Saturday at Accor Stadium is 7.50pm.