Failed rugby convert Benji Marshall produced his best performance in a St George Illawarra jersey and Josh Dugan grabbed a hat-trick as the Dragons put an injury-plagued Cronulla side to the sword 30-0 in their NRL league clash in Wollongong.
The beleaguered Sharks were without 13 of their top-25 playing squad and 2010 Golden Boot winner Marshall took full advantage having a hand in five of his side's six tries in front of a crowd of 12,079.
Dugan gave his hopes of a recall to the New South Wales Origin side as a right centre a real shot in the arm with two tries before the interval, with Peter Mata'utia and Gerard Beale also crossing for four pointers.
The former Canberra star completed the second hat-trick of his career midway through the second half when he soared above a statuesque Sharks defence to haul in Marshall's perfectly-weighted kick.
Dugan's display will certainly have given NSW coach Laurie Daley food for thought but so would the level of opposition he faced, which was little more than a reserve-grade standard.
But it would be churlish to be too critical of Marshall, in his third game since his shock return to the NRL from his disastrous spell in New Zealand rugby, as he showed glimpses of the class he demonstrated so often in a Wests Tigers shirt.
