Jayden Brailey and his brother Blayke both covet the Cronulla No.9 jumper - unfortunately for them they can't both wear it at the same time.
Shark Park could have a family feel to it next year with Blayke on the cusp of breaking into the NRL where he could team up with his brother.
The 19-year-old has had a stellar season stepping up into open-age football with Newtown in the NSW Cup, making the NSW Under-20s and NSW Residents teams.
Sharks coach Shane Flanagan is on record as saying he is not far off first-grade and sees him as part of the club's generation next.
And with James Segeyaro off-contract, Blayke is shaping as a prime contender to get his first taste of NRL in 2019 as the club's bench dummy-half.
"Hopefully we get a chance to (play together) next year, we're both here," Jayden told AAP.
"Looking into the future, we also want to be 80-minute hookers and starting somewhere at some stage.
"It's hard, both being dummy-halves. It's just the way it is.
"We're still young and coming into the NRL and learning our trade. Hopefully next year we get a chance to do that, it'll be a pretty cool moment."
And there lies the conundrum on the horizon for the Brailey household.
Jayden, 22, is in his second year of first-grade after taking over the No.9 jumper from Michael Ennis and has been a solid and consistent contributor.
Blayke is considered by many to be an outstanding young prospect with a future in the NRL.
They both have dreams of being starting hookers.
And while Souths can squeeze all three Burgess brothers into one pack, and Josh and Brett Morris can fit into one backline, both Brailey brothers could soon by competing for the one and only Sharks No.9 jumper.
For the moment, the brothers still live together, remain tight-knit and are each other's biggest supporters.
Asked about the prospect of one of the them being forced to look elsewhere at some point in the future, Brailey said: "It might have to happen somewhere down the track. Depending on how we're going and how we both develop.
"At this stage we're both here next year. Looking into the future, if we both want to be 80-minute hookers, and we're both playing some good footy, it's going to be hard to both be on the park."
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