This premiership was later stripped in 2010 due to the club's multiple and deliberate breaches of the salary cap between 2006 and 2010.

[6] In Melbourne his impressive form resulted in reshuffles with Cameron Smith moving to five-eighth when lacking halves.

In 2011 Hinchcliffe made his representative début for NSW Country and was again selected for the side in 2012.

On 22 June 2015, Hinchcliffe signed a 3-year contract with Super League team Huddersfield Giants starting in 2016.

[11] He was a member of the coaching staff when Storm won the 2020 NRL Grand Final.