Footy star brutally compared to a Chucky doll after crushing victory: 'I usually look better than this'

Cronulla captain Cameron McInnes copped a fair few battle scars after helping his side back to the top of the NRL table with a crushing victory over a hapless Canberra at GIO Stadium.

McInnes wore several cuts to his face as the Sharks ran out dominant 40-0 winners on Sunday, and he was unsurprisingly the butt of a few jokes on the Matty Johns show after the final whistle.

'I need to know how many stitches have you had in your career?' Bryan Fletcher asked the Cronulla star.

'I don't know,' McInnes said. 'I've had five tonight already and I think I need a few more so it's going well.'

'Mate you look like a Chucky doll,' Nathan Hindmarsh joked. 

Chucky, of course, is the main villain in the Child's Play horror films. 

The Sharks hardman is a popular figure among fans for his no-holds-barred approach to footy, making 83 tackles in a single game last year to set a competition record.

Shortly after making history, McInnes was warned by a concussion expert that he risks putting his future health in danger due to the damage taken to his body.

'Without doubt he [McInnes] is increasing his chances of brain damage,' Adrian Cohen, CEO and Founder of Headsafe said. 

'The number of impacts over time, multiplied by their force [in a contact sport like rugby league] gives you a total lifetime 'dose' of energy to the brain.

'The higher the dose, the more likely the damage.'

It comes as rugby league Immortal Wally Lewis recently confirmed an expert told him he probably has the deadly concussion-related brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) due to head knocks from his playing days.