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[ad_1] Eamonn Tiernan is the NRL Editor at foxsports.com.au and he writes Extra Time fortnightly. Dragons coach Shane Flanagan has set the record straight on comments he made about the club’s focus already being on 2025. In Flanagan’s first game in charge, St George Illawarra stunned all and sundry on Saturday night with a performance … Read more
[ad_1] Shane Flanagan has been praised for the massive turnaround with the Dragons who have gone from second last in 2023 to thrashing the Titans in Round 1 of their 2024 campaign. Granted, it is only one game, but the turnaround in fitness and application has been notable through the trials and there was a … Read more
[ad_1] This clash marks the beginning of two new coaching eras as Des Hasler’s Titans host Shane Flanagan’s Dragons on the Gold Coast. They’re two clubs who have struggled to play to their potential in recent years and now they’re being led by coaches who pride themselves on defence. That said, this could easily be … Read more
[ad_1] Dragons coach Shane Flanagan has declared his club are “way ahead” of where the struggling Sharks were when he took over back in 2010. Flanagan famously guided Cronulla from dwindling at the bottom of the ladder to their maiden premiership in just six years. St George Illawarra finds itself at the bottom of a … Read more
[ad_1] The startling numbers behind new Dragons coach Shane Flanagan’s decision to demote $800,000 centre Zac Lomax to the wing has been revealed. In one of his first moves after joining the club, Flanagan sat Lomax down and showed him that statistically he is only the “22nd or 23rd” best centre in the NRL. Lomax, … Read more
[ad_1] Everybody at St George Illawarra knows what needs to be done and now they’ve declared it’s time to do it. The elephant in the Dragons dressing room last season was their attack, and lack thereof it, scoring just 474 points en route to a second-last finish. The justified criticism was the attack had become … Read more
[ad_1] The Shane Flanagan Dragons era gets underway when his men face the Rabbitohs in the Charity Shield at Kogarah at 8:05pm AEDT. Flanagan has named what will likely be his Round 1 team with his son Kyle lining up in the halves alongside Ben Hunt. MATCH CENTRE: Dragons v Rabbitohs, teams, stats, highlights, video … Read more
[ad_1] Zac Lomax’s position in the Dragons backline is uncertain after Shane Flanagan confirmed Jack Bird would return to the centres in 2024 with Tyrell Sloan at fullback. Lomax has trained at fullback and centre in the pre-season, but his path to both positions looks blocked by Moses Suli, Bird and Sloan. Speaking on SEN … Read more
[ad_1] The Dragons are reportedly preparing a $1 million deal to keep promising fullback Tyrell Sloan in the Red V. Despite a slight injury setback, Sloan is turning heads at Dragons HQ this off-season, impressing new head coach Shane Flanagan. According to The Daily Telegraph, the Dragons plan to begin negotiations with the 21-year-old in … Read more
[ad_1] Shane Flanagan is set to put his trust in Tyrell Sloan with the Dragons coach confirming the enigmatic speedster is his first-choice option to play fullback in round one while also revealing Jack Bird’s role for the season opener. Sloan, 21, is off-contract at the end of the season but has the chance to … Read more