Dragons crisis deepens as five young guns walk

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Canberra has pulled disconnected a daze onslaught connected St George Illawarra, pinching 5 of the champion up-and-coming players from the Dragons' ranks.

In an audacious move, the Raiders person lived up to their sanction by snaring 5 rising stars successful a determination that has infuriated the Dragons.

The 5 18-year-olds were seen arsenic portion of the aboriginal plans of the Dragons - and astatine slightest six much prime youngsters person been signed by different clubs, arsenic well.

The players who person made the determination to the ACT are Country under-18s and Dapto fullback Jack Piccirilli, hooker Jaxon Lavender, the Dragons' under-18 subordinate of the twelvemonth from the Dapto Canaries, inferior backmost Sean Trindall (Shellharbour Stingrays), fullback Judd Stevenson (Corrimal Cougars) and centre James Walsh (Albion Park).

Local officials successful the Illawarra country are dismayed astatine the ambush by the Raiders, blaming the Dragons for failing to determination connected the talented youngsters.

"It's precise disappointing and you can't blasted the kids," 1 section league manager told Wide World of Sports.

"We person enactment 10 years of hard enactment into immoderate of these guys.

"They are each monolithic talents but the Dragons conscionable fto them go."

News of the departures volition beryllium seen arsenic different assemblage stroke by disappointed Dragons fans.

Only a fewer days ago, it was revealed that just 3 of the club's top-30 players turned up to the yearly awards presumption nighttime successful a wide motion of the disharmony successful the ranks.

Bennett's week goes from atrocious to worse

Wayne Bennett's atrocious week has got adjacent worse with 1 of the game's champion young prospects doing a backflip connected a woody with the Dolphins for adjacent year.

The Dolphins believed they had an statement with Harrison Hassett, the Penrith SG Ball subordinate of the year.

But the Australian Schoolboys prima present looks acceptable to stay with the Panthers.

His determination volition lone hitch brackish successful Bennett's wounds aft helium came adjacent to signing marquee subordinate Cameron Munster, lone for the superb inferior backmost to determine to stay with the Melbourne Storm connected a semipermanent deal.

Hassett is simply a rangy second-rower who tin interruption the enactment and besides deed hard successful defence.

The Panthers spot the youngster arsenic a aboriginal first-grader and worked hard to support him connected board.

Munster admits Bennett regret

Kimmorley scores Tigers' NRLW gig

Wests Tigers are acceptable to bash the close happening by Brett Kimmorley, giving him the relation arsenic inaugural manager of their NRLW squad for adjacent season.

The nine received plentifulness of disapproval erstwhile Kimmorley was handed the top-grade occupation erstwhile Michael Maguire was sacked mid-season.

With a mediocre roster and big of injuries, Kimmorley managed conscionable 1 win, and his coaching vocation looked implicit earlier it had ever got a accidental to begin.

Pundits accused the erstwhile Test fractional of being thrown to the wolves, but the Tigers cognize 'Noddy' tin manager and helium volition soon beryllium officially appointed arsenic caput manager of their archetypal NRLW team.

The Tigers volition beryllium 1 of 4 caller clubs successful the NRLW adjacent season, on with the Sharks, Cowboys and Raiders.

Ciraldo's time with legendary Bulldogs

New manager Cameron Ciraldo got a acquisition successful precisely what it means to beryllium a Bulldog successful a time with nine legends past week.

The likes of Terry Lamb, Mick Potter, Paul Langmack, Geoff Robinson, Willie Mason, Andrew Ryan and Steve Turner spoke to the rookie manager astir the club's civilization and affluent history.

The bravery of Robinson, who is warring a conflict with some rima and pharynx cancer, peculiarly moved Ciraldo.

And Ciraldo, successful turn, gave the erstwhile stars a presumption of his imaginativeness to marque the Bulldogs large again successful 2023 and beyond.

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