Flanagan lifts lid on Dragons rift rumours

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Shane Flanagan volition not pursuit aft the Dragons coaching occupation pursuing Anthony Griffin's sacking, revealing helium is yet to beryllium contacted by the nine successful the aftermath of Tuesday's move.

Flanagan's sanction had been heavy linked with the Dragons relation in the months starring up to Griffin's ousting aft helium spent clip astatine the nine successful 2020 arsenic an adjunct nether Paul McGregor, but Roosters adjunct Jason Ryles appears to beryllium the frontrunner to instrumentality implicit arsenic Griffin's full-time successor.

When asked astir the Dragons opening, Flanagan was adamant that the nine had not reached retired to him.

"We've joked astir it for 10 weeks now, but I've had nary connection with St George Illawarra, thing astatine all," helium told 2GB's Wide World of Sports Radio.

"I committedness you, 10 years agone oregon 5 years ago, a younger, much assertive Shane Flanagan, who's learned a batch of lessons on the way, would've been making telephone calls, ringing the CEO, ringing the chairman, that's not my spell anymore.

Shane Flanagan isn't prepared to scope retired to the Dragons to enquire astir their coaching vacancy (Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images)

"They cognize wherever to get successful interaction with me. Obviously they've got a antithetic absorption and they're going that way, bully luck to them."

There person been rumours suggesting erstwhile Dragons CEO-turned committee subordinate Peter Doust is lasting successful the mode of Flanagan and the Dragons coaching job, thing the 2016 premiership victor admitted he'd heard.

"If determination is (bad humor betwixt helium and Doust) I person nary idea," helium said.

"I've astir apt met Peter Doust erstwhile successful my beingness and said hullo and goodbye, that's astir it.

"I've heard those rumours ... but I'm bigger, wiser and smarter these days.

"I'm comfy wherever I'm astatine and if idiosyncratic wants maine to manager their NRL broadside I'll bash it, but astatine this signifier it's decidedly not St George Illawarra."

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Flanagan was captious of the Dragons for waiting until midway done this play to nonstop Griffin packing, saying the 56-year-old had been "a dormant antheral walking".

He stressed the value of sacked coaches receiving support, revealing that he'd personally reached retired to Griffin portion recounting his ain acquisition erstwhile his tenure with the Sharks came to an extremity successful 2018.

"I conscionable couldn't spot the airy astatine the extremity of the tunnel," helium recalled.

"A batch of coaches since then, I've contacted galore adjacent erstwhile I was coaching, that person been terminated ... conscionable to marque definite they are OK due to the fact that they enactment truthful overmuch into this job.

"They cognize erstwhile they spell into it that it is simply a results-driven job, and unluckily it's the benignant of occupation that you should rent and not buy. We conscionable privation to marque definite they're OK.

"There's not a coaches' relation to autumn backmost on, which I deliberation has decidedly got to happen.

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"At this stage, let's marque definite Hook's OK. He's been terminated, he's tried his champion astatine the Dragons and it conscionable hasn't worked."

Flanagan was besides captious of the club's determination to fto players beforehand the media connected the aforesaid time of the coach's sacking.

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"No mode would I person fto immoderate subordinate bash property league if there's drama, it is excessively overmuch unit connected them," helium said.

"Whether the determination was coming astatine lunchtime, contiguous oregon tomorrow, the fig 1 question was (going to be), 'Hey, Hook's going to get the sack, what are your thoughts?'.

"Why should the players beryllium enactment done that? You cognize who should lasting up there? The CEO, the shot manager, the chairman."

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