Flanagan reveals reason behind meeting Dragons star

Shane Flanagan has confirmed that Ben Hunt volition beryllium his first-choice halfback if helium is appointed the Dragons caput manager pursuing a gathering with the prima playmaker.

Hunt has been linked with rumours of an exit successful caller weeks amid suggestions that helium would beryllium forced to play arsenic a hooker astatine the nine level nether the Dragons' adjacent coach.

Flanagan has emerged arsenic the blistery favourite to triumph the occupation aft Jason Ryles backflipped connected joining the club, alternatively joining the Storm arsenic an assistant.

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The 57-year-old said helium had a "really bully meeting" with Dragons powerbrokers and is expecting to perceive backmost from the nine aboriginal this week.

He besides explained exactly what helium asked Hunt erstwhile gathering with him up of a imaginable appointment.

"The question that I did person for Ben Hunt was: 'If I did get the coaching occupation astatine the Dragons, would you inactive privation to enactment astatine the club?', due to the fact that there's been a batch of speculation that Ben Hunt wanted out," helium told 2GB's Wide World of Sports Radio.

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"I conscionable wanted assurance that if I got the occupation each of a abrupt connected time 1 I'm looking for a halfback.

"There's inactive a batch of h2o to spell nether the span for maine to get the job, but successful my mind, I had to cognize what was going connected with Ben.

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"I said to him, 'If I bash get the job, you volition beryllium my halfback', and I don't deliberation that's a large statement.

"I conscionable wanted to reassure myself that excavation and Ben's narration was wherever I thought it was."

Flanagan erstwhile again reaffirmed his tendency to beryllium named the Dragons' full-time caput coach.

"Yes, I anticipation I get the job," helium said.

"I deliberation I tin assistance that club, I privation to assistance that club, I cognize however to hole recruitment and pathways and I deliberation I've been proven successful the coaching section and I've won a competition."

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