Legend's warning to Hunt over 'hasty' Dragons exit

League large Paul Gallen is disquieted Ben Hunt is making a "hasty" determination to permission the Dragons and believes helium should spot retired his declaration astatine the club.

The Dragons skipper is seeking an contiguous merchandise from his deal contempt the pleas from newly-appointed manager Shane Flanagan for him to stay astatine the club.

Gallen, who was coached by Flanagan astatine Cronulla, believes Hunt should springiness his caller manager a accidental to crook things astir astatine the occupation nine earlier leaving.

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"It's amazed maine similar everyone else," helium told Nine's NRL Sunday Footy Show.

"Ben Hunt is astir apt basing each his decisions astatine the infinitesimal connected what's happened astatine the nine successful the past.

Paul Gallen believes Ben Hunt is being 'hasty' successful seeking an contiguous merchandise from the Dragons (Ian Hitchcock via Getty Images)

"He said he's fed up with what's happened astatine the nine successful years gone by, and they haven't gone well, but he's been paid a hellhole of a batch of wealth to beryllium astatine that nine and has ne'er taken them to a semi-final. Now that's not his fault, it's a nine game, a squad sport, but helium besides hasn't attracted a batch of endowment determination either.

"He's got to commencement reasoning astir what's going to hap successful the future.

"Shane Flanagan is known for being capable to enactment a roster together. He took a squad that won the woody spoon to winning the premiership 2 years later.

"He's got to see that and astatine slightest conscionable with Shane Flanagan and speech to Shane Flanagan astir what's going to hap and what helium sees with the aboriginal astatine the club.

"I deliberation to beryllium making a determination (based) connected what's happened successful the past present earlier Shane Flanagan has adjacent been determination is simply a spot rushed and a spot hasty, and if I was the Dragons I wouldn't beryllium letting him go."

Hunt seeking contiguous release

Hunt has been linked with moves to the Bulldogs and Titans, but Gallen believes neither roster would connection the 32-year-old a amended accidental of winning the premiership compared to the Dragons.

"You'd deliberation helium wants to triumph a premiership," helium said.

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"He astir apt sees the Dragons astatine the infinitesimal arsenic not having a roster that's going to triumph a premiership successful the adjacent twelvemonth oregon two.

"You deliberation astir wherever helium could spell to triumph a premiership, the teams mentioned, the Dogs, you wouldn't deliberation they're going to triumph 1 successful the adjacent 2 to 3 years.

"The Titans are the different one. Are they going to triumph the comp successful the adjacent 2 to 3 years? Probably not."

Hunt is presently successful Origin campy with Queensland, and former Maroons prima Sam Thaiday questioned the timing of his petition to permission the Dragons.

Maroons large Sam Thaiday is confused arsenic to wherefore Hunt went nationalist with his petition during Origin (Bradley Kanaris via Getty Images)

"That's wherefore I was ace amazed successful each honesty that this story broke portion successful Origin camp," helium told the Sunday Footy Show.

"I cognize his manager and person known him for galore years, truthful I'm truly unsure wherefore they wanted to interruption this story. At slightest hold until Origin is done and dusted earlier you merchandise whispers of it.

"He's played successful capable large games present to support his caput screwed connected and the guys he's got successful campy volition support him level-headed and focused connected what helium needs to bash connected Wednesday night."

While it remains to beryllium seen whether Hunt volition beryllium granted an exit from the Dragons, his teammate Josh Kerr's petition has been granted, with the 27-year-old acceptable to articulation the Dolphins.

Kerr volition beryllium disposable to enactment up for the Dolphins adjacent play against the Eels, having already signed a two-year woody with the nine starting 2024.

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