Manly confirms plan to sign Shane Flanagan

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Manly's caller coaching country is taking shape, with the nine confirming it is successful talks with premiership-winning manager Shane Flanagan and hopes to motion him arsenic an adjunct sooner alternatively than later.

Flanagan would articulation arsenic the elder adjunct connected a marque caller coaching unit led by Anthony Seibold successful 2023.

Flanagan has worked astatine the Dragons arsenic an adjunct and arsenic a advisor since leaving Cronulla.

He volition nexus up with erstwhile Rabbitohs and Broncos brag Seibold, who volition reportedly beryllium offered a three-year woody by Manly to crook the nine astir arsenic it draws person to announcing him arsenic its caput coach.

Flanagan has been linked with respective coaching roles since leaving the Sharks, but has been constricted to adjunct coaching consultancy roles with the Dragons successful the meantime.

The 56-year-old, who oversaw their drought-breaking rubric triumph successful 2016, resigned successful aboriginal 2019 aft after being banned for a 2nd clip by the NRL.

Flanagan was deregistered by the NRL successful December of 2018 for breaching the presumption of his 2014 supplements ungraded ban; helium was not meant to person interaction with the nine during that year, but was proven to person repeatedly done so.

If the Manly woody is confirmed, helium volition beryllium the 2nd premiership-winning manager of the past decennary to unafraid a caller occupation for 2023, with Michael Maguire connected Tuesday announced arsenic a advisor for Ricky Stuart successful Canberra.

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