Skipper slams 'very embarrassing' Dragons

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Dragons skipper Ben Hunt has labelled St George Illawarra's 40-8 decision to Cronulla arsenic "very embarrassing".

So mediocre were the Dragons astatine Kogarah Oval connected Sunday evening that scores of St George Illawarra fans began leaving with astir 20 minutes remaining successful the section derby clash.

The Sharks lone took a 12-8 pb into half-time, but Craig Fitzgibbon's men piled connected five second-half tries to the hosts' zero.

"I thought it was precise embarrassing. I don't deliberation there'd beryllium a feline successful our broadside that could enactment their manus up and accidental they played good successful the 2nd half," Hunt said successful the property conference.

"To crockery that up successful beforehand of your location fans isn't bully capable ... It's precise disappointing. It's not going to spell distant now."

The Dragons person present dished up 2 horrible second-half performances successful arsenic galore weeks.

They led the Broncos 16-8 astatine half-time successful circular three, but suffered a 40-18 loss.

The scores were inactive level astatine 18-18 with little than 10 minutes near connected the timepiece successful Brisbane, earlier three of the Broncos' dynamite attacking weapons — Reece Walsh, Selwyn Cobbo and Ezra Mam — ran successful 4 tries betwixt them.

Nicho Hynes was the main destroyer connected Sunday, chalking up 3 effort assists, 5 linebreak assists, 4 tackle busts, 4 offloads and 123 tally metres.

Ronaldo Mulitalo had a tract time playing extracurricular Hynes and Matt Moylan, crossing for a hat-trick.

Hunt said helium had nary answers erstwhile asked astir the Dragons' second-half fades.

"We're getting to half-time in a bully presumption and we person bully chats astatine half-time and we travel retired and look to beryllium asleep," Hunt said.

If Anthony Griffin wants to stay arsenic Dragons manager beyond this year, Sunday's show was a pitiful bid for retention.

St George Illawarra officials told Griffin this week that helium would person to reapply for his occupation if helium wanted to enactment successful the role, according to The Sydney Morning Herald's Michael Chammas.

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Hunt said the nine board's determination regarding the manager was "disappointing", earlier defending the seasoned mentor.

"He's not the 1 retired connected the tract retired determination — it's us," the halfback said.

"We were the ones missing tackles successful the 2nd half."

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Hunt besides lamented that the board's determination regarding Griffin hadn't stayed successful house, earlier denying the coach's concern was affecting the team.

"It seems to maine similar the lone radical talking astir it is the extracurricular — we haven't talked astir it," said the Queensland Maroons representative.

"It's not internal."

The Dragons volition conscionable the Dolphins successful Wollongong adjacent Saturday evening.

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