Even before Anthony Griffin was sacked following a board meeting on Tuesday, several St George Illawarra players had reportedly “quit” the club due to poor leadership.
Six consecutive defeats sealed the head coach’s fate – but it may now emerge that many of the Red V’s stars were already “dirty” after a number of prominent club officials failed to attend an event to recognize Ben Hunt’s 300th game in the league last week NRL The team were on the Gold Coast preparing for their away clash with the Cowboys after the Magic Round – and were left in disbelief after Dragons CEO Ryan Webb and chairman Andrew Lancaster failed to turn up for the event at the Royal Pines Resort.
Furthermore, no Dragons board member bothered to fly or drive from Sydney to personally toast Hunt’s career milestone.
In contrast, Brisbane coach Kevin Walters attended the event along with several Broncos players who are close to Hunt following his time at Red Hill between 2009 and 2017.
