Even before Anthony Griffin was sacked after a board meeting on Tuesday, a number of St George Illawarra players were reported to have “given up” due to poor leadership.
Six consecutive defeats sealed the manager’s fate, but it can now be revealed that many of the Red V’s stars were already “scruffy” after a number of the club’s key officials failed to attend a meeting to mark the 300th Ben Hunt’s match last week in the NRL The team was on the Gold Coast preparing for the trip to the Cowboys after the Magic Round – and were 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 function with several Broncos players who have a close relationship with Hunt following his time at Red Hill between 2009 and 2017.
