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St George Illawarra chief executive Ryan Webb has revealed the club is eyeing former Sharks premiership-winning coach Shane Flanagan as a potential candidate to fill the vacant role at the Dragons next year.
The Dragons sacked head coach Anthony Griffin last month, with Ryan Carr replacing him on an interim basi
The club initially wanted to appoint rookie coach Jason Ryles, but the Roosters assistant knocked back the four-year offer to return to the Melbourne Stor
On Saturday, Webb confirmed that Flanagan was on a short-list of coaches to take over the role, despite reported misgivings from influential board powerbroker Peter Doust.So any resistance in particular to Shane – who I’ve worked with myself and got along with really well and have a lot of respect for – he’s a name in that group, but it’s one of a few
Webb also shut down suggestions that Doust was an ‘agitator’ on the boar
“Peter Doust is one of eight directors that I report to, (and) whenever I … have to report or get direction, it’s from a board of eight and ultimately the chairman Andrew Lancaster,” he sai
“So I couldn’t say … Peter is there influencing things in a bad way. I couldn’t say that at all. He’s one of eight directors that I have to take leadership from
Flanagan helped transform the Cronulla Sharks in the aftermath of the infamous supplement saga, winning a premiership with the club in 201
“Shane is an excellent coach,” Manly coach Anthony Seibold said, The Sydney Morning Herald report
“I know I’m lucky to have someone like him here with me. He really is a first-grade coach. It’s only through his recent history that he has landed here. I know we are going to lose him eventually to a first-grade job, and he is ready to do one now. He has shown in the past that he is a winner and I’d never stand
