Incoming Dragons coach Shane Flanagan has made a giant choice to shake-up the group’s coaching routine.
For the primary time in over a decade, the Dragons will relocate coaching to their Sydney house — Netstrata Jubilee Stadium in Kogarah — subsequent season.
That is based on News Corp, who revealed Flanagan desires to reconnect with the St George district.
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“Let’s get back to Kogarah,” Flanagan stated.
“The club is St George Illawarra. I’m treating it like that through all facets of the club.”
The Dragons prepare in Wollongong with their Kogarah base solely used sometimes. But subsequent season the group will reportedly prepare there each Friday throughout pre-season and can keep a presence all through the remainder of the yr.
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Sydney-based gamers — like Ben Hunt, Jaydn Su’A and new recruit Hame Sele — will even be given the choice to spend one different day in the course of the week coaching there quite than travelling to Wollongong.
Flanagan additionally reportedly sees it as a method to not solely ease the load on these gamers dwelling in Sydney, but additionally appeal to gamers who’ve been postpone signing previously because of coaching being in Wollongong.
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“That’s been a bugbear of the Sydney-based players, that they have to travel to Wollongong every day,” News Corp journalist Michael Carayannis advised NRL 360.
“I think it will help (with recruitment) a little bit because if you can cut your travel time and not have to move… Some players want to live in Sydney.”
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However Fox League’s James Hooper indicated that the frustration from gamers would possibly stem from the dire on-field outcomes.
“I never heard any of this when Wayne Bennett was the coach and they were winning. When they were winning minor premierships, when they won the 2010 premiership, there was no talk about players blowing up about having to spend an hour in the car,” he stated.
“Wayne tapped into the Dragons DNA, he rediscovered what that Red V means and that fixes everything. I think that’s what ‘Flanno’ is trying to do by showing a bit of balance and trying to be fair to both sides.”
Source web site: www.foxsports.com.au
