{"id":432658,"date":"2026-01-23T17:34:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/432658\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T17:34:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:34:25","slug":"dragons-host-manly-in-annual-pre-season-scrimmage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/432658\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragons host Manly in annual pre-season scrimmage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jubilee Stadium today hosted the Dragons\u2019 annual pre-season scrimmage against the Sea Eagles as Shane Flanagan\u2019s men continue on the road towards Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>NRL officials were on hand to ensure the clash \u2013 which featured simulated match scenarios as well as match-flow periods \u2013 ran smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts showcased some fine attack in the early exchanges with a pair of David Fale offloads sparking some quick inroads \u2013 one of which resulting in a Clint Gutherson try.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides squandered opportunities soon after that before Jason Saab and Blake Wilson combined to craft a response for Manly.<\/p>\n<p>From that point, both squads called upon extended squad members \u2013 including members of the club\u2019s Knock-On Effect NSW Cup and Jersey Flegg squads who were called up for the day \u2013 as the scrimmage shifted to include more simulated match scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>A number of the Dragons\u2019 new faces got an opportunity to impress including Fale, Daniel Atkinson, Josh Kerr and Setu Tu.<\/p>\n<p>The Red V will be back at Jubilee Stadium in a fortnight\u2019s time to open their Pre-Season Challenge campaign against Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>It will be your first chance to see the squad back in action with new combinations forming and the unmistakable hunger of pre-season on display, so be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dragons.com.au\/news\/2026\/01\/06\/dragons-pre-season-tickets-available\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">secure your tickets!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They face South Sydney the following week in the Charity Shield at WIN Stadium before attention turns firmly to the season opener in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Be there when it matters most.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/am.ticketmaster.com\/redv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Secure a 2026 Red V membership<\/a> and receive 15 per cent discount on additional tickets and priority access to the 2026 NRL Telstra Premiership Season. Lock in your spot before the public and be there for every moment in 2026 including Anzac Day and the Bulldogs showdown at Allianz Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jubilee Stadium today hosted the Dragons\u2019 annual pre-season scrimmage against the Sea Eagles as Shane Flanagan\u2019s men continue&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-432658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}