{"id":52017,"date":"2025-08-08T04:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T04:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/52017\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T04:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T04:09:10","slug":"nrl-st-george-illawarra-dragons-extend-head-coach-shane-flanagan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/52017\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL: St George Illawarra Dragons extend head coach Shane Flanagan"},"content":{"rendered":"

St George Illawarra have backed Shane Flanagan in their “vision for success”, extending the coach’s contract until the end of the 2028 NRL<\/a> season.<\/p>\n

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Despite the Dragons long shots to make this season’s top eight, the club announced a two-year extension for Flanagan, which follows the recent appointment of former Parramatta and Warriors coach Daniel Anderson as the club’s head of recruitment and pathways.<\/p>\n

Flanagan was off contract at the end of next season.<\/p>\n

Dragons coach Shane Flanagan.\u00a0Photo by Ian Hitchcock\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

In a statement the club said Flanagan’s extension “reaffirms the club’s commitment to stability, growth, and a long-term vision for success both on and off the field”.<\/p>\n

“Shane has played a critical role in setting the foundation for where this club is heading,” Dragons boss Tim Watsford said in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n

“He’s re-instilled belief in our playing group, coaches and supporters together with reiterating the privilege of wearing the Red V.”<\/p>\n

Preparing for Saturday’s derby clash with Cronulla, who he coached to a historic premiership in 2016, Flanagan was excited by his future at the Dragons, particularly after luring Anderson from the Sydney Roosters.<\/p>\n

“It’s a privilege to continue to coach the Dragons, a club built on such a rich history,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The playing group is full of talent and I’m excited by the prospect of realising success for the Red V over the coming years.<\/p>\n

“It’s clear the club is setting structures and processes in place to deliver outcomes for years to come and to be entrusted by the board and management is something I don’t take for granted.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St George Illawarra have backed Shane Flanagan in their “vision for success”, extending the coach’s contract until the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-52017","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\/52017","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=52017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}