{"id":549722,"date":"2026-03-19T03:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/549722\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T03:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:36:11","slug":"dylan-egan-makes-long-term-contract-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/549722\/","title":{"rendered":"Dylan Egan makes long-term contract call"},"content":{"rendered":"

The St George Illawarra Dragons<\/a> have confirmed the long-term re-signing of Dylan Egan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The rising star, who is currently sidelined as he recovers from an ACL injury, but is due back on the field in just over a month’s time, has added two years to his tenure at his local club.<\/p>\n

Already signed through to the end of 2027, it means the second-rower will now remain in the red and white through to the end of 2029.<\/p>\n

The Dragons have one of the best crop of young forwards in the game, with real hope they can lead the club up the ladder in coming seasons.<\/p>\n

Hamish Stewart<\/a>, the Couchman brothers, Loko Pasifiki Tonga<\/a> and Jacob Halangahu<\/a> are all either in the midst, or about to, make their mark on first grade, and Egan said playing alongside the group was a key part of his decision to re-sign.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was over the moon to be able to secure my future with the club that I grew up supporting\u2026 it means the world,\u201d Egan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, growing up with Hamish Stewart<\/a> and Hayden Buchanan<\/a> down at Gerringong, and coming through the grades with the Couchmans and a lot of the other boys, it’s very motivating for us to try to get the club back to that form that I was watching when I was six years old on the hill.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were watching the Dragons in 2010 win the Grand Final, and I know not just me, but a lot of the other lads are very motivated to bring this great club back to where we reckon they belong.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Dragons have had a difficult start to the new season, but Egan was fantastic throughout 2025, and the 21-year-old is expected to slot straight back into the game day squad once fit where he will add to his eight NRL<\/a> games to date.<\/p>\n

\u201cDylan is one of those young men who has shown impeccable character and work ethic from a young age, and this extension is truly earned,\u201d Dragons Head Coach Shane Flanagan<\/a> said. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe faced the highs of an NRL<\/a> debut followed by the lows of a season-ending injury in a relatively short period, but he never wavered from his commitment to excellence.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are all looking forward to his continued development as an NRL<\/a> player.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The St George Illawarra Dragons have confirmed the long-term re-signing of Dylan Egan. The rising star, who is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-549722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549722","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=549722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}