Kyle Flanagan is set to be handed the keys to St George Illawarra\u2019s stumbling attack, with Daniel Atkinson to survive the axe for Friday\u2019s clash with Manly. <\/p>\n
Flanagan is set to return in the No.7 jersey for the winless Dragons. He has one cognitive test to pass to clear concussion protocols after getting through training on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
Desperate to find a win, the Dragons will shift Atkinson to the No.6 jersey and give him permission to run while Flanagan steers the ship.<\/p>\n
Atkinson copped the brunt of criticism from Dragons fans for his kicking game over the weekend after a 32-0 loss to North Queensland which has ramped up the heat on head coach Shane Flanagan.<\/p>\n
Rising star Kade Reed is also expected to be named on the extended bench, while Tyrell Sloan will play fullback in place of the injured Clint Gutherson.<\/p>\n
\u2014Pamela Whaley<\/p>\n
METCALF OUT 2-3 WEEKS<\/p>\n
Chanel Harris-Tavita is set to replace Luke Metcalf in the halves for the Warriors with the latter facing a 2-3 week stint on the sidelines.<\/p>\n
Metcalf succumbed to the hamstring injury during the Warriors loss to the Sharks last Sunday. <\/p>\n
The Warriors are hopeful that Metcalf will miss only a fortnight of football with the issue not considered overly serious. <\/p>\n
Harris-Tavita will partner Tanah Boyd in the halves in their round six clash with the Storm at AAMI Park on Saturday night. <\/p>\n
\u2014David Riccio <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kyle Flanagan is set to be handed the keys to St George Illawarra\u2019s stumbling attack, with Daniel Atkinson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,689,9124,8001,4437,30088,2105,2485,4612,4517,4744,4484,10747,288477,761,762,2613,158,677,154944,701,4583,85,4563,288478,4477],"class_list":{"0":"post-590632","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","11":"tag-chris-hyde","12":"tag-concussion-protocols","13":"tag-daniel-atkinson","14":"tag-david-riccio","15":"tag-getty-images-inc","16":"tag-gold-coast","17":"tag-gold-coast-titans","18":"tag-hamstring-injury","19":"tag-kicking-game","20":"tag-kieran-foran","21":"tag-luke-metcalf","22":"tag-mid-season-coaching-deadline","23":"tag-national-rugby-league","24":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","25":"tag-new-zealand-warriors","26":"tag-nrl","27":"tag-oceania","28":"tag-pamela-whaley","29":"tag-queensland","30":"tag-shane-flanagan","31":"tag-sports","32":"tag-st-george-illawarra-dragons","33":"tag-stumbling-attack","34":"tag-tanah-boyd"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590632","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=590632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}