{"id":61904,"date":"2025-08-12T06:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/61904\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T06:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:45:13","slug":"the-flanno-effect-dragons-legend-could-activate-get-out-clause-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/61904\/","title":{"rendered":"The Flanno effect: Dragons legend could activate get-out clause – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The St George Illawarra Dragons<\/a>‘ recent re-signing of head coach Shane Flanagan<\/a> was poised to be a move in the right direction for the struggling club.<\/p>\n

Alas, it seems his extension is set to cost the Red V in a big way, much to the dismay of Dragons fans.<\/p>\n

According to The Sydney Morning Herald, Dean Young<\/a>, former Dragons hooker and the club’s current assistant coach, has a get-out clause in his contract, which could see him depart the club sooner than expected.<\/p>\n

\"DeanSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – AUGUST 14: Dragons assistant coach Dean Young<\/a> looks on before the round 14 NRL<\/a> match between the Parramatta Eels<\/a> and the St George Illawarra Dragons<\/a> at Bankwest Stadium on August 14, 2020 in Sydney, Australia<\/a>. (Photo by Mark Kolbe\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The get-out clause can reportedly be activated if he comes across a head coaching opportunity.<\/p>\n

With Flanagan now extending his time at the club, Young’s hopes of coaching the Dragons are dwindling by the day.<\/p>\n

North Queensland Cowboys<\/a> legend Johnathan Thurston<\/a>\u00a0admitted he’s shocked the club opted to prolong Flanagan’s tenure.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, a little bit [surprised],” the Cowboys legend told Nine’s Wide World of Sports.<\/p>\n

“They’ve got Dean Young<\/a> as an assistant there. I know he’s got aspirations of being a head coach, and he’s a St George Illawarra legend.<\/p>\n

“It was an interesting decision by the board.”<\/p>\n

Young is signed until the end of 2027, and despite his loyalty to the club, the Dragons have continued to pass up on him as a potential head coach.<\/p>\n

While the 41-year-old has not been linked with any NRL<\/a> clubs as of yet, with a few sides seeking new coaches in 2026, we could see the premiership winner depart his beloved Red V.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The St George Illawarra Dragons‘ recent re-signing of head coach Shane Flanagan was poised to be a move…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-61904","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\/61904","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=61904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}