St George Illawarra Dragons part ways with coach, Head of Football
St George Illawarra Dragons part ways with coach, Head of Football.
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Shane Flanagan has been sacked by the Dragons on the back of a disastrous 11-game losing streak. But he wasn’t the only one to pay the price.
The club’s head of football, Ben Haran, is also leaving the club, St George Illawarra confirmed in a statement on Monday.
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Saturday’s 30-12 loss to Souths followed a 28-18 defeat to Manly and a 32-0 blowout against North Queensland, with the club no longer seeing Flanagan as the man to turn things around and feeling a change of direction was needed.
Flanagan met with St George Illawarra chairman Andrew Lancaster on Sunday, where his fate was sealed.
The players were not aware of the decision as they arrived at training on Monday morning, with the club announcing his removal just eight months after he was handed a two-year extension in an emergency press conference on Monday morning.
“Head coach Shane Flanagan and General Manager of Football Ben Haran have departed the St George Illawarra Dragons by way of mutual agreement,” Dragons CEO Tim Watsford said in a press conference in Wollongong.
“The decision followed discussions between Shane, Ben and club leadership and all parties agreed that the time was right for a new direction in the club’s football program.”
No interim coach has been announced yet.
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