Shane Flanagan sat down with the Herald to answer the big questions about the club’s recruitment and retention – including the future of captain Ben Hunt.
Dragons coach Shane Flanagan spoke to a room of corporate partners and staff on Friday and declared anything short of a return to finals football in 2025 would be deemed a failure.to answer all the tough questions about the club’s recruitment and retention dominating the headlines – including the future of captain Ben Hunt.
Chammas: It seems the real disappointment is the fact he didn’t get a contract for 2026. Can you explain the conversations you had with him over the last six months and why the club decided to put contract talks on hold?Yeah, probably it could be a little bit of my fault. I said to Ben at some point we’ll talk about ’26. As the season went on there were other priorities and Ben got put on the back burner. I can understand his frustration.
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