{"id":307035,"date":"2023-06-12T12:15:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T12:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=307035"},"modified":"2023-06-12T12:57:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T12:57:59","slug":"flanagan-reveals-reason-behind-meeting-dragons-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=307035","title":{"rendered":"Flanagan reveals reason behind meeting Dragons star"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\ufeffhane Flanagan<\/a> has confirmed that Ben Hunt<\/a> will be his first-choice halfback if he is appointed the Dragons head coach following a meeting with the star playmaker.<\/p>\n

Hunt has been linked with rumours of an exit in recent weeks amid suggestions that he would be forced to play as a hooker at the club level under the Dragons' next coach.<\/p>\n

Flanagan has emerged as the hot favourite to win the job after Jason Ryles backflipped on joining the club, instead joining the Storm as an assistant.<\/p>\n

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The 57-year-old \ufeffsaid he had a "really good meeting" with Dragons powerbrokers and is expecting to hear back from the club later this week. <\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/p>\n

He also explained exactly what he asked Hunt when meeting with him<\/a> ahead of a potential appointment.<\/p>\n

"\ufeffThe question that I did have for Ben Hunt was: 'If I did get the coaching job at the Dragons, would you still want to stay at the club?', because there's been a lot of speculation that Ben Hunt wanted out," he told 2GB's Wide World of Sports Radio.<\/p>\n

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"I just wanted assurance that if I got the job all of a sudden on day one I'm looking for a halfback. <\/p>\n

"There's still a lot of water to go under the bridge for me to get the job, but in my mind, I had to know what was going on with Ben. <\/p>\n

\"NRL<\/p>\n

"I said to him, 'If I do get the job, you will be my halfback', and I don't think that's a big statement. <\/p>\n

"I just wanted to reassure myself that mine and Ben's relationship was where I thought it was."<\/p>\n

Flanagan once again reaffirmed his desire to be named the Dragons' full-time head coach.<\/p>\n

"Yes, I hope I get the job," he said.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"\ufeffI think I can help that club, I want to help that club, I know how to fix recruitment and pathways and I think I've been proven in the coaching department and I've won a competition." <\/p>\n

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