{"id":80365,"date":"2021-06-04T03:36:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T03:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=80365"},"modified":"2021-06-04T04:57:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T04:57:53","slug":"stubborn-dragons-wont-rethink-dufty-axing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=80365","title":{"rendered":"Stubborn Dragons won't rethink Dufty axing"},"content":{"rendered":"

A near-perfect attacking game last night<\/a> has done nothing to save Matt Dufty from the axe at the Dragons at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

Dufty produced a game that the likes of superstars James Tedesco and Ryan Papenhuyzen would have been proud of – two tries, five try assists and numerous breaks as the Dragons put the Broncos to the sword.<\/p>\n

But it all counts for nought in the big picture – the Dragons are sticking to their guns and won't change their minds about cutting Dufty loose at the end of the season<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Matt<\/p>\n

"He was great in attack but let's be honest, it was like an under 20s game," a senior Dragons source told Wide World of Sports.<\/p>\n

"Matt is a good kid and he is dynamic when the opposition don't want to tackle him as was the case last night.<\/p>\n

"But the bottom line is that his defence just isn't up to the standard you want if you are trying to win a premiership.<\/p>\n

"The fact that no other clubs have made him an offer shows that we are not alone in that thinking."<\/p>\n

\"Billy<\/p>\n

Dragons<\/a> fans bombarded social media with pleas to retain Dufty in the wake of his stunning performance at Kogarah.<\/p>\n

The diminutive fullback has been the club's best and most dangerous player all season – but his defensive problems have resulted in the Dragons making the tough call to not retain him.<\/p>\n

For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A near-perfect attacking game last night has done nothing to save Matt Dufty from the axe at the Dragons at the end of the season. […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80365"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80365"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80367,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80365\/revisions\/80367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}