NRL: St. George Illawarra Dragons coach Shane Flanagan and captain Ben Hunt front the media after their round 5 loss to the Newcastle Knights.
Dragons coach Shane Flanagan has explained why he hooked Tyrell Sloan form fullback and pledged to get to the bottom of the side’s inconsistency after their 30-10 loss to the Knights.
“They handled it better and as I said those three kick tries probably was a thing that changed the game. A late try from another kick, Kalyn picks up, we just didn’t do that well.” “But it’s definitely inconsistent and we should have been better tonight, credit to the opposition. They were terrible conditions but they handled it better than we did.“We know we can go on when we need to but we’re not consistent enough and we need to find out why. Tonight was tricky conditions but it’s not an excuse.”
“As I said, he’s a young kid and he needs to learn, it’s a tough game and you need to put your head where people are going to put their boots and there’s going to be a collision and it didn’t happen in the first three tries, so I needed to make a change and I’m not afraid to do those type of things.Flanagan is hopeful Jack Bird’s knee injury is not serious.
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