Bulking season: Flanagan’s hefty weight transformation for 2025
Kyle Flanagan is on a mission to become one of the biggest five-eighths in the NRL, bulking on 10kg as he transforms himself for life at the Dragons without Ben Hunt.
Kyle Flanagan is on a mission to become one of the biggest five-eighths in the NRL, bulking on 10kg as he transforms himself for life at the Dragons without Ben Hunt.
Lachlan Ilias loved the Rabbitohs, but the Dragons offered him two things that Souths couldn’t: a chance to play halfback and a chance to fulfil a childhood dream. This is the story of how he signed with St George Illawarra.
Clint Gutherson hasn’t thought about whether he’ll captain the Dragons next year, but he appears to be the best man for the job.
The Bulldogs have given a trio of Jersey Flegg stars a chance to shine in the pre-season. See the breakdown of every player on a train-and-trial deal for the 2025 pre-season.
The Dragons have settled on Jamie Soward’s replacement, with a member of the Queensland women’s Origin coaching staff to take over the NRLW team next year.
Maroons and St George Illawarra star Ben Hunt is on the outer at the Dragons, and while the Titans and Cowboys have been priced out of his services there remains one Queensland club in the running.
Ben Hunt has been given permission to immediately start plotting his exit with claims he won’t play another game for the Dragons.
St George Illawarra privately insist they won’t be pressured into tabling a contract extension to captain Ben Hunt as they prepare to hold talks with a $900,000 free agent.
Ben Hunt has sensationally claimed the St George Illawarra club he captains “doesn’t seem overly keen to keep me” as he prepares to hit the open market.
Damien Cook has revealed halfback Ben Hunt is a “big reason” why he’s joining the Dragons in 2025, launching an appeal for the star veteran to not quit the club as it eyes a drought-breaking finals berth.
Ben Hunt’s relationship with the Dragons has been further strained with new details of his infamous meeting with Shane Flanagan emerging.
Twenty five years on from one of the most dramatic grand finals in rugby league history, the stars break down the controversial 1999 decider, and the infamous Craig Smith penalty try.
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