Danny Weidler today
The hardline stance of incoming Dragons coach Shane Flanagan on Ben Hunt means he will have a player at his club next season who would rather be somewhere else.
With the Dragons looking less and less likely to agree to Hunt’s request for an early release, he will now turn his focus to getting out of his contract in 2025. At this point, Hunt will be committed to the players around him and will be at the Dragons next year.
He had a heart-to-heart talk with his agent, Col Davis, last week and is resigned to the fact the Dragons won’t let him leave.
Like many at the club, Hunt is waiting for the big signings that have been promised by the new coach. Flanagan has told people the club is in the mix for Roosters stars Joseph Manu and Joseph Suaalii, who has signed a massive deal to play rugby from 2025. Both seem very long odds to head to Wollongong.
Hunt would be the key piece in the Titans’ puzzle, and could turn them into a side that challenges for the finals.
Rodney Churchill, the son of rugby league Immortal Clive Churchill, has taken South Sydney’s internal war to a new level.
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