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twinkletoes

Juniors
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Hooper the detective reports that Sua and Bird want out. I say if that is the case then they are free to go.
That will free up around 1.2m in cap for the new coach.
They can go now and play the young brigade who are happy to be in first grade.
No place to hide for sooks
If that is the case the NRL should suspend the Dragons license to participate in the NRL competition as they will be totally uncompetitive and unable to meet the performance criteria for inclusion in the NRL...send them back to the NSWRL competition
 

justadragon

Bench
Messages
4,103
Hooper the detective reports that Sua and Bird want out. I say if that is the case then they are free to go.
That will free up around 1.2m in cap for the new coach.
They can go now and play the young brigade who are happy to be in first grade.
No place to hide for sooks
Why would Bird want out, he's mostly responsible for the shit the Dragons are putting out, good luck finding another pay packet somewhere else like what the Dragons are offering him. I wouldnt put him in the elite bracket !!!!
 

Rocket Rod

Juniors
Messages
645
Bird rang Hooper after the article to tell him it was BS and hes remaining a dragon.. whatever that means.
Haaa apparently he or his agent were ringing around and were probably told to stay put on the coin he is on
Oops I didn’t mean it
On a serious side though if the board had any balls they should investigate the rumour and if substantiated give him or both their marching orders. I’m sure there would be a breach in there somewhere.
No room for would be..’s
Time to show your muscle board and start the rebuild with the core of Sloan Bud Amone (hesitantly) Hunt( hesitantly) Rava Suli ( has promise with right coach) Blocker ( tries hard ) the rest com si com sa
 

TruSaint

Referee
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20,855

Dragons stars 'may not necessarily want to be there' as club braces for $1.2m exodus​

Simon Brunsdon headshot
By Simon Brunsdon
an hour ago

St George Illawarra's troubles could cost the club a couple of its biggest stars.
Nine's Danny Weidler reports both Jack Bird and Jaydn Su'A are in danger of walking out on the Dragons as early as this year.
Both have played State of Origin - for New South Wales and for Queensland respectively - and have some of their best football years ahead of them at only 28 years old (Bird) and 25 (Su'A).
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Bird is thought to be earning $550,000 from the Red V, while Su'A is worth $600,000 to the club per season. Both are contracted for next year, but their exits would free up as much as $1.2 million on the salary cap.
"There's talk coming out that a couple of players may not necessarily want to be there," Weidler told Nine's 100% Footy.
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Jack Bird of the Dragons talks to referee Adam Gee. (Getty)
"I'm hearing Jaydn Su'A is getting linked to a couple of clubs - that will obviously get denied by Su'A, but that's what is going on.
"And I heard some mail that Jack Bird has been ringing around looking for a new club. Jack somehow got wind of me chasing that story and rang me today, got on the front foot and said he is going to be a Dragon, he's staying at the Dragons.
"There's definitely been something going on, but Jack wants it made clear he is 'staying with the Dragons'."
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Bird was a Dragons junior but the club let him go to Cronulla before his NRL career started, and he won the 2016 premiership at centre with the Sharks.
He had two seasons with the Broncos that were marred by injuries, before returning home to join St George Illawarra in 2021.

Su'A spent his early years at the Broncos but struggled to crack the team, before moving south to play for Wayne Bennett at the Rabbitohs where he became an Origin-class backrower.
He joined the Dragons last year but has struggled to replicate the form he found in Redfern.
A Sydney Morning Herald report linked Su'A to the Knights, who will be able to table a formal offer to him from November 1.
The Dragons have lost five games in a row, and coach Anthony Griffin appears certain to lose his job imminently.

 

justadragon

Bench
Messages
4,103

Dragons stars 'may not necessarily want to be there' as club braces for $1.2m exodus​

Simon Brunsdon headshot
By Simon Brunsdon
an hour ago

St George Illawarra's troubles could cost the club a couple of its biggest stars.
Nine's Danny Weidler reports both Jack Bird and Jaydn Su'A are in danger of walking out on the Dragons as early as this year.
Both have played State of Origin - for New South Wales and for Queensland respectively - and have some of their best football years ahead of them at only 28 years old (Bird) and 25 (Su'A).
READ MORE: 'Just doesn't work': Grim 'reality check' for Piastri
READ MORE: First-minute goal throws relegation race into chaos



Bird is thought to be earning $550,000 from the Red V, while Su'A is worth $600,000 to the club per season. Both are contracted for next year, but their exits would free up as much as $1.2 million on the salary cap.
"There's talk coming out that a couple of players may not necessarily want to be there," Weidler told Nine's 100% Footy.
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Jack Bird of the Dragons talks to referee Adam Gee. (Getty)
"I'm hearing Jaydn Su'A is getting linked to a couple of clubs - that will obviously get denied by Su'A, but that's what is going on.
"And I heard some mail that Jack Bird has been ringing around looking for a new club. Jack somehow got wind of me chasing that story and rang me today, got on the front foot and said he is going to be a Dragon, he's staying at the Dragons.
"There's definitely been something going on, but Jack wants it made clear he is 'staying with the Dragons'."
Stream the NRL premiership 2023 live and free on 9Now
Bird was a Dragons junior but the club let him go to Cronulla before his NRL career started, and he won the 2016 premiership at centre with the Sharks.
He had two seasons with the Broncos that were marred by injuries, before returning home to join St George Illawarra in 2021.

Su'A spent his early years at the Broncos but struggled to crack the team, before moving south to play for Wayne Bennett at the Rabbitohs where he became an Origin-class backrower.
He joined the Dragons last year but has struggled to replicate the form he found in Redfern.
A Sydney Morning Herald report linked Su'A to the Knights, who will be able to table a formal offer to him from November 1.
The Dragons have lost five games in a row, and coach Anthony Griffin appears certain to lose his job imminently.

The only thing remotely truthful about this story is that Su'a has regressed, just like most of the other players.
 
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