Shane Flanagan
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| Full name | Shane Flanagan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 December 1965 Sydney, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shane Flanagan (born 2 December 1965)[4] is an Australian professional rugby league football coach, and the Head Coach of the Cronulla Sutherland Sharks. He was appointed assistant coach of NRL team Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in 2006 and was subsequently appointed to the top position when former coach Ricky Stuart resigned on 20 July 2010.[5]
Playing career
Flanagan played SG Ball, Jersey Flegg and President's Cup for St. George Dragons before his NRL debut for St George in 1987. From 1989 to 1991, he played for Western Suburbs Magpies then moved to Parramatta Eels from 1992 to 1994. He retired from playing football following a knee injury and was engaged to coach the Parramatta SG Ball team in 1997.[6]
Coaching career
He was assistant coach for the Sydney Roosters for two years under Ricky Stuart. He has coached the Australian Schoolboys, was assistant coach for Australia in 2007, and was assistant coach under Craig Bellamy of New South Wales from 2007-2010.[5]
In July 2010, Flanagan was instated as Sharks head coach following Ricky Stuart's resignation with six weeks remaining in the 2010 season. [citation needed]
As head coach of the Cronulla Sharks, Flanagan lost his first three games mostly by small margins before a breakthrough win came against premiership contenders the Sydney Roosters in round 23 of the 2010 season. The Sharks won 18-12. The Sharks won one more game in the 2010 season, against the Gold Coast Titans.
In the 2012 NRL season, Flanagan coached Cronulla to finish 7th on the ladder. Flanagan built a reputation for signing key players to the club. Having signed Todd Carney the previous year, Flanagan secured the purchases of Beau Ryan and Chris Heighington from the West Tigers, Michael Gordon and Luke Lewis from the Panthers and Jonathon Wright from the Bulldogs.
In 2013, following a year-long investigation into the Sharks' supplements program carried out during the 2011 NRL season, Flanagan was suspended from his role for a period of 12 months.[7]
In the 2016 NRL season he guided Cronulla to a top four finish. They would travel to Canberra in the first week of the 2016 Finals and record a 16-14 victory thus earning a preliminary final at Allianz Stadium. The Cronulla Sharks would win this preliminary final against the 2015 premiers, the North Queensland Cowboys, by 32-20 thus earning a place in the 2016 Grand Final. On 2 October, the Cronulla Sharks would record a 14-12 victory over the Melbourne Storm and win the Premiership becoming the first head coach of the Cronulla Sharks to win a premiership.
References
- ^ Rugby League Project (player)
- ^ Rugby League Project (coach)
- ^ Flanagan, Shane (26 September 2008). "Finals feud: Sticky v Bellyache". Australia: Fairfax Media. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
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- ^ a b AAP (20 July 2010). "Stuart quits Sharks". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald interviewBarrett, Chris (21 July 2010). "Flanagan new head coach". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ^ Sharks fined $1m, Flanagan suspended, NRL.com official website, 17 December 2013