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The fallout from the Roosters’ failure to secure a historic premiership three-peat has begun – with Canterbury emerging as the possible home for under-fire halfback Kyle Flanagan next season.
Fox Sports has learned incoming Bulldogs coach Trent Barrett is keen to secure Flanagan’s services as he prepares to lift the Belmore club away from the bottom of the NRL ladder.
Barrett is in the process of overhauling the Canterbury-Bankstown roster and views the sharpshooting goal-kicker Flanagan as an emerging playmaker with immense upside.
Flanagan’s exit from Bondi would open the door for boom rookies Lachlan Lam and Sam Walker to wear the coveted No. 7 Tricolours jumper in 2021.
The Roosters season might only be a tick over 72 hours old but the benchmark NRL club has already begun the process of a full season review including individual player reviews.
The Tricolours will host their annual Jack Gibson Medal awards night on Tuesday at Easts Leagues club at Bondi with one of the biggest talking points out of their straight sets finals exit being what changes the club will make to its roster.
Flanagan, 22, is currently signed with the Roosters until the end of 2021 but the club is believed to be open to granting him an early release.
The Roosters will still have Luke Keary, Lam and Walker with the latter two to duel over who will partner the champion No. 6.
Canterbury-Bankstown had Flanagan on a list of off-contract talent they intended to have a crack at as of November 1 anyway.
Should the Roosters decide to make a tough decision on the young gun playmaker the Bulldogs will more than happily sit down at the negotiating table early.
The rookie no. 7 endured an up and down first full season in the NRL with Roosters coach Trent Robinson opting to drop Flanagan in favour of Lam after the opening 12 games.
The Roosters then won their next two games before Flanagan was brought back into the team when Lam sustained a syndesmosis injury.
Some of the biggest names in rugby league have leapt to the defence of Flanagan in the last 48 hours as questions began to be asked after the Roosters lost their final three matches of the season.
Aside from losing both finals encounters, the Roosters also had 60 points scored against them by arch rivals South Sydney in their final regular season match.
Flanagan was always facing a monumental assignment taking over the no. 7 jumper from champion halfback Cooper Cronk.
In 20 NRL appearances this season, the Roosters halfback had 11 try-assists, 11 linebreak assists and scored four tries.
Flanagan also amassed 198 points and was second behind Adam Reynolds on the NRL pointscoring list with a goalkicking percentage of 80.53 per cent.
Fox Sports has learned incoming Bulldogs coach Trent Barrett is keen to secure Flanagan’s services as he prepares to lift the Belmore club away from the bottom of the NRL ladder.
Barrett is in the process of overhauling the Canterbury-Bankstown roster and views the sharpshooting goal-kicker Flanagan as an emerging playmaker with immense upside.
Flanagan’s exit from Bondi would open the door for boom rookies Lachlan Lam and Sam Walker to wear the coveted No. 7 Tricolours jumper in 2021.
The Roosters season might only be a tick over 72 hours old but the benchmark NRL club has already begun the process of a full season review including individual player reviews.
The Tricolours will host their annual Jack Gibson Medal awards night on Tuesday at Easts Leagues club at Bondi with one of the biggest talking points out of their straight sets finals exit being what changes the club will make to its roster.
Flanagan, 22, is currently signed with the Roosters until the end of 2021 but the club is believed to be open to granting him an early release.
The Roosters will still have Luke Keary, Lam and Walker with the latter two to duel over who will partner the champion No. 6.
Canterbury-Bankstown had Flanagan on a list of off-contract talent they intended to have a crack at as of November 1 anyway.
Should the Roosters decide to make a tough decision on the young gun playmaker the Bulldogs will more than happily sit down at the negotiating table early.
The rookie no. 7 endured an up and down first full season in the NRL with Roosters coach Trent Robinson opting to drop Flanagan in favour of Lam after the opening 12 games.
The Roosters then won their next two games before Flanagan was brought back into the team when Lam sustained a syndesmosis injury.
Some of the biggest names in rugby league have leapt to the defence of Flanagan in the last 48 hours as questions began to be asked after the Roosters lost their final three matches of the season.
Aside from losing both finals encounters, the Roosters also had 60 points scored against them by arch rivals South Sydney in their final regular season match.
Flanagan was always facing a monumental assignment taking over the no. 7 jumper from champion halfback Cooper Cronk.
In 20 NRL appearances this season, the Roosters halfback had 11 try-assists, 11 linebreak assists and scored four tries.
Flanagan also amassed 198 points and was second behind Adam Reynolds on the NRL pointscoring list with a goalkicking percentage of 80.53 per cent.
EXCLUSIVE: Gone to the Dogs? Flanagan could pay the price for Roosters’ failure
Gone to the Dogs? Flanagan could pay the price for Sydney Roosters’ failure
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