17 Facts About Shane Flanagan

Shane Flanagan was born on 2 December 1965 and is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and commentator He was the Head Coach of the Cronulla Sutherland Sharks and was appointed assistant coach of the Sharks in 2006 and was appointed to the top position when former coach Ricky Stuart resigned on 20 July 2010.

Shane Flanagan is the father of Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs player Kyle Flanagan.

Shane Flanagan came off the bench in this game, a round 11 match against the Western Suburbs Magpies, and played his second game against the same opposition in round 24.

In round 8, Shane Flanagan scored his first top-grade try in a tight victory over St George at Kogarah Oval.

Shane Flanagan scored his second and final try of the year in round 16, darting over from dummy-half.

Shane Flanagan's last game for the Magpies was a winning play-off for fifth spot, which allowed the Magpies to make their first semi-finals appearance since 1982.

Shane Flanagan moved to Parramatta Eels in 1992 and remained with the club until 1994, when he retired from playing football following a knee injury.

Shane Flanagan went on to coach the Australian Schoolboys side, was an assistant coach for Australia under Stuart in 2007, and was an assistant coach under Craig Bellamy for New South Wales from 2008 to 2010.

In July 2010, Shane Flanagan was instated as Cronulla-Sutherland head coach following Ricky Stuart's resignation with six weeks remaining in the 2010 season.

Shane Flanagan built a reputation for signing key players to the club.

In 2013, following a year-long investigation into the Sharks' supplements program carried out during the 2011 NRL season, Shane Flanagan was suspended from his role for a period of 12 months.

On 19 December 2018, Shane Flanagan was de-registered as a coach indefinitely for failing to adhere to the conditions of his suspension in 2014.

On 20 September 2019, it was announced that Shane Flanagan was allowed to return to the NRL but under strict conditions.

Shane Flanagan was still unable to hold a head coaching role at any club until 2022 but was allowed to return as an assistant coach.

Shane Flanagan joined his junior club the St George Illawarra Dragons as an assistant coach to Paul McGregor beginning in the 2020 NRL season.

Shane Flanagan was the most important of one of 8 coaching changes at the Dragons following a dismal 2019.

In September 2020, Shane Flanagan was told his services would not be required in 2021 by St George after the appointment of new head coach Anthony Griffin.