Recruitment and retention

Liverbird with Phins up · Sunday at 4:01 PM

Kyle is married to a Sharks bigs wigs daughter.

Keeping it in house how they all roll

Equaliser · Sunday at 4:30 PM

mr_c said:
yeah hes dated her for a while ,

end the day , flannos son has had shit teams , to play in pretty hard to be a star in a average side

thats the only reason why ivan didnt want coach nathan and vice versa ( and only reason why panthers agood strong sides )

keyboard warriors that think they no better , none them played pro footy but put boot in any chance ( i hope like hell woolf ( bens son doesnt get same treatment )

clubs won't be reluctant , been happening for ages and wont stop i really hope stickys son goes from raiders i can see him getting sae treatment from numb nuts fans that ned shut there gobs

Nathan was already on the books at Penrith when his dad was recruited to coach. Ivan didn't recruit Nathan.

Equaliser · Sunday at 4:33 PM

Josh said:
This is going to make a lot of clubs reluctant to let a coach sign his son unless the son is a superstar. Nathan Cleary for example.

Liverbird with Phins up said:
Kyle is married to a Sharks bigs wigs daughter.

Keeping it in house how they all roll

The Sharks coach Fitzgibbon has a son who is apparently pretty good. In regard to what's happening at the Dragons, Fitzgibbon came out and said he wouldn't recruit his son. Would be too hard on both.

Gary · Sunday at 4:50 PM

Equaliser said:
Nathan was already on the books at Penrith when his dad was recruited to coach. Ivan didn't recruit Nathan.

that’s not quite right, Nathan came with Ivan from the warriors when he was on the books with the warriors juniors

Liverbird with Phins up · Sunday at 7:17 PM

I think his other son is still at the warriors

mr_c · Monday at 1:34 AM

Nathan came into juniors at Panthers after been in warriors. Yup jet wanted to be away. From it all he s different style of player to nathan.

257Matt · 2026-01-06T06:52:45+1000

Equaliser said:
The Sharks coach Fitzgibbon has a son who is apparently pretty good. In regard to what's happening at the Dragons, Fitzgibbon came out and said he wouldn't recruit his son. Would be too hard on both.

Fitzgibbon son with Bulldogs on train & trial

257Matt · 2026-01-06T06:57:25+1000

Gary said:
that’s not quite right, Nathan came with Ivan from the warriors when he was on the books with the warriors juniors

Nathan was coming through the Penrith system when Ivan was coach the first time. There was a lot of paper talk then and since that when Nathan was 17 in 2015 Gould was keen to pick him in the team but Ivan kept resisting and Ivan didn't want to rush him. I kinda believe Ivan on all this. He played juniors in both Australia and New Zealand naturally due to where Ivan was playing or coaching.

mr_c · 2026-01-06T07:25:57+1000

257Matt said:
Fitzgibbon son with Bulldogs on train & trial

fitters son hes a gun in both codes

Equaliser · 2026-01-06T07:29:59+1000

Gary said:
that’s not quite right, Nathan came with Ivan from the warriors when he was on the books with the warriors juniors

Well, he was with the Warriors when he lived in NZ with his parents and was early teens.

mr_c · 2026-01-06T07:46:42+1000

Equaliser said:
Well, he was with the Warriors when he lived in NZ with his parents and was early teens.

ivan came back to aus in 2012 2015 nathan was in the under 16 team 2016 he debut nrl

Equaliser · 2026-01-06T07:47:50+1000

mr_c said:
ivan came back to aus in 2012 2015 nathan was in the under 16 team 2016 he debut nrl

He didn't debut when he was 16. I think he was 18. Maybe 19.

mr_c · 2026-01-06T07:57:26+1000

Equaliser said:
He didn't debut when he was 16. I think he was 18. Maybe 19.

yeah debuted in 2016 in nrl as 19 year old

257Matt · 2026-01-06T09:11:07+1000

mr_c said:
fitters son hes a gun in both codes

absolutely and best for him he makes his name anywhere bar Roosters or Panthers to avoid comparisons and all that BS. Not everyone is Kyle Flanagan or Sean O'Sullivan but sadly many are.

Josh · 2026-01-06T09:16:26+1000

257Matt said:
absolutely and best for him he makes his name anywhere bar Roosters or Panthers to avoid comparisons and all that BS. Not everyone is Kyle Flanagan or Sean O'Sullivan but sadly many are.

It used to be that it was normal for the kids of club legends to go to that club or players who had a family member employed by the club. But this farce with Kyle Flanangan at the Dragons is going a long way to putting an end to that fine old tradition.

Red · 2026-01-06T10:05:29+1000

257Matt said:
absolutely and best for him he makes his name anywhere bar Roosters or Panthers to avoid comparisons and all that BS. Not everyone is Kyle Flanagan or Sean O'Sullivan but sadly many are.

In the first year, SOS was pretty good for us. I mean, considering Wayne couldn't sign a halfback and it was obviously before Katoa was ready for first grade each week. SOS had already had a long career as a back up halfback. In the second year Wayne was still playing SOS while easing Katoa in. Personally I think he was too cautious with Katoa but that's just me. I don't think SOS was getting selected because his dad was employed by club or had a relationship with Wayne. As far as I know, Wayne and SOS's dad only ever had a professional relationship.

257Matt · 2026-01-06T12:08:03+1000

Red said:
In the first year, SOS was pretty good for us. I mean, considering Wayne couldn't sign a halfback and it was obviously before Katoa was ready for first grade each week. SOS had already had a long career as a back up halfback. In the second year Wayne was still playing SOS while easing Katoa in. Personally I think he was too cautious with Katoa but that's just me. I don't think SOS was getting selected because his dad was employed by club or had a relationship with Wayne. As far as I know, Wayne and SOS's dad only ever had a professional relationship.

I’m more referring to all the breaks and selections he got in junior rep sides that led to NRL deals ahead of others. He’s at times done serviceable jobs.

mr_c · 2026-01-06T13:31:18+1000

Josh said:
It used to be that it was normal for the kids of club legends to go to that club or players who had a family member employed by the club. But this farce with Kyle Flanangan at the Dragons is going a long way to putting an end to that fine old tradition.

lol and only people who have problem are the fans that nit pick anything and the media people just need move on if they won a championship like cleary they still bitch and moan

just let him play move on ( alotta fans need take chill pill move on )

Josh · 2026-01-06T15:13:22+1000

257Matt said:
I’m more referring to all the breaks and selections he got in junior rep sides that led to NRL deals ahead of others. He’s at times done serviceable jobs.

He was a good QLD Cup player. Now he'll be a good NSW Cup player. Perth Bears and PNG will each start with a few of them.

Red · 2026-01-06T18:03:14+1000

mr_c said:
lol and only people who have problem are the fans that nit pick anything and the media people just need move on if they won a championship like cleary they still bitch and moan

just let him play move on ( alotta fans need take chill pill move on )

Who are you talking about? Still SOS? Is there a reason people aren't allowed to be critical of his game? Personally I'm not. He was never supposed to be a star halfback. Only a fill in for a couple of years.

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