December 8, 2024

What St George Illawarra Dragons boss Shane Flanagan has said about potential move for St Helens star Jack Welsby

22-year-old Welsby has won it all in the UK so far, scooping up four Grand Final titles, one Challenge Cup and one World Club Challenge.

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The playmaker still has two years left on his contract at Saints, but that isn’t stopping St George from trying.

League Express contacted Dragons head coach Shane Flanagan about a potential move for Welsby to which he replied: “You don’t know if you don’t try. We haven’t dealt with St Helens as yet.”

Flanagan is determined to rebuild the Dragons after a number of disappointing years in the NRL, with a third-bottom finish in 2023 underlining the downfall of St George.

Welsby himself previously said: “My main focus at the moment is keeping myself fit – I’m back in at the end of December to start training for the New Year,” Welsby said on James Graham’s The Bye Round podcast.

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“But I’d be lying if I said the NRL and testing myself against the best wasn’t something that interests me.

“I’m still contracted at Saints for two more years, and it would be a hard place to leave as I love it there so much.

“I’m not saying it’s something I’m looking at doing, but it is an interest, especially how luring it is sometimes. It’s a decision I’ll come to if it ever pops up.”

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