| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Shane Flanagan | |||||
| Nickname | Flano[1] | |||||
| Born | 1965 (45 or 46) Sydney, New South Wales |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1988 | St George Dragons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989–1991 | Western Suburbs | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1992–1994 | Parramatta Eels | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 78 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 2010 -– | Cronulla Sharks | 23 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 39 |
| Source: Rugby League Project | ||||||
Shane Flanagan (born 1965) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach. 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.[2]
Flanagan played SG Ball, Jersey Flegg and President's Cup for St George Dragons before his NRL debut for St George in 1988. From 1989 to 1991, he played for Western Suburbs then moved to Parramatta 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.[3] He was assistant coach for the Sydney Roosters for two years alongside 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.[2]
In July 2010 Flanagan was installed as Sharks head coach following Ricky Stuart's resignation with six weeks remaining in the 2010 season.
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 top-four team and Greg Bird's new club the Gold Coast Titans whose poor record at Cronulla continued.
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