Super League target’s immediate transfer ruled out by coach

Kyle Flanagan has been chased by Super League teams for some time.

There have always been rumours that Flanagan could move to Super League.

We have seen him at his best in England before when he played for Sydney Roosters against St Helens in the 2020 World Club Challenge.

The Canterbury Bulldogs halfback had been tipped to join Leeds Rhinos early last year.

This came when Leeds Chief Executive Gary Hetherington was in Australia looking for a new coach and it was reported he was considering a move for Flanagan and his father Shane who coached Cronulla Sharks to the NRL title in 2016.

This of course never happened with Hetherington appointing Rohan Smith instead.

Then there were rumours linking Flanagan to Hull FC after Josh Reynolds’ departure who is ironically back at the Bulldogs alongside Flanagan.

Again, this never happened. But according to the Sydney Morning Herald, Flanagan had a move to a Super League club lined up but rejected the chance to move to England.

His advisor Wayne Beavis found Flanagan an English club according to the Herald but Flanagan back flipped on the move to stay at Canterbury in the hope he could cement the number seven shirt.

When this move was lined up remains unclear. It could very well be the aforementioned links to Leeds Rhinos and Hull FC.

Nonetheless, he didn’t make the move to England at that juncture in his career but this week he was dropped and then the Daily Telegraph reported that an immediate move was set to take place.

They reported that he was set to join his father at Manly Sea Eagles in an immediate mid-season switch.

However, that has been ruled out by Canterbury coach Cameron Ciraldo which leaves the door open for a Super League move later down the line.