Stuart Flanagan
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Stuart Flanagan is a professional rugby league
footballer for the Cronulla Sharks
in the Australian National Rugby League
(NRL) competition. He primarily plays at hooker.
In 2006, Flanagan was selected to represent New South Wales under-19s as well as the Junior Kangaroos.
Flanagan also had representative honours in 2007 and 2008 when he was selected as the Hooker in the NSW Residents against Queensland.
In April 2008, Flanagan signed a three-year contract with the Canberra Raiders
from the 2009 season. To this point, Flanagan had represented the Wests Tigers
, but had found first grade opportunities hard to come by.
He signed a 1 year deal with the Cronulla Sharks
for 2010.
Flanagan re-signed with the Sharks for a further year taking him to the end of the 2011 season.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
footballer for the Cronulla Sharks
Cronulla Sharks
The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales...
in the Australian National Rugby League
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
(NRL) competition. He primarily plays at hooker.
In 2006, Flanagan was selected to represent New South Wales under-19s as well as the Junior Kangaroos.
Flanagan also had representative honours in 2007 and 2008 when he was selected as the Hooker in the NSW Residents against Queensland.
In April 2008, Flanagan signed a three-year contract with the Canberra Raiders
Canberra Raiders
The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership since 1982...
from the 2009 season. To this point, Flanagan had represented the Wests Tigers
Wests Tigers
The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's mid-western suburbs. They have competed in the National Rugby League since they were formed at the end of the 1999 season as a joint-venture club between the Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs...
, but had found first grade opportunities hard to come by.
He signed a 1 year deal with the Cronulla Sharks
Cronulla Sharks
The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales...
for 2010.
Flanagan re-signed with the Sharks for a further year taking him to the end of the 2011 season.