Four seasons after forming their elite academy and high performance unit, the investment is paying big dividends with the club's Jersey Flegg and Intrust Super Premiership teams heading into grand finals and the NRL squad gunning for a second premiership in three years.The brainchild of coach Shane Flanagan and the CEO at the time, Steve Noyce, one of the keys to its success was signing Andrew Gray from the Dragons to become the club's physical performance manager.
Jayden Brailey was one of the first players to graduate from the program to the NRL while Flanagan's son Kyle also recently made his Telstra Premiership debut after coming through the academy system.However the results go this weekend, the Newtown Jets – Cronulla's ISP team – and the under 20s have each had remarkable seasons while the senior squad will travel to Melbourne looking for a spot in the Telstra Premiership grand final."We're really pleased with the position we're in at the moment – it's been a lot of hard work," Flanagan told NRL.com of the progress of the system.
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