NRL 24-Hour Update: Round 1 v Bulldogs

Head Coach Shane Flanagan has given his squad a shake-up to take on the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium in the opening round of the 2025 Telstra Premiership.

Kyle Flanagan has been chosen at five-eighth for his 100th NRL appearance.

Local junior and Dragons Academy graduate Hamish Stewart has been selected to make his NRL debut off the interchange bench.

It's a real fairytale moment for the Gerringong kid who worked his way through the ranks of the club's pathways program from a young age.

The 20-year-old went through the motions playing two seasons of Harold Matthews Cup and two seasons of SG Ball before moving up to Jersey Flegg and NSW Cup debuts.