New St George Illawarra coach Anthony Griffin has made a lot of changes since taking charge of the Dragons this season but one thing he hasn’t felt the need to do is overhaul the club’s culture.
“Hook jokes about it all the time,” former NSW Origin forward Tariq Sims said. “He says he’s been looking for dickheads and he can’t find any.”
Captain Ben Hunt added: “Hook’s always saying how he’s been here for three months and he’s been trying to find a dickhead but he hasn’t been able to”.
The external expectations for the Dragons in 2021 may be lower than in recent seasons, particularly after their 48-16 humbling by South Sydney in the Charity Shield, but internally the standards have rarely been higher.