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Bird makes switch to halves for Dragons AAP 2 hrs ago Pamela Whaley © Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS St George Illawarra's Jack Bird is a surprise inclusion in the halves against Sydney Roosters. St George Illawarra coach Anthony Griffin has made a shock switch by moving Jack Bird into the halves to face Sydney Roosters in the Anzac Day NRL blockbuster.  The ex-Origin star has started the season with a bang in the centres but a last-start loss to the Warriors has forced an immediate reaction from Griffin Bird has not played in the halves since 2018 with Brisbane. He has been de...

Griffin says Hunt close, Bird could remain at six St George Illawarra Dragons coach Anthony Griffin suggests Ben Hunt is likely to return for the club's Round 8 clash against the Wests Tigers, and discusses the future of Jack Bird as a half 3 hours ago

Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney "He's gone through with the tackle, the ball's gone past Tedesco with a touch of the hands to the winger. "It's late, and I think it should have been a send-off." However, the fullback's exit from the game, if anything, sparked the Roosters to life with 18-year-old Sam Walker, named winner of the Anzac Medal as man of the match, and Joey Manu stepping up to get the side home in front of a healthy 37,620 crowd. Pereira sent to sin bin for high tackle on Tedesco Walker's dazzling footwork was on show as the Roosters peppered Pereira's...

Dragons coach Anthony Griffin said the side lost their emotional attachment to the game once Jordan Pereira was sin-binned for a high shot in their 34-10 Anzac Day loss to the Roosters. Pereira was part of a pre-game reshuffle by Griffin on Sunday with the Dragons winger called up for his first match of the year in a move that allowed for Jack Bird to switch to five-eighth. However, the afternoon soon turned sour for the 28-year-old when he collected James Tedesco high while attempting to shut down play on the left edge. Rather than comment on the tackle itself, Griffin was disappointed in ho...

For more than six years Jack Bird has pondered whether he would ever get the chance to experience an Anzac Day clash between the Dragons and the Roosters. As a local junior coming through St George Illawarra's under-20s system, Bird watched the last post take place before some of the greatest clashes unfolded in front of packed venues to commemorate the day. Bird's defection to the Sharks in 2015 cancelled out any hope the Berkeley Eagles junior had of running out in the famous Red V kit on Anzac Day to take on the Roosters – until now. "You sit back and watch it on TV, see the big crowds a...