Aug 29th, 2018

Aug 29th, 2018

The Dragons have been plunged further into crisis mode with reports of a dressing room blow-up after last weekend’s thrashing by lowly Canterbury.

Wide World of Sports has been told there was an angry confrontation between senior player James Graham and young gun Matt Dufty as the players came to terms with the shock 38-0 loss to the Bulldogs.

The loss was the Dragons’ fourth in their last five games and Graham - a gritty British battler - was fuming at how Dufty and several other young players didn’t seem to take the gravity of the situation seriously enough.

"A few of the young guys were sitting around, looking at their phones and grinning after the game and it didn’t sit well with James," a Dragons insider told Wide World of Sports.

"It didn’t get physical or anything like that … but there were some angry words said and the atmosphere was very tense.

"It’s clearly not a very happy camp at the moment and confidence is right down."

The Dragons face a must-win game at Newcastle on Saturday.