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[Graham]

Blake Gentle just won $50,000 as NRL SuperCoach champion. 

That’s Blake on the left. On the right is his pal Kyle Flanagan.

Blake Gentle just won $50,000 as NRL SuperCoach champion and he already knows his first expense. 

He is a groomsman at the wedding of Dragons five-eighth Kyle Flanagan and the buck’s party is this weekend in Melbourne. 

“I’m sure I’ll have to shout. He (Flanagan) will milk me for all I’m worth,” he says. 

“We grew up together. We are great family friends...” 

“He stays away from SuperCoach so we don’t really chat about it, but every now and again he asks how he went on the weekend.” 

Gentle, a 25-year-old electrician from Cronulla, still plays A-Grade in the halves in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire. 

He once teamed up with Flanagan at school to win the GIO Trophy with De La Salle College. 

“The halves in that team were Kyle and (Bulldogs NRL player) Jaemon Salmon,” he said. “I was relegated to bench hooker duties that day.”

He is also family friends with NRL brothers Blayke and Jayden Brailey, whose finals fate goes on the line this weekend with the Sharks and Knights respectively. 

Throughout his school and local career, Gentle also won premierships alongside Kade Dykes and Sam Stonestreeet (both Sharks) and played with winning NSW Origin hooker Reece Robson. 

Gentle comes from a long line of rugby league people.

Uncle, Peter Gentle, is a former assistant coach of the Australian Kangaroos. He also acted as head coach at the Broncos when Anthony Seibold was axed in 2020 and has held roles at the Dragons, Eels, Tigers, Sharks, Rabbitohs and Hull FC. 

Grandfather, Ken, coached the Wests Magpies’ first grade team from 1984-85. 

Father, David, was a trainer for the Sharks during their 2016 premiership win.

Edited September 10 by Graham

[Spotty Herbert]

With his background and insider knowledge I am not surprised he won!! Congratulations to him. Did you see the 2nd ranked player couldn't claim his prize money because he worked for News Corp?

[Graham]

56 minutes ago, Spotty Herbert said:

With his background and insider knowledge I am not surprised he won!! Congratulations to him. Did you see the 2nd ranked player couldn't claim his prize money because he worked for News Corp?

Yes, I think that second placed bloke has appeared on the Supercoach Official Podcasts once or twice.