valentine holmes

A candid Valentine Holmes says there is no excuse for his "very poor" performance in the game that proved the last straw for axed St George Illawarra coach Shane Flanagan. Paid an estimated $1 million per season, Dragons centre Holmes made headlines after being thoroughly outplayed by opposite man Latrell Mitchell in the round-eight loss to South Sydney. Holmes missed 10 tackles as rival centre Mitchell scored a career-best four tries in one of the NRL's most dominant man-to-man contests in recent memory. Third-year coach Flanagan stepped down by mutual agreement two days after the Dragons' 30