Overview

• Joel Tomkins, who served as interim coach since May, has agreed a contract running until 2027 despite overseeing just one victory in eight Super League games
• Former Dragons stars Micky McIlorum and Mitchell Pearce will join Tomkins’s coaching staff next season to bolster cultural continuity
• Hooker Micky McIlorum and playmaker Sam Tomkins will retire at the end of the campaign and remain with the club in new off-field roles
• Wigan great Harrison Hansen publicly endorsed Tomkins’s appointment, likening his leadership style to England coach Shaun Wane
• Tomkins has pledged to overhaul the recruitment model by targeting younger NRL talent to lower the squad’s average age and shed the club’s ‘retirement home’ reputation