Dragons fullback Tyrell Sloan has suffered one other damage setback amid his battle with Zac Lomax for the St. George primary jersey.
Sloan picked up a syndemosis damage throughout final month’s Koori Knockout however new Dragons coach Shane Flanagan has revealed the incumbent fullback has since damaged his thumb.
“We’ve had a major, major hiccup with him suffering a syndesmosis in the (Koori) Knockout, which is unfortunate, and then he broke his thumb so everything I had planned for him in early December went out the window, but we’ll get there,” Flanagan informed NRL.com.
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“He’s a good learner and he does look good at the moment – he’s put on a bit of weight because he hasn’t been running – but he has a lot of work from an education perspective.”
Sloan is anticipated to return to the coaching subject in mid-to-late December.
Flanagan mentioned that in a great world, Sloan will the Dragons’ Round 1 starter at fullback, nevertheless the premiership-winning coach has mentioned Lomax shall be given an opportunity to make his case.
Lomax has established himself within the centres and is among the Dragons’ most potent attacking weapons, however Flanagan is eager to strive every thing to present his staff the very best alternative to win.
That could embody switching Sloan and Lomax throughout video games, which Flanagan has accomplished earlier than when he was teaching the Sharks.
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“We could do a bit of interchanging there, which I have done previously with Ben Barba and Valentine Holmes,” Flanagan mentioned.
“It is such a big job, and Zac is a big thing, so you could swap them around during different times of the game.
“It upsets the opposition, and it was a good opportunity during parts of the game to educate Val as a fullback.
“Val was a great fullback. I know he is not playing there now, but before he went to NFL he was doing a good job at fullback.”
Speaking on what the Dragons have with Sloan, Flanagan defined to foxsports.com.au again in July that he was eager to coach the 21-year-old “differently to what he’s done before”.
“Sloan has got heaps of upside, another pre-season of training,” Flanagan mentioned.
“He’s getting older, heavier, stronger, we know what areas he’s got to work on, he’s a super talent.”
Source web site: www.foxsports.com.au
