{"id":777765,"date":"2026-07-04T03:38:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T03:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/777765\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T03:38:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T03:38:31","slug":"tyrell-sloans-new-contract-revealed-as-he-is-set-to-depart-illawarra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/777765\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyrell Sloan’s new contract revealed as he is set to depart Illawarra"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyrell Sloan’s future has officially been decided, with the St George Illawarra Dragons<\/a> outside back set to continue his career in the English Super League<\/a> from 2027.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old has signed a two-year deal with Castleford Tigers<\/a>, bringing an end to his time at the Dragons after the 2026 NRL<\/a> season.<\/p>\n

Love Rugby League<\/a> confirmed the signing on Saturday morning, with Sloan becoming the 11th overseas player recruited by Castleford for next season.<\/p>\n

Sloan is also the latest Dragon to head overseas, following veteran Damien Cook<\/a> and Matt Feagai, who have also secured Super League<\/a> deals this year.<\/p>\n

The move comes despite Sloan making it clear only last month that his preference was to remain at the Dragons, where he debuted in 2021.<\/p>\n

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“I love this club, I’d do anything for the Red-V, it’s home for me,” Sloan said last month.<\/p>\n

“I don’t want to leave, but I do know it’s a business. When I do wear that jersey, I just want to wear it with pride. I know there’s been a lot of history with me being in and out of the team each week, but the boys are in a good space, and I’m happy to support that whether I’m in the team or not.”<\/p>\n

Despite his desire to stay, Sloan has effectively been squeezed out of the club’s long-term plans.<\/p>\n

The arrival of Scott Drinkwater<\/a> in 2027 is expected to lock down the Dragons’ number one jersey, while Clint Gutherson<\/a> has repeatedly stated he has no intentions of leaving the club anytime soon, leaving Sloan’s path to a regular fullback or outside back role increasingly difficult.<\/p>\n

Versatile enough to play across numerous positions, Sloan has previously spoken of his ambition to establish himself as a consistent first-grade fullback, something Castleford is expected to offer him the opportunity to pursue.<\/p>\n

His move also reunites him with Castleford coach Ryan Carr<\/a>, the former Dragons assistant who has maintained a strong relationship with Sloan from their time together at St George Illawarra.<\/p>\n

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Carr’s familiarity with Sloan is believed to have played a significant role in bringing the exciting outside back to England<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sloan has featured in nine NRL<\/a> games this season and departs the Dragons having played 88 first-grade matches, crossing for 52 tries.<\/p>\n

His departure is unlikely to be the last at the Dragons, with several players coming off contract at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

Blake Lawrie<\/a>, Christian Tuipulotu<\/a>, Hame Sele<\/a> and Nathan Lawson<\/a> are all considered among the players most likely to follow Sloan out the door as the club continues to reshape its roster for 2027 and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyrell Sloan’s future has officially been decided, with the St George Illawarra Dragons outside back set to continue…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-777765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}