The Dragons are set to lose another star to the Super League, with Tyrell Sloan reportedly agreeing to a contract with an English club.
Damien Cook and Mat Feagai’s Super League switches have already been confirmed, and according to Code Sports, Sloan will join Castleford Tigers in 2027.
The outside back has reportedly signed a two-year deal and will link up with former St George Illawarra assistant Ryan Carr, who coaches the Tigers.
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With the arrival of Scott Drinkwater next season and Clint Gutherson still on the club’s books, there is little space for Sloan who harbours ambitions of playing in the No.1 jersey.
Sloan is just one player who will depart the club, with the Dragons undergoing a major overhaul with a number of new faces landing next season.
Meanwhile, it remains to be seen if off-contracts players Blake Lawrie, Christian Tuipulotu, Hame Sele and Nathan Lawson will be re-signed.
Regardless, Luke Keary was certain Sloan had the ability to be a success in the Super League, possessing electric speed.
“He’ll do fantastic over there,” he said on Fox League.
“We’ve seen the likes of Bevan French and Jai Field go over there. He’s got speed to burn. He’ll have a lot of space over there where he can play.”
Tyrell Sloan of the Dragons is set to depart the club.Source: Getty Images
PAPS SHUTS DOWN NRL RETURN
Ryan Papenhuyzen has emphatically denied he’ll be returning to the NRL anytime soon.
The 28-year-old shocked the sport when he walked away from his Storm contract during the off-season with a year to run on the deal.
Since, Papenhuyzen’s future has been a source of on-and-off speculation.
The latest rumour doing the rounds is that the Bulldogs are considering a possible play for Papenhuyzen, which journalist Paul Kent revealed on his ‘Kenty Blitz’ podcast.
However, the former Storm fullback more or less shut that down as well as a couple of other sources of speculation he’s heard regarding a potential comeback
Papenhuyzen is currently holidaying in the US but will return to Australia in the coming days.
“I just don’t know where people keep getting it from to be honest,” Papenhuyzen said on his One Six Seven podcast.
Ryan Papenhuyzen has shut down rumours he’ll be back in the NRL or any other sport.Source: FOX SPORTS
“I think it was James Graham who said at the start of the year that I’d back in June. It’s July and I’m in the US so you do the math. That’s one that’s also wrong.”
He also denied any links to the Perth Bears, an unnamed Sydney club and breakaway rugby union competition Rugby 360.
“Not true,” Papenhuyzen firmly replied when asked about those three rumours specifically.
“I’m just not playing footy again.
“There’s also other rumours about flag football and rugby sevens at the Olympics. But no to those as well.”