Ryan Sheridan admitted the uncertainty surrounding head coach Joel Tomkins had impacted Catalans Dragons after they were well beaten by St Helens.<\/p>\n
The Dragons crashed out of the Challenge Cup after a 34-6 defeat to Saints, with Tomkins absent for a third straight game.<\/p>\n
Love Rugby League broke the story that Tomkins was set to leave the club for personal reasons, with an announcement expected from the Dragons in the coming days.<\/p>\n
Asked about the matter in the aftermath of the defeat, Sheridan provided the first update on the matter from a club perspective.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there\u2019s been something out in the press. It\u2019s a personal matter with Joel,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been difficult. We\u2019re thinking about Joel and the situation around him. We\u2019ve tried to move forward as a group and manage it as best we can but it has been tough. Subconsciously, it affects you as players, and as a group.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re a new team trying to find the right balance, and we\u2019ve got to work through that. It\u2019s going to be a challenging year, but we\u2019ll keep working hard.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cThere\u2019s been nothing as of yet. This has been going on, and as staff and playing as a group we\u2019ve tried to support Joel as much as we can and do our jobs. I\u2019m not sure what\u2019s happening behind the scenes. We\u2019ve got to put our hands up and work hard.\u201d<\/p>\n
Catalans are next in action on Saturday, when they take on Warrington Wolves in France. Les Dracs are currently sixth in Super League, just two points behind the Wire, who top the table after seven rounds, though they do have a game in hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Sheridan admitted the uncertainty surrounding head coach Joel Tomkins had impacted Catalans Dragons after they were well…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-526909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}