Tyrell Sloan (born 3 June 2002) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback and winger for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL).
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| Born | 3 June 2002 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (13 st 3 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
editSloan was born in Campbelltown, New South Wales and is of Indigenous Australian (Wiradjuri) background.[3]
Sloan played his junior rugby league for the Dapto Canaries.[4]
Playing career
edit2021
editPrior to the start of the 2021 NRL season, Sloan signed a three-year contract with the St. George Illawarra Dragons as a development player.[5]
In round 15 of the 2021 NRL season, Sloan made his first grade debut for St. George Illawarra against the Canberra Raiders, scoring a try in a comeback 22–20 victory at WIN Stadium.[6]
In round 25, he scored two tries for the club in a 20–16 loss against South Sydney.[7]
Sloan played a total of five matches for St. George Illawarra in the 2021 NRL season. He scored six tries for 24 points. As the club finished 11th on the table and missed out on the finals for their third year in a row.
2022
editAfter St. George Illawarra's round 3 loss to arch-rivals Cronulla, Sloan was demoted to the NSW Cup by head coach Anthony Griffin. Fox League pundit Matthew Johns described Sloan's demotion as "Insanity". After spending two months in reserve grade, Sloan was recalled to the first grade team for their Magic Round match against the Gold Coast. The club would go on to lose the match with Sloan being cited for making key errors which led to Gold Coast tries. The following week, Sloan was again demoted to the NSW Cup.[8][9] Sloan played a total of eight matches for St. George Illawarra in the 2022 NRL season. He scored one try for the season.
2023
editSloan would play a total of 23 games for St. George Illawarra in the 2023 NRL season and scored ten tries as they finished 16th on the table.[10]
2024
editIn round 1 of the 2024 NRL season, Sloan scored a hat-trick in St. George Illawarra's upset 28-4 victory over the Gold Coast.[11] In round 4, Sloan scored two tries for St. George as they upset Manly 20-12 at WIN Stadium.[12] Sloan played 23 games for St. George Illawarra in the 2024 NRL season and scored 13 tries as the club finished 11th on the table.[13]
Statistics
edit| Season | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
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| 2021 |  St. George Illawarra Dragons |
5 | 6 | – | – | 24 |
| 2022 | 8 | 1 | – | – | 4 | |
| 2023 | 23 | 10 | 40 | |||
| 2024 | 23 | 13 | 52 | |||
| Totals | 59 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
*denotes season competing
References
edit- ^ "Tyrell Sloan – Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ Mcintyre, Isaac (17 December 2021). "Heir apparent: Bulked up Sloan strikes claim for Dragons fullback jumper". The Sporting Base. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ Cloos, Teisha (21 June 2021). "Tyrell Sloan makes promising NRL debut". National Indigenous Times. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ Proszenko, Adrian (18 June 2021). "'I want to break the cycle': The story driving Dragons debutant fullback Tyrell Sloan". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Tyrell Sloan". St. George Illawarra Dragons. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Melbourne Storm thump Wests Tigers 66-16 as St. George Illawarra, Newcastle post NRL wins". ABC News. Australian Associated Press. 19 June 2021. Archived from the original on 19 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Manly beats North Queensland 46-18 to clinch NRL top-four spot as South Sydney, Brisbane record victories". ABC News. Australian Associated Press. 4 September 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "'Insanity': Matty Johns slams Dragons' surprise call after Eels thrashing". www.foxsports.com.au.
- ^ "Was Anthony Griffin right about young gun Tyrell Sloan". www.sportingnews.com.
- ^ "Hunt call that could define Flanagan era; glaring hole that must be filled: Brutal Review". www.foxsports.com.au.
- ^ "Flanno is BACK as Dragons hat-trick hero carves up Des' toothless Titans: What We Learned". www.foxsports.com.au.
- ^ "Flanagan implores Sloan to continue". www.sen.com.au.
- ^ "The Mole's end-of-season review: 'Bullies' exposed as big-money Dragons forward called out". www.nine.com.au.
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