Tyrell Sloan Explained

Tyrell Sloan
Birth Date:2002 6, df=y
Birth Place:Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
Height:185cm (73inches)
Weight:84kg (185lb)
Year1start:2021
Year1end:present
Appearances1:56
Tries1:28
Goals1:0
Fieldgoals1:0
Points1:114
Yearastart:2022
Yearaend:23
Appearancesa:2
Triesa:2
Goalsa:0
Fieldgoalsa:0
Pointsa:8
Teamb:Prime Minister's XIII
Yearbstart:2023
Appearancesb:1
Triesb:1
Goalsb:0
Fieldgoalsb:0
Pointsb:4
New:yes
Source:[1] [2]
Updated:19 August 2024

Tyrell Sloan (born 3 June 2002) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and er for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL).

Background

Sloan 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

2021

Prior 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

After 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 as the luckless St. George side finished 10th on the table and missed out on the finals for the fourth year in a row.

2023

Sloan 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

In 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]

Statistics

Season Team Pld T G FG P
2021 St. George Illawarra Dragons5624
2022814
2023*20936
Totals 33 16 0 0 64
*denotes season competing

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tyrell Sloan – Career Stats & Summary . 2021-06-19 . Rugby League Project.
  2. Web site: Mcintyre . Isaac . 2021-12-17 . Heir apparent: Bulked up Sloan strikes claim for Dragons fullback jumper . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220226183752/https://thesportingbase.com/nrl/heir-apparent-bulked-up-sloan-stakes-claim-for-dragons-fullback-jumper/ . 2022-02-26 . 2022-02-27 . The Sporting Base.
  3. Web site: Cloos . Teisha . 2021-06-21 . Tyrell Sloan makes promising NRL debut . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220514025310/https://www.nit.com.au/tyrell-sloan-makes-promising-nrl-debut/ . 2022-05-14 . 2022-03-30 . National Indigenous Times.
  4. News: Proszenko . Adrian . 2021-06-18 . ‘I want to break the cycle’: The story driving Dragons debutant fullback Tyrell Sloan . . 2021-08-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210620142056/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/i-want-to-break-the-cycle-the-story-driving-dragons-debutant-fullback-tyrell-sloan-20210618-p582bd.html . 2021-06-20.
  5. Web site: Tyrell Sloan . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203425/https://www.dragons.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/st-george-illawarra-dragons/tyrell-sloan/ . 2021-06-24 . 2021-09-14 . .
  6. News: 2021-06-19 . Melbourne Storm thump Wests Tigers 66-16 as St. George Illawarra, Newcastle post NRL wins . . . live . 2021-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210619115119/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-19/nrl-melbourne-storm-beat-wests-tigers-dragons-knights-post-wins/100215570/ . 2021-06-19.
  7. News: 2021-09-04 . Manly beats North Queensland 46-18 to clinch NRL top-four spot as South Sydney, Brisbane record victories . . . 2021-09-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210904171019/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-04/nrl-manly-south-sydney-brisbane-broncos-record-wins/100424062/ . 2021-09-04.
  8. Web site: ‘Insanity’: Matty Johns slams Dragons’ surprise call after Eels thrashing. www.foxsports.com.au.
  9. Web site: Was Anthony Griffin right about young gun Tyrell Sloan. www.sportingnews.com.
  10. Web site: Hunt call that could define Flanagan era; glaring hole that must be filled: Brutal Review. www.foxsports.com.au.
  11. Web site: Flanno is BACK as Dragons hat-trick hero carves up Des’ toothless Titans: What We Learned. www.foxsports.com.au.
  12. Web site: Flanagan implores Sloan to continue. www.sen.com.au.