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Wests Tigers coach Michael Maguire says Josh Reynolds could return to first grade via the Canterbury Cup after the fifth-eighth was relegated ahead of last week's season-opener at Leichhardt Oval.
Reynolds was named eighteenth man on the extended bench for the first round, as veteran playmaker Benji Marshall partnered Luke Brooks in the halves. Speaking to the media on Tuesday morning, the Wests Tigers coach confirmed that Reynolds will spend at least another week in reserve grade after the top seventeen thrashed Manly 20-6.
"Yes (it's possible he'll return via Canterbury Cup), he is available to play," Maguire told reporters.
"I'm really looking forward to try and get him a game.
"Obviously with the seventeen, they performed, so it's about the patience that I've spoken about.
"I'm keen to try and get him a game this week but I've got to work around how to do that." "I held him back on the weekend because obviously we have to make sure that he is alright for first grade," he added.
https://www.sportingnews.com/au/league/news/nrl-2019-wests-tigers-coach-michael-maguire-josh-reynolds-canterbury-cup-return/1e1axij4ou28u1d1p3e0sgwm8t
"He was very selfless about the fact that he had to sit on the sideline (when) he wanted to play and I understand that. But it's about giving him the best opportunity to play first grade.
"At this stage of his life he's got a good understand about what happens in the game and he knows that he's one moment away from playing. It's about having an opportunity and being ready for when that opportunity comes. "He's not the only player who has ever done this. I've had some great players that have to go back to go forward, which goes further than what you can imagine."
Reynolds was named eighteenth man on the extended bench for the first round, as veteran playmaker Benji Marshall partnered Luke Brooks in the halves. Speaking to the media on Tuesday morning, the Wests Tigers coach confirmed that Reynolds will spend at least another week in reserve grade after the top seventeen thrashed Manly 20-6.
"Yes (it's possible he'll return via Canterbury Cup), he is available to play," Maguire told reporters.
"I'm really looking forward to try and get him a game.
"Obviously with the seventeen, they performed, so it's about the patience that I've spoken about.
"I'm keen to try and get him a game this week but I've got to work around how to do that." "I held him back on the weekend because obviously we have to make sure that he is alright for first grade," he added.
https://www.sportingnews.com/au/league/news/nrl-2019-wests-tigers-coach-michael-maguire-josh-reynolds-canterbury-cup-return/1e1axij4ou28u1d1p3e0sgwm8t
"He was very selfless about the fact that he had to sit on the sideline (when) he wanted to play and I understand that. But it's about giving him the best opportunity to play first grade.
"At this stage of his life he's got a good understand about what happens in the game and he knows that he's one moment away from playing. It's about having an opportunity and being ready for when that opportunity comes. "He's not the only player who has ever done this. I've had some great players that have to go back to go forward, which goes further than what you can imagine."
