Gold Coast Titans coach Justin Hoolbrook has shut down suggestions that Shannon Boyd will be moved on by the club.
Reports emerged that the Titans were shopping Boyd to NRL rivals this off-season to clear salary, with the 27-year old signed to a four-year deal worth $2 million.
Boyd struggled in his first campaign at the Titans before a shoulder injury ended his season in August.
But Hoolbrook has full faith in him bouncing back in 2020.
โHeโs still coming back from shoulder (surgery) but heโll be right in a couple of months and heโs doing really well in his rehab. Heโs lost some weight and his skinfolds are good,โ Holbrook told goldcoastbulletin.com.au.
โHeโs going well. From talking to Dan Ferris, heโs really happy with where heโs at now compared to where he was 12 months ago and thatโs the same for a lot of the boys.
โHis name has never come up once as to being moved on from the club, from anybody. I can honestly say Iโve got no idea where thatโs come from because people were telling me that (I would let him go).
โBut it hasnโt come from me at all or anyone in the club. He played for Australia a couple of years ago so he doesnโt have to learn how to play rugby league, thatโs for sure.
โWeโve just got to get him right, get his body right and get him out there.โ
Hoolbrook added that building up Boyd's tank again was key to him getting back to his best.
โThe best thing he can do is run. Heโs got an injury thatโs stopping him doing weights but he hasnโt got any issue in that (running) area,โ he said.
โHeโs lost some weight and for a big bloke, theyโre the ones that get affected the most. If your backs come back (to pre-season) a couple of kilos over, they can lose that in a couple of weeks but the big blokes, for them to lose weight in big numbers, itโs hard.โ
