will have to look away from Melbourne for new recruitments as part of his exit agreement with the Storm. Nine days after he was appointed as Eels coach on a four-year deal starting in 2025, Ryles was told by the Storm that he could leave at week’s end to begin his work with the struggling NRL side.
While Trent Barrett will remain as interim Eels coach until the end of this campaign, Ryles can work in the background on all planning decisions for next season. The former Melbourne assistant coach will undoubtedly now turn his attention to other clubs’ players as he looks to turn around Parramatta’s fortunes. And foreseeing the possibility of the coach poaching some of Melbourne’s talented young crop, as part of the deal to let him go early he agreed to not bring in any Storm players in his first year in charge of the Eels.
charges against Georgia running back Trevor Etienne were dropped Wednesday afternoon, according to the Athens Banner-Herald. Etienne also pled no contest to a reckless driving charge and guilty to underage possession of alcohol, failure to maintain lane and a window tint violation. The hearing took place in an Athens courtroom Wednesday morning.
The charges stem from an arrest on March 24, where Etienne was booked at 4:35 a.m. and released on a $1,838 bond at 5:27 a.m. per the Athens Clarke County jail log. He is one of several Bulldogs to receive charges related to driving this offseason.
