North’s Tarryn Thomas to be considered for AFL return

North Melbourne’s troubled utility Tarryn Thomas is on the verge of an AFL return after ticking additional bins in his comeback try.

Thomas”s profession was within the steadiness after he was stood down by the Kangaroos for a second time in March amid issues about his behaviour in direction of ladies.

The 23-year-old returned to the membership’s elite program on Monday and impressed with a powerful efficiency within the VFL on Saturday.

Kangaroos caretaker coach Brett Ratten stated Thomas will now be thought of for senior choice towards Collingwood in spherical 11.

However he’ll want the inexperienced gentle from membership hierarchy earlier than returning to the highest stage.

“He’ll come into calculations this week, so we’ll have the dialogue at match committee,” Ratten stated.

“We’ll simply see if he is prepared and the place it sits from a membership viewpoint as nicely.”

Thomas tallied 26 disposals, 9 inside 50s, eight tackles and one objective as North’s reserves suffered a 15-point VFL defeat to the Casey Demons on Saturday.

Veteran midfielder Ben Cunnington put his hand up for an AFL recall with 32 disposals and 17 clearances, whereas Charlie Lazzaro additionally impressed.

Thomas was charged in January with threatening to distribute an intimate picture and confronted court docket in March. The case will return to Broadmeadows Magistrates’ Court docket on July 18.

In February, he confronted two counts of violating a court docket order however these costs have been dropped.

In March, North reported additional allegations of inappropriate behaviour involving Thomas to the AFL’s integrity unit.

Final month, the 57-gamer was fined $5000 by the membership, which made him donate an additional $5000 to highway security, after posting a video to social media displaying him behind the wheel of his drifting Mercedes together with his ft on the dashboard.

Thomas is because of face court docket later this yr on an unrelated cost of driving with a suspended licence.