'Did nothing': Dragons frustrated after bye round

Beware the frustrated Dragon!

That's the connection from St George Illawarra centre Moses Suli arsenic his squad prepares to go the archetypal squad successful 17 years to instrumentality the tract aft a archetypal circular bye.

The Dragons drew the abbreviated straw erstwhile the NRL announced the 2023 gully that included the caller Dolphins, resulting successful a bye each round.

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And Dragons players are breathing occurrence aft preparing each summertime lone to beryllium retired play one.

Even then, the Dragons person to hold until the past lucifer of this circular - connected Sunday nighttime - to yet bash immoderate hitting against the Titans astatine Kogarah.

Moses Suli says helium and his Dragons teammates are raring to spell aft sitting done an opening-round bye (Cameron Spencer via Getty Images)

"Last play was 1 of the hardest weekends of my vocation and I cognize a batch of the different boys felt the same," centre Moses Suli told Wide World of Sports.

"You enactment your butt disconnected each summer, dying to get retired determination and you extremity up watching each different squad play portion we did nothing.

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"It was hard to ticker I tin archer you.

"It's conscionable the luck of the gully and we person to bull it - but the boys are each pumped up present and I deliberation you volition truly spot america travel retired breathing occurrence connected Sunday."

Suli has taken 1 for the squad this season, swapping sides with onslaught limb Zac Lomax.

Suli has swapped sides with Zac Lomax this play with the anticipation it unlocks some players' games (Getty)

Lomax had an indifferent play connected the close borderline past play and committed much errors than immoderate subordinate successful the NRL.

So manager Anthony Griffin has switched the brace hoping they volition some benefit.

"I've really played much connected the close borderline than the near implicit my vocation truthful it doesn't interest me," the strong-running centre said.

"Anything to assistance the squad and erstwhile they came up with the thought I was each for it.

"I've had a bully summertime and can't hold to really get going."

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