He is currently out with a hamstring problem and, apparently, nowhere near a return as of yet.

“Yeah, Pat is stepping up his rehab but he’s not out on the grass as of yet,” Dodds said.

“So there’s still a few more weeks there, he hasn’t really come into my though processes yet but of course, he’ll be a huge boost in terms of what we’re trying to do.”

wo players who are seemingly closer to a return are Bradley Dack and Aji Alese.

Dack has been missing since Boxing Day with a hamstring problem while Alese has struggled for games generally for a year now due to a variety of different injuries.

Both are back in training, but Dodds says the club are taking a cautious approach with both for now.

“With Bradley and Aji, the next step is to integrate them into full training,” Dodds said.