Dragons coach Anthony Griffin has confirmed the club will welcome Jack de Belin back onto the football field as quickly as possible if the Director of Public Prosecutions decides not to pursue his sexual assault case for the third time. The jury for de Belin's case on Monday found him not guilty on one charge but were unable to reach a majority verdict on the other five charges. The matter will be back in court later this month where the Director of Public Prosecutions will decide whether they will take the five charges to court for a third time. Griffin confirmed tonight the forward is "fit enough" and ready to go should he be cleared to return to game day duties. "We've put him through, probably the last eight weeks, the toughest training he's done," Griffin told. "It was basically his own pre-season before the court case started, with the NRL staff, he did that privately. "He's fit enough. Obviously, he hasn't played in two and a half years. We just wait, it's still a legal matter.
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