Quote: Butcher "Suspect Powell will go with Lino and Russell in SL, barring a leftfield signing like Abdull. Powell himself admits Gale won't play quite a few games this year just for preservation, and while that's smart it's not viable in Super League (and not great value). And I'd be amazed if we cut Lino's contract to make space.
Jowitt's a good half but a brilliant fullback - wouldn't play him at half unless we're decimated by injury, would sooner play Lawford, Brough or even Kay there. The idea of playing Matty Russell at fullback is madness. The days of wingers dropping to fullback is coming to an end. Totally different skillset. Your fullback should be your most skilful player with ball in hand, able to dig into the line and select the smart pass. I've never seen Matty Russell throw a good pass.'"
Tbh, I can see us cutting Linos contract or offloading him some how to make room on the quota. We have the money to do it and he's already showed he's not up to scratch at SL level and if I'm honest I haven't been overly impressed with him in the championship either. It would be a big mistake to go into next season with Lino as our number 7 expecting to be in the top half of the table come the end of the season.