Seems a sensible move to me. Losing Sinfield & Peacock is more than enough for the club to deal with in one season. Keeping the other leaders such as McGuire, Burrow, JJB etc is a must for another couple of years.
As mentioned, 1 injury to either McGuire or Sutcliffe and you've got an excellent backup there in Burrow. Same goes for Aiton at hooker.

In those 3 cases (Mcguire, sutcliffe, aiton) we have better backup in halves/hooker in the shape of Sinfield rather than Burrow. But come 2016 we won't. so not a bad idea to retain Rob's services for 2016. wouldn't be overly surprised if he made way mid contract though.

Burrows was never on Cas's radar. It was a smokescreen to lure our real target, Maguire.

I thought trolls wore green not orange and black

Is that the end of Powell then, if you are bringing in a new coach?

It is a good move IMO. Players with a club for 10 years or more only have half of salary counting towards the cap I think. Also Rob knows he is a bit part / impact player now therefore the chances are the new deal would have probably have seen him take a cut in salary meaning even less damage to the salaey cap. keep him around. brinmg the kids throug etc etc. A good move

Poor move by the club when we have players like Ward and Lilley as back up for hooker and half back.
Does this mean we are now not going to sign Houghton as Burrow can do an equally good job?
Does it also mean we are not signing Brierley?
Very underwhelmed.
The only thing that would trump this signing is giving Kylie another year!!

Another reasoned contribution there from Claypitrhino.

In his prime, Burrow had the ability to take a game by the scruff of the neck and win it on his own with a couple of pieces of magic. Those moments have got progressively less and less frequent over the last 12-18 months, to the point where his introduction from the bench is more often than not weakening the side rather than enhancing it. He's no longer any more of a threat out of dummy-half than Aiton, he's certainly not as competent a defender either and results in the whole structure being reshuffled to accommodate his presence. His service out of dummy-half (the key responsibility for anyone who plays there) is haphazard and often slow.

Neither do I buy all this "leaders in the dressing room" stuff. There are a lot of very experienced, international players in that Leeds changing room. The likes of Hall, Briscoe, Ablett, JJB, McGuire, Moon etc have all been around the game at top level for a while and should form part of any leadership group going into the next 3-4 years.

I'd rather see Leeds give opportunities to the likes or Robbie Ward, Jordan Lilley etc and take some short term pain while those players develop (much as they did when McGuire and Burrow themselves emerged) than invest another couple of years in a player who is already on a downward arc in terms of what he offers on the field.

Does anyone on here know if a player's full salary still counts as part of the cap even if they are also employed as a coach?

no proof, but I'm pretty sure that all salaries of registered players would count, otherwise all players would have some sort of coaching capacity.

Excellent move by the Club. Despite in the autumn of his career Robbie still has the pace and all round skills but what makes him so special in SL is the game breaking ability to make a match winning play all on his own. Added to that he can play (or cover) two key positions. These players are rare and to discard him while he still can do this would be foolish indeed. Big Mac has shown he will give the youngsters a chance and Burrow has not been a starter much this season but I am sure he will once more prove his worth as the season progresses.

Chuffed to bits , he still strikes fear into the opposition and lifts the crowd when he comes on . Not a starting hooker , but still a good scrum half starter or as an interchange in either position . Think Leeds have already decided Robbie Ward not going to be up to the job