Was Gale wearing the scrum cap because his new fringe hasn't quite bedded in properly yet?

I would take Jowitt in a heartbeat and I've only seen him play twice.

Steve Gill and MC seem to get on well so who knows.

Powell's moaning about being a preseason game light well who's to blame for that ? He had 1 hand tied behind his back with the Zak saga but I still think he / the club could have sorted a proper genuine FB for this season. I love Powell and what he has done at Cas but I think his Roberts as a FB is a stinker. I'm sure Roberts at some stage may have the odd good game at FB but he's nowhere near consistent enough and always has that stinker in his locker just like he did in the grand final and just like he did the week before in the semi against saints.

www.skysports.com/rugby-league/n ... ff-hull-kr Johnstone continuing where he left off. Cas won’t find much better than Jowitt available who has it in him to be a good fullback. On loan of course. That said if Grix gets injured it would be a silly move to loan Jowitt out.

www.skysports.com/rugby-league/n ... ff-hull-kr Johnstone continuing where he left off. Cas won’t find much better than Jowitt available who has it in him to be a good fullback. On loan of course. That said if Grix gets injured it would be a silly move to loan Jowitt out.

Yes and we did not lose him we choose to get rid, and we were proved right to do so.

It's a tricky one.

Good win for Wakey, I thought they'd win a tight one but instead it sounds like they were in control 100%.

Jon Wells summed up Roberts perfectly on Sky last night. He'll never make a fullback. Oh and don't bother to even think of putting Eden there. I think Powell needs to get the cheque book out unless Cas have some body in their reserves/juniors?

We do. Calum Turner is the current England u19s full-back and one of the star players in our academy team that made the grand final last season.

Yeah we have one of those in Hooley but he didn't look anywhere near ready against Leeds on boxing day - huge step up. Jowitt was luck as he was in an unfancied team with no great expectations at the time so he came in unoticed - be a lot harder for your boy but then you may not have a choice.

If i was Powell, i'd give James Clare a shot at FB. He only played there a few times for Bradford but was MOM for each one. Yes i know playing well in Championship isn't the same as SL and he probably doesn't have the ball handling skills of Roberts, but he's safe as houses under the highball, positinally excellent too. Roberts is a good player but always has an error in him if played at FB.

Also, how good was Lomax at HB. He looked a million times better at HB (where he first started out before been moved to FB) This is further evidence for me that when a young HB comes through, coaches need to stop making them into FBs just because they come into the line. It worked once with Tomkins. We've a shortage of HBs and when they do, coaches decide they want to make them into FBs!!

It's an interesting debate but there's no way Powell will ditch Roberts from that FB role, at least in the short term. Not when his planning and entire pre-season would have revolved around Roberts. I don't think Powell's instincts are so bad that he's run with a player incapable of doing a job there. He's had a bad game, granted, but if he follows it with a couple of good ones it's job sorted.