Re: Gaskell to Salford Howarth to Saints, swap deal : Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:49 pm
It'll be interesting to see Howarth gets on.Developed through the academy at your good friends,as a 6 or 13,it was unlikely he would get much first team with Tomkins and O'Loughlin in place at that time.A coach with a good motivational record,and a former national coach,(John Kear) rated him highly enough to take him across to Yorkshire to a club (Wakefield) where Nathan Brown made a number of signings who have,and do,feature for the side top of Super League.
Nathan Brown,a former hooker in NRL,should perhaps be able to recognise a useful hooker,and had a close look last Friday night when Howarth appeared.
As Gaskell has been out of favour for some time it would appear that the performance on Friday night was enough for Brown to instigate this swap deal.
I wish the best of luck to Stuart Howarth,who was the player with the most appearances for Salford last year under Phil Veivers.