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Re-signing Tony Smith pivotal to Hull KR retaining key off-contract stars

May 1st is right around the corner and it's fair to say Hull KR have some important business to do. Elliot Minchella and Matt Parcell are two players off-contract and Rovers will obviously want to tie them down.

But it's a difficult one because Tony Smith has not yet committed to the club. The thing with recruitment and retention is you want to know who is in charge and who is going to be taking control of building the squad. Ask the question of yourself, if you had an offer from Hull KR, would you go there if you weren't sure who was going to be in charge? I'd be wanting to know who has identified me as part of the plans, who I'm going to be working with and who is going to be coaching me.

I'm sure Tony will want those two players but a lot will hinge on how long it takes for Tony's future to be resolved. You'd argue that as we get closer to May 1st, it is Tony's future that needs resolving most urgently. Because beyond Parcell and Litten you have senior players off-contract and they particularly want to know near the end of their careers who they're playing for. Tony isn't stupid but what he is is a fair and honest man and he will know that, so I'm sure that decision will be made in the very near future.

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The Minchella case is interesting as they could have probably got him signed up four weeks ago. But what's evident now is they've missed Minchella. Meanwhile, Parcell and Jez Litten have a great mix in the ruck and bring that quicker game. I think both will want to re-sign and the club will want those contracts signed.

It should be an interesting few weeks.

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