I think on his previous showings and performance against York, Brown has to be given more game time and is definitely in front of the others you have mentioned.

Look at the other squads in SL, who else has nags of experienced cover in any position? All teams are needing to rely on youngsters.

We have 4 proven, good quality props (Taylor, Satae, Sao, Bowden). 1 hugely talented youngster (Brown), and 2 unspectacular but "will do a job" ones in Fash and Masi. You can also put Savelio there if we are struggling. I don't think we are too bad at prop at all.

Its not the numbers but the impact they have when they play.
We only need two of the four proven props you mention to be injured and that leaves us very light on the bench when we need impact. and dont have the drop off we have seen,Thats why we need Masi to come good this season.

Which clubs have better props than us?

Saints - Walmsley, Lees, Paasi, Amor, LMS
Wigan - Singleton, Bullock, Partington, Clubb, Byrne, Mitch Clark
Warrington - Hill, Cooper, Philbin, Akauola, Kibula, Doro
Catalans - Dudson, Bousquet, Kasiano....then struggling
Leeds - Oledzki, Prior, Tetevano, Holroyd
Castleford - Watts, Millington, Massey, Griffin, Daniel Smith, Matagi, Bienik
Wakefield - Fifita, Arona, Tanginoa, Battye, Green, Tangata,
Huddersfield - Yates, Lawrence, English, Gavet, Trout,
Salford - Mossop, Ikahihifo, Burke, Lussick, Luckley
HKR - Vete, Sims, King, Storton, Maher, Mustapha,
Leigh - Flower, Sidlow, Spencer, Ioane, Peteru

Hull - Taylor, Satae, Bowden, Sao, Brown, Matongo

I think our prop line-up is ok - we have big backs that also take over some workload. The other sides who I think can match up to our front row; Saints have some good props, Wigan don't have big names, but they play at a high level week in, week out and are aggressive. Cas only have 1 outstanding prop, but then some good experienced props

Nathan Peats rumoured to be signing for Leigh. That's a timely pre season boost for them if true.

That can't be all of Leeds' props surely? Some people are actually tipping them to be top 3 this year

I think we could finish as high as third if injuries and covid don't derail us, but given the squad size and lack of genuine pace in the side I would say 5th or 6th is more likely, with Saints and Wigan looking ominously strong, Warrington probably third and Leeds 4th. A season too early perhaps for Huddersfield and Cas will be lurking around 6th or 7th which will give Powell license to moan about something or other and blame everything or anyone other than himself for their lack of success.

Depending on Injurys, I think we l finish 4th, being a far better organised and structured team under Hodgson.

But questions over quality in squad depth, I think we've a strong 17, but beyond that I think we struggle for quality.
As somebody mentioned if we have 2 Injurys in the prop department the drop off in impact and metres made is huge.

I'd gladly take a steady 4th place, and hopefully Hodgson can continue to build HIS preferred team and add some more additions.

Front row must still be a concern as Hodgson admitted the club discussed Remi Casty as an option
Now Powell is leaving Cas someone should get Liam Watts to do something daft off the field so Cas release him and we get him back cheap.

Remi Casty, well well .....

.... "Only players who would strengthen the squad would be considered"

I suspect finances are a bigger concern.

It looks like it’s going to be a very long season for our near neighbours. I know it’s only first game of the season but they look so poor.

Catalans look even poorer in this last half hour than Rovers did in the first half hour.

Two sets of turnstiles out there! A soft sin binning and Catalan fell apart.

They look like they ran out of steam and think they thought the game was win at HT. Credit to Rovers for clawing their way back in to it. Still look like they’ll struggle this season

Well deserved win for Catalans doing it tough with injuries, a sin binning and just 3 weeks prep against a full strength Rovers. Hull KR now 3 SL wins in 580 days. Crikey.

Interesting most I've read on social media last night was how happy and proud Rovers fans were, they should be fuming with that performance and were only let back in the game due to Catalans having only 3 weeks pre season. They wont get a better chance to win that game with the players out and lack of pre season. Rovers seem to have recruited well, but they seem to have this mental problem, I'm really not convinced by Tony Smith either, looks tactically poor and his game plan seems to revolve around throwing the ball around wildly, selection is weird also, Parcel is streets ahead of Litten but he starts, also fancy making someone vice captain and the putting him on the bench, after being one of Rovers best players last season.

Mucky Lewis lost them the game
Look at his crap tackle attempt in the tackle bust leading to the GP drop goal

Golden point can be very exciting for the fans, but must be so deflating for the losing players, perhaps a point each after 80 minutes, then golden point to decide the bonus point, would be a fairer system.

Great prospect, but not quite ready, particularly if playing with Abdul.

Think they should have signed a halfback instead of Vete or Simms.

Has Smith really improved Rovers since Sheens was sacked? Leaving Parcell on the bench for so long was bewildering. Sims had next to no impact and Vete was absolutely knackered after a few minutes. No wonder the size of him. I can't think of an import who has arrived in a worse condition than he has.

Positives for Catalans and the game as a whole was the number French players who impressed last night.

After the HDM article the other day I thought Vete would come out aggressively but he looked ridiculously unfit. And having not seen any stats so I could be way off the mark, seemed as if he only played about 15 minutes and only managed 3/4 hit ups.

Vetes another Butch Mavis - absolutely e

If I could sign any SL player it would be Daryl Clarke