{"id":583990,"date":"2026-05-14T17:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/583990\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T17:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:49:10","slug":"wakefield-trinity-boss-responds-to-tyson-smoothy-exit-talk-and-mason-lino-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/583990\/","title":{"rendered":"Wakefield Trinity boss responds to Tyson Smoothy exit talk and Mason Lino links"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The future of two pivotal Wakefield<\/a> Trinity players is in doubt as speculation mounts that they could be set to leave at the end of this season.<\/p>\n

Australian hooker Tyson Smoothy, who joined Trinity in pre-season<\/a> after winning the NRL Grand Final with Brisbane Broncos last year, has been linked with a return to the southern hemisphere, despite being on a three-year contract.<\/p>\n

And Love Rugby League this week reported Castleford Tigers are hopeful of signing long-serving Samoan scrum-half Mason Lino when his Trinity deal expires this autumn.<\/p>\n

Smoothy was a high profile signing for Trinity after his golden campaign with Broncos last year. Powell insisted he will see out 2026 with Wakefield, but admitted the situation beyond that is uncertain.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had some family stuff at our last game with his little one and I won\u2019t expand on that,\u201d Powell said at his weekly preview press conference today (Thursday) ahead of tomorrow\u2019s home clash with Catalans Dragon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Tyson is settled and he\u2019ll be here for the rest of the season. Whether he\u2019s here after that, we\u2019ll talk about that down the track.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s here for the rest of this year, he\u2019s pretty settled and enjoying his time at the club, but we\u2019ll see where that goes to down the track.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of Lino, Powell said: \u201cMason is playing great at the minute. I am really happy with what he is doing. There\u2019s all sorts of speculation out there at the minute, I just want to focus on us this year and getting on with what we need to get on with and winning games.\u201d<\/p>\n

Challenge Cup reaction, incoming head coach and major signing \u2013 Click here to watch the latest episode of the Serious About Rugby League Show<\/a><\/p>\n

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