I said Burton would be back up halfback and a few days later Brandy came out and said the same thing. We would have developed him elsewhere if he was staying but now he's going to play half for the dogs.
Greg Alexander explains why Matt Burton will stay at the Panthers.
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“If (Nathan) Cleary goes down, Matt Burton will be the halfback,” he said.
“He’s such an important player even though he’s not in the starting 17.
“He very well could be at some stage in the year.”
After an injury-interrupted 2020, Brandy laid out Burton’s role in this Penrith squad.
“If something happens Matt Burton is there,” he added.
“There's cover for Jarome Luai, Tyrone May can play five-eighth. But there's no one really there to play halfback and Matt Burton could do that.”