Don't think its necessarily a case of wanting to keep Royle but given the probability of Matuatia leaving, Bell playing most of his game time at Loose forward, Matthew Foster coming back off 2 long term knee injuries and Wello's reluctance to give any game time to Lewis Baxter this season (often in favour of playing Royle) then who else is there in the squad that can cover 4th/5th choice in the backs? And there is very slim pickings on the talent list from other clubs especially anyone
that can fulfil that role earning the peanuts that Royle is on.