He can win it but it depends how he copes with taggers.
This will start happening to him real soon.

well that's the thing.. Its not as if he plays loose man in defense, he already takes an opposition forward. His possessions come from contested situations (mopping up) and setting up from the kick ins. You can put a tagger on him but it would be a complete waste, it won't make a difference.

It'll be a Houlihan type tag. Much harder to dominate when you're the hunted rather than the hunter.

Teams will be watching and tactics devised to stop our run and counter the roles JR and Hoops are playing.

I still don't see how the opposition could tag Russell. Watch the game again and tell me how you would stop him getting the contested ball? They can stand next to him the whole time and the only thing that would do is stop him setting up when we chip it around in the back half. Big deal, anyone can do that. He already has a man on him (his forward opponent). Houlihan tags the loose man from the opposition, Russell is not that type of player he is a much better player than that.