Good - let 'em think that.

19 man squad announced:

Bustin, Crossley, Garside, Gibson, Grant, Halafihi, Hallas, Hodgson, Johnson, Keyes, Kirk, McNally, Milton, Minchella, Peltier, Pickersgill, Ryan, Smith, Wood.

Who misses out? Halafihi and Bustin probably (the latter due to lack of game time).

Third stand now open for York. Great marketing from them too. I know they've worked really hard to advertise this game. Looks like they will be deservedly rewarded with a cracking crowd!

really looking forward to this season ... hopefully can get back to blighty for the business end of the year, good luck to all the players and of course us fans, home and abroad

Good to have a full team to select from, - Chisholm.
However young Pickersgill has shown up well so probably deserves a start alongside Keyes.

Having Minichella available will take some of the heat away from halfbacks too.

Yes, cracking effort all round, I've never seen the 3rd stand open before! Here's the article: https://yorkcityknights.com/club/knight ... -crescent/ According to wikipedia, the record crowd for York City Knights is 3,509 in a friendly against Leeds Rhinos at Bootham Crescent, here's hoping we can beat that.

Yes, cracking effort all round, I've never seen the 3rd stand open before! Here's the article: https://yorkcityknights.com/club/knight ... -crescent/ According to wikipedia, the record crowd for York City Knights is 3,509 in a friendly against Leeds Rhinos at Bootham Crescent, here's hoping we can beat that.

I'm surprised Butterworth isn't in the squad, he's a better hooker than both Hallas and Halafihi imo.

Interesting on "3 bulls in a bar" video, Chissy mentioned Moss playing for York on Sunday...

You can pay on the gate tomorrow, just to be clear!

Kieron Moss has signed on a months loan for York

Good result against one of better teams we’ll come up against. Showed some composure to grind out win and not panic at end. Didn’t think Keyes had boot on him for last penalty but he made it look easy.

It was okay. York showed spirit, and were unlucky to lose, whereas (despite 5 pre-season friendlies) we looked cathartic and unimaginative. Still, it's better to grind it out and win on the last kick off the game than to play well and lose.
And those pubs in York are ace.

(Edit: drunken phone spellings)

Well we've played our get out of jail already. To be fair i think this will be one of the toughest games we'll play all year. I thought the best team lost IMO. Probably didn't deserve to win. But hey, how many times have we been on the receiving end of those last minute defeats. We'll be better for it after today with our best player still to return. We''ve won away from home against a promotion rival so we should be happy.

I just want to give a special mention to York. I genuinely can't praise them enough for what they have done for this game. The marketing has been superb. Yes we took a big following, but it wasn't 4k Bulls fans there, they were plenty from other SL clubs, and i even talked to a few York City FC fans who were at their first RL game. I'm sure they'll be back depsite the result. Everything was well organised too when we got to the ground. I almost felt bad we nicked it so cruelly from them at the end i had such a good day! I wish them all the luck for the rest of the year.