York had several players out for the Catalan game & had to pay several youngsters.

They can't be expected to turn out for nothing.

Glad my error amused you Stand-Offish.

Don't read anything into it mate, 3 debutants, 2 trialists and 7 under 20s played against Catalan, it'll be a completely different team this weekend hopefully!

Looking forward to a great game against my second favourite team.

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Wheels, i know Yorks priority is the league, but if what you say is correct , and i don't doubt it, it makes a mockery of the challenge cup competition , and York should be fined for fielding an understrength team. just my opinion.

Not sure that York have a big enough squad to leave people out of games through choice! Think injuries forced them to bring in others! Also considering a lot of the team probably have full time jobs and travelling to Catalan may not have been possible.

Fair point Dons11 , but so many changes?, in a time when crowds are dwindling , you would have thought teams would at least make an effort. People want to see their teams at least give it a go, yes the result was probably always going to go against them, but as a player surely you would want to play in that kind of fixture. otherwise why bother.

Fair point Dons11 , but so many changes?, in a time when crowds are dwindling , you would have thought teams would at least make an effort. People want to see their teams at least give it a go, yes the result was probably always going to go against them, but as a player surely you would want to play in that kind of fixture. otherwise why bother.

The RFL will only pay for a squad of 19 players to go to France, so Gary Thornton couldn't take anyone who wasn't 100% ready to play.

Added to the fact 2 of our players couldn't get passports sorted in time which didn't help!

Every single Knights fan that went said that they were really proud of the boys efforts and that it was a fantastic weekend.

Fair enough Wheels. Does make me question the whole having teams in France affair though, but that's another argument.

I'm all for it mate, I wish I could have gone myself but I've only been married a week!

Congrats , best wishes on married life.

Cheers pal!

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I'll be there..