York , according to the RFL site, have only 13 players making the trip.

And I don't think Mark Applegarth is fully fit either.

Just read Russ Spiers forgot his passport !

Final score Toulouse 62 v York 10 .

Good effort by the sounds of it, especially with only 12 players.

How it could happen remains to be answered though. How part-time players can be expected to arrange time off to travel to France at such short notice is beyond me.

And this will look like a local derby compared with a trip to Toronto next year. A complete joke!

Agree 100%

COYD

Yeah but it seems some of the York absentees made themselves unavailable on purpose cos' they didn't want to travel etc. I could name names but I won't. I feel sorry for Ford and the 12 who could be bothered to make the effort.

A disgrace in professional sport. If the York club cant get a side together i.e 13 players for a play off game then the game should have been forfeited.This is not having a go either at the 12 who turned out. To play 80 mins in hot temperatures , a man down with no subs , then it was a gallant effort. The ones who couldn't be d should be sacked. ( unless other things are going off behind the scenes we don't know about).

Chris Kendall is a very competant ref (imo)but I was surprised he didn't allow the players a water break after 20 mins in each half.
The choice of ref will be important for the final. I'm hoping for a full-time ref for such an important encounter and not the part-timer we saw at Toulouse last weekend who happens to be the same ref for the Barrow v Donny play off !!

I hope Barrow stuff em .

Think you are being a bit un fair Karlos . York are in turmoil behind the scenes , ground & ownership issues. The week b4 a big match they are told they willnot be promoted even if they win in France !

Not sure if they getting paid & have to get time off to travel . They are only part time after all .