Expatknight

What are the odds re Hastings coming in as a half? We have 1 quota spot left I think. Is Liam Harris out of favour now, great shame if so , he dealt with being kept out last season, after his injury, commendably and he is a match winner on his day, but so was Hingano, for that matter, and he has gone. No doubt in the next couple of weeks we will hear what the squad will be for 2027.

It’s amazing what you will agree to when a gun is held to your head.

and will if it suits their agenda!!

Because the official IMG scores haven’t been officially announced. You are right, though, it is pathetic.

No, it’s because DAZN and the Aussies insist on it or they won’t invest in RL in this country.

Can’t wait to see him in Amber and Black next season.

Don’t rise to the bait, the York area through our amateur clubs have produced countless professional players and quite a few that have represented their country, we now, as you rightly say, are on an upward trajectory to ultimately have our own academy to run in conjunction with the projects already underway. At least we aren’t basing our existence on past glories, our club can hold its head up high and has shown we got to where we are now by doing things right. Those that manipulate the system end up where they deserve to be. There is nobody who wishes more than me that Bradford can become a powerhouse in Rugby League once again, but it has to be on a level playing field or it means absolutely nothing. The same has to be said for London, if they get into Super League on merit, great , if they are just shoe horned in as part of a ransom demand by the NRL then it is wrong. Personally I can’t see it working, the expats aren’t interested, the locals never have been, and when the Aussies realise they are flogging a dead horse - pardon the pun, you won’t see them for dust. Why is this incarnation different to all the rest?

They signed and coached players to play on that size pitch, as you would. What brought it home to me was when players were in the bin, for either team, they weren’t really missed, that can’t be right. A small pitch is not conducive to open entertaining rugby and we are in the entertainment business are we not?

I would be more than amazed, the clubs below Super League continually struggle and I honestly can't see that situation improving under the current situation, sadly. It will be interesting to see the IMG gradings when they are announced, especially if London don't achieve 15th place in the rankings. The NRL holding a gun to our heads insisting they are elevated over a club that has improved their grading to that coveted spot would be just plain wrong. The cynic in me says that the figures will either be manipulated or IMG will be dumped to allow the elevation to take place. it isn't as if we haven't seen these sort of shenannigans before is it ?

Another positive initiative from the club - a Fan Advisory Board, any Knights fan interested should read this -: https://www.yorkrlfc.com/post/fan-advisory-board-applications-open

i would have thought you would have been invited as the voice of York Knights on the wireless.

It's a long time since there has been so much interest , hopefully it will continue and the forums become a regular event, maybe three or four times a year.

'Course they will be, and on equal funding, unlike the ridiculously unfair situation this season for Toulouse and York, and yes, before anyone says it, they both knew the terms before joining Super League, doesn't make it right, and credit to both, they grasped the challenge and performed better than the other promoted club. However no money coming from NRL if London come in. It really is quite shambolic, what other organisation is so badly run, if the boot was on the other foot (to coin a phrase) can you imagine the resonse from the NRL? I think it would end in the word 'off' !

The Club, fans and indeed Rugby League in York have a lot to be grateful to Clint for, he had the vision to take our great club forward, The Valkyrie, giving them their own identity and rightly so, and having the belief the mens team could get into Super League, I am sad that he no longer has an active part in the club but I am sure he is still with us in spirit. The ladies have done the club and city proud, once again, against all the odds.

There in Spirit, and you could see what it meant to her at the end of the game, even on the sideline.