York Knights v Toulouse Olympique preview and 21-man squads

   21/04/2026

MARK APPLEGARTH has named an unchanged 20-man squad for York Knights as they welcome Toulouse Olympique to the York Community Stadium on Thursday night.

Sam Cook, Myles Harrison, Cody Hunter and David Nofoaluma are on loan from Newcastle Thunder, along with Ben Littlewood on loan from Leeds Rhinos.

Meanwhile, Toulouse boss Sylvain Houles welcomes back winger Benjamin Laguerre.

SQUADS

Knights: 4 Sam Wood, 5 Scott Galeano, 6 Ata Hingano, 8 Jack Martin, 9 Paul McShane, 10 Paul Vaughan, 11 Josh Griffin, 12 Jesse Dee, 14 Denive Balmforth, 15 Xavier Va’a, 16 Justin Sangaré, 17 Kieran Hudson, 20 Oli Field, 21 Kieran Buchanan, 23 Jon Bennison, 29 Sam Cook, 35 Myles Harrison, 37 Cody Hunter, 46 David Nofoaluma, 47 Ben Littlewood

Toulouse: 1 Olly Ashall-Bott, 2 Paul Ulberg, 3 Reubenn Rennie, 5 Benjamin Laguerre, 6 Thomas Lacans, 7 Jake Shorrocks, 8 Lambert Belmas, 9 Brendan Hands, 10 James Roumanos, 11 Maxime Stefani, 12 Mathieu Jussaume, 13 Anthony Marion, 17 Rob Butler, 18 Baptiste Rodriguez, 20 AJ Wallace, 21 Ellis Gillam, 22 Henry O’Kane, 25 Luke Polselli, 28 Mathieu Pons, 29 Cesar Rouge, 30 Tiaki Chan

Referee: Marcus Griffiths

STATS

Last ten meetings:
York 8, Toulouse 10 (ChGF, 5/10/25)
Toulouse 8, York 16 (ChR23, 22/8/25)
(at Stade Arnaune)
York 6, Toulouse 7 (ChR2, 23/2/25)
Toulouse 12, York 20 (ChR20, 17/8/24)
York 14, Toulouse 20 (ChR2, 31/3/24)
York 14, Toulouse 18 (ChR21, 5/8/23)
Toulouse 36, York 0 (ChR3, 18/2/23)
York 6, Toulouse 21 (ChR1, 3/4/21)
Toulouse 22, York 10 (ChR1, 1/2/20)
Toulouse 44, York 6 (ChQPO, 14/9/19)

No previous Super League meetings

PAUL McSHANE needs one appearance to reach 400 for his career.
– 43 for York Knights (2025-2026)
​- 223 for Castleford Tigers (2015-2024)
​- 51 for Wakefield Trinity (2014-2015)
– 63 for Leeds Rhinos (2009-2013)
– 1 for Hunslet (2013, dual-registration)
​- 11 for Widnes Vikings (2012, loan)
​- 4 for Hull FC (2010, loan)
​- 3 for England (2021-2022)

JAKE SHORROCKS needs one appearance to reach 150 for his career.
– 73 for Toulouse Olympique (2023-2026)
– 30 for Newcastle Thunder (2021-2022)
– 28 for Wigan Warriors (2016-2017, 2019-2020)
– 4 for Swinton Lions (2016, 2019, dual-registration)
– 11 for Salford Red Devils (2018, loan)
– 3 for Workington Town (2015, dual-registration)