T’Other Side: York City Knights
2019 MATCHES
n.b. The 'Kevin Brown' in the list of York's 2019 squad is NOT the Warrington player who played for Leigh against us last Sunday!
LAST TIME OUT
Head
Coach: James Ford
James Ford began his
career as a head coach with York in 2015 and has remained with the club ever
since. The only year he didn’t guide them into the League One play-offs was
last year and that was because the won automatic promotion by finishing to of
the league. And each year that he has been in charge they have reached at least
Round 5 of the Challenge Cup.
In 2017 Toronto
Wolfpack won all 15 of their League One Fixtures but Ford’s York team caused a
huge upset beating them in the League One Super 8s.
As a player he was
usually in the backs although he did also play at fullback and half-back. His
career started with Fev in 2003, making 34 appearances in 3 years. In 2005 he
went on loan to Sheffield Eagles and then spent the following three years there,
establishing himself as a regular first team member, before moving to Super
League with Castleford in 2009. In 2010 he joined Widnes, and in April 2011 he
transferred to York where he has remained ever since and when he retired from
playing at the end of 2014 moved into the head coach position.
Captain: Tim Spears
The former Fev captain made is now in his 17th season as a
professional player. Although he was a Fev supporter as a kid he made his début
with Castleford in 2003. In 2004 he went on loan to both Dewsbury and Batley
and signed for Batley in 2005 where he remained until he came to Rovers in
2009. He was a vital player in Fev’s four successive seasons topping the Championship
from 2010 to 2013.
He became Fev captain in 2013 and remained so until he joined
York in 2017.
Tim has made 392 career appearances (so far)!
At
the Back
Jason
Bass, wing or centre, was signed this
year from Coventry Bears, where he had been since making his professional début
there in 2015. Whilst at Coventry he also played frequently at fullback.
Brad
Hey, centre or second row, began his career
with Batley in 2015. In July that year he went on loan to York and then signed
for them the following year and has remained there since.
Matthew
Marsh, fullback or stand-off. His career
began with Hull Kingston Rovers in 2015 although his début that year was for
Coventry Bears on loan. He also played for Newcastle Thunder on dual reg in
2015. Last year he played for York on dual reg last year but is now a York
player. He is York’s top try scorer this season and has also kicked 6 goals.
Liam
Salter, centre or second row, also started
at Hull KR and made 121 appearances for them between 2012 and 2018. In 2016 he
played for Newcastle Thunder on dual reg. He joined York at the beginning of
this season.
Perry
Whiteley, centre or wing, was in the academy
at Huddersfield Giants but then went to Australia for two years playing for
Cherry Pickers. On his return in in 2015 he joined Workington and moved on to
Sheffield in 2017. In 2018 he signed for Keighley but transferred to York at
the end of July.
In
the Halves
Liam
Harris, stand-off or fullback, is at York on
loan from Hull FC. He began as a professional player with Hull KR in 2017 but
actually made his professional début with York on dual reg that year. Last year
he joined Hull FC and also played for Doncaster on dual reg.
Connor
Robinson, scrum-half or stand-off is York’s
main goal kicker and has already kicked 95 this year and scored 213 points. His
first two seasons were at Hull KR in 2014. In 2015 he played for Coventry on
loan and Halifax on dual reg and then joined Halifax in 2016. He moved to York
in June 2017. Last season he scored 420 points for York!
At
Hooker
Kriss
Brining, a highly rated hooker, counts as a
new signing this year but he played for York in his first six seasons from
2011-2016. He transferred to Salford in 2017 and played for them 25 times (23
as a sub) that year but didn’t play at all in 2018. When he was released by
Salford he re-signed for York.
Will
Jubb can play at either hooker or
scrumhalf. He is one of several York players who started at Hull KR. He made
his début there in 2016. The following year he played his first game for York
on dual reg and then transferred from Hull KR to York in 2018.
In
the Pack
Jack
Blagbrough, prop, has joined York from Leigh
Centurions. He started at Huddersfield in 2013 and spent the following 3
seasons at Sheffield. During his second season at Sheffield he played 12 games
on loan for York. The following year he was on loan at Oldham. He didn’t play
in the 2017, maybe because he was studying Maths and Biology at Leeds University.
He spent last year at Leigh.
Graeme
Horne prop or loose forward, brings Super
League experience to the side. He began with Hull FC in 2003 where he was a
real utility player, in his 7 seasons there he played in every position except
fullback, hooker and prop. That is ironic as York usually use him as a prop! In
2010 he moved to Huddersfield Giants, returning to Hull in 2012 but this time
with Hull KR where he remained until he signed for York in 2018 although he had
played for York in 2017 on dual reg.
Josh
Jordan-Roberts, second row or centre, came through
the Leeds Academy and made his début for Leeds in 2016. At the end of the 2017
season he played 7 games for Bradford on loan. Early in 2018 he played for
Hunslet on loan and then signed for York in July.
Marcus
Stock, forward, began with Sheffield but
never played a first team match there. In July 2016 he transferred to Hemel. He
didn’t play professionally in 2017 but was again with Hemel in 2018. He joined
York this year.
Jack
Teanby, prop, 6’4” and 18 stone, he has
joined York after 3 seasons with Dewsbury.
Dual
Registration and loan signings
York have a dual registration agreement with
Coventry Bears but it has involved players going out rather than coming in. So
far this year Michael Kelly, Dave Petersen and Marcus Stock
have played for Coventry.
Prop Forward Jordan Baldwinson is on loan from
Wakefield, Will Oakes from Hull KR and Cameron Scott from Hull
FC. York have very recently taken Danny King on loan from Dewsbury.
They have had several other players on loan this
season who have now returned. Harry Aldous from Newcastle in May and
June, Joe Batchelor played for York 2017 and 2018 and was then signed by
Saint Helens who loaned him back to York from February to April, Tyler
Dupree from Leeds in May and June, Lewis Heckford from Dewsbury in
April, Conor McGrath from Halifax in March and April, Nick Rawsthorne
from Toronto Wolfpack in April, Cain Southernwood from Hunslet in April
and May, and Junior Vaivai from Hull KR in May and June.
The
Fev connection
There have been some notable moves between York and Fev. Both Steve Quinn and Graham Steadman moved from York to Rovers and Fev’s Challenge Cup
Captain Mal Dixon had 2 spells at
York and was also their Head Coach.
In the 2019 York squad there are 5 players who have played for
Fev. Jordan Baldwinson was never a
contracted Fev player but nevertheless played 78 times for Fev, between 2015
and 2017, on loan and dual reg from Leeds. Ben
Cockayne, who has now retired, played 9 times for Fev at the end of 2011
including a try in that year’s Grand Final win. Tyler Dupree who played for York on loan from Leeds played for Fev
in the Championship Shield last year. Andy
Ellis, played for Fev from 2012 tyo 2016. He retired after playing for York
in 2017 but in both 2018 and 2019 he has, nevertheless, played for them when
they were short of hookers. And then there’s Tim Spears!
There are 6 players who have played for Fev in 2019 who have
played for York. John Davies was on
dual reg from Castleford in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Brad Day also played for them on dual reg from Castleford in 2014,
as did Ben Reynolds. Danny Maskill played on loan for them
last year. Jack Ormondroyd was there
last year (on loan from Leeds). Will
Dagger played for York on dual reg in 2018.
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