Yorknights can take lessons from the defeat of Featherstone

The Knights blew a first half lead with 18 points as they went down 24-22 in the thriller at Featherstone on Good Friday, but have already had one win over Widness this month.

Scott Galeano's new signature was firmly introduced to the British stage with a brace during the quarterfinal victory in 39-6 1895.

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York itself was on the receiver of the 18-minute blitz with Featherstone, which earned 24 unanswered points as Connor Jones, Caleb Akins, Ryan Hampshire and King Vuniyayawa crossed whitewash early in the second half.

And Applegarth believes that the way he collapses on the post office road will be a learning curve.

“I think we'll first have to give Featherstone credit for how they came out later,” he said.

“I think the lesson for us was that there was a 10- or 15-minute period that made the game run away from us.

“I don't think we played badly at all. It was wrestling with the 15-minute back control that Featherstone was completely all over us. It was probably a big learning curve for us.

“It was a bit stung by that — I think everyone felt the same — but a featherstone achievement. And it's a good lesson for us to learn to enter what we next.”

Mark Apple Garth wants to see the Order become more physical when he entertains Widness on Sunday. (Image: Craig Hawkhead's photo) Owned, hungry for field position, and unforced errors forced them to defend the set after setting them within their half, making it seem like the knights sometimes forgot how to do tough things.

Their defense was nowhere to be seen as both Akins and the impressive Hampshire skipped the way they scored, but Vuniyayawa was able to easily remove the tackle that was attempted as he crashed under the post.

“First and foremost, Featherstone is a good team,” Applegarth continued. “As I said before, their league position probably didn’t reflect how dangerous the team was.

“The lesson for us is not to forget the physical ones: the way featherstone reached us through the rack, perhaps hurting us more and seeing the attempts, they passed us through us through the lack of urgency in rack control.

“It's a really easy fix to make sure you're invading your opponents in terms of the physical aspects of the game.

“It was something that felt like we were running away from us. We put in the effort to build a point advantage. When we lose it, it's not great, but we're really proud of how we fought to death.

“If that kick had another five or ten meters, then it would just bring the ATA (Hingano) closer to the line with someone you know.

“But you also have to give credit to Featherstone, how they got ahead and took the lead.

“I think we fell into some old habits.

“This is a good focus for everyone. We've reviewed it and seen where we can fix it. We look forward to it being another difficult game.”