{"id":378138,"date":"2026-01-19T07:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T07:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/378138\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T07:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T07:47:10","slug":"york-knights-injury-latest-as-head-coach-talks-paul-vaughan-and-explains-king-vuniyayawa-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/378138\/","title":{"rendered":"York Knights injury latest as head coach talks Paul Vaughan and explains King Vuniyayawa pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

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York Knights head coach Mark Applegarth has moved to allay any injury concerns around Paul Vaughan and Josh Griffin.<\/p>\n

The pair were left out of York\u2019s friendly clash with Huddersfield Giants at the Accu Stadium, where they were beaten 22-4 by Luke Robinson\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

The Knights had plenty of new signings in their line-up, but it wasn\u2019t enough to pick up what would have been an encouraging victory, with Ben Jones-Bishop going over for their only try of the game.<\/p>\n

York were notably without star off-season recruit Vaughan, though, prompting questions about his fitness, while former Wakefield Trinity and Hull FC man Griffin was also amongst those missing from Applegarth\u2019s line-up.<\/p>\n

Newcastle Thunder man King Vuniyayawa was named in Vaughan\u2019s absence, but the York head coach has stressed that he has no fears over the two missing forwards.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t want to play Paul Vaughan so King was the naturally someone we were glad Newcastle allowed us to play,\u201d Applegarth said after the game. \u201cThat\u2019s one of the benefits of the partnership, that you have that transferability, I\u2019m really glad and thankful to Newcastle for that.<\/p>\n

\u201cPaul Vaughan, we\u2019ll probably look at giving him a run out in Cup game prior the Hull KR game and hopefully we\u2019ll all be ready to go come round one.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s any secret that he was carrying an injury at the back end of his stint at Warrington. All we\u2019ve done is just built him back up into it. We\u2019ve just looked after him a bit there but he\u2019s fully running and in full contact.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just felt it was a little bit too early to drop him into a game environment. If we needed to play Paul Vaughan today, Paul Vaughan could have played.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just me, purely as a coach, choosing not to risk him today, similar to Josh Griffin, and just save them because we\u2019re going to need some big minutes out of them come the Super League season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Applegarth also confirmed that Scott Galeano picked up a slight shoulder injury during the game but he has no real concerns about that one.<\/p>\n

\u201cScotty got a bit a shoulder bump at the end but he\u2019s fine,\u201d the York Knights boss added. \u201cWith it being a friendly we didn\u2019t want to risk it. As far as I\u2019m aware, no one else has an injury of concern.\u201d<\/p>\n

Check out the latest episode of The Serious About Rugby League Show on our YouTube channel here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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