18-14<\/a> victory over Halifax in the previous round summed up the club’s rise.<\/p>\n“It was the first time I’d really seen it come together,” Clark said. “I really saw and felt that vibe, seeing the lads really fight for each other.<\/p>\n
“We set out a year earlier to build a team from scratch – we had six weeks to do it, and we wanted a team that had a strong culture, wasn’t about the money, was about being in it together and giving these young lads a chance.”<\/p>\n
Goole’s head coach is former Hull KR, Wigan, Hull FC and England player Scott Taylor.<\/p>\n
Clark says Taylor has done a remarkable job with the Goole squad, which includes former Wire player Andre Savelio.<\/p>\n
“For me, the draw was almost a bit of a reward for Scott and the boys, and seeing how far we’ve come,” he added.<\/p>\n
“It’s also great for everyone else at the club. You can imagine at this level when you’re brand new and haven’t got a lot of money, you’re relying on volunteers. We have a small junior section in the club as well.<\/p>\n
“It’s great to play a team like Warrington Wolves, led by Sam Burgess, one of the superstars of the game.<\/p>\n
“We’re coming up against the nine-time winners, so it’s a great opportunity for the club and the players, and hopefully something the town can get behind and help us grow the sport in this area.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Goole Vikings chief executive James Clark says this weekend’s Challenge Cup tie at Super League side Warrington Wolves…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-474608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}