{"id":549181,"date":"2026-04-25T00:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T00:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/549181\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T00:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T00:30:19","slug":"york-knights-boss-gutted-as-veteran-suffers-long-term-injury-in-disciplined-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/549181\/","title":{"rendered":"York Knights boss \u2018gutted\u2019 as veteran suffers long-term injury in disciplined win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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York Knights are reeling from a fresh injury blow, but one of their star signings has been cleared to face his previous club next week.<\/p>\n

Knights snapped a five-game losing run with a 38-14 home win<\/a> over fellow promoted side Toulouse Olympique last night (Thursday).<\/p>\n

But the precious victory, which lifted York two points clear of bottom club Toulouse, came at a price when veteran second-rower Josh Griffin was hurt in the first half.<\/p>\n

Knights coach Mark Applegarth expects the former Castleford Tigers, Wakefield Trinity and Hull FC man to be missing for a long spell.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a ruptured biceps,\u201d he confirmed. \u201cTwo or three minutes in, he said he felt it pop straight away.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m gutted for Josh. I\u2019ll have to get a proper assessment, but from what I\u2019m being told, it\u2019s a ruptured biceps tendon.\u201d<\/p>\n

There was better news about winger Jon Bennison who has been given the all clear after suffering a scare during his Knights debut.<\/p>\n

Bennison joined York in pre-season from next Friday\u2019s hosts St Helens, but a hip injury meant he had to wait for his first appearance.<\/p>\n

Applegarth said: \u201cHe was good. He got an HIA [head injury assessment], the doctors called that so he had to come off, but he passed it and went back on and it was a solid debut.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really happy for Jon. Now he has got that first game out of his way he\u2019ll be able to kick on and get on with business.\u201d<\/p>\n

York Knights boss hails discipline as losing streak snaps<\/p>\n

York dominated most of the game against their French visitors, who grabbed a couple of late tries to make the result appear closer than it actually was.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really proud about how the lads stuck to the game plan,\u201d Applegarth reflected.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought we were really disciplined in how we went about our business.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve learned some pretty valuable lessons over this period of five, six games leading into tonight.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been speaking week upon week, and just putting those little improvements in and I thought we did that overall.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really proud of everybody, really, and how they\u2019ve stuck together. When you face a bit of adversity, you learn a lot about people and one thing I\u2019m really sure of and really proud of in this group is how tight they are.\u201d<\/p>\n

He stressed:\u00a0 \u201cWe won\u2019t get carried away with ourselves. We\u2019ll enjoy this \u2013 it\u2019s really important you enjoy your wins \u2013 but we want to start capitalising on that now and then put in another disciplined performance next week going over to St Helens and hopefully build on that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wigan Warriors\u2019 worries, Hull FC drama and NRL takeover talk \u2013 Click here to watch the latest episode of the Serious About Rugby League Show.<\/a><\/p>\n

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