{"id":584419,"date":"2026-05-14T23:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/584419\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T23:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:05:10","slug":"york-knights-boss-confirms-wrist-slap-from-medical-staff-as-fresh-injury-update-shared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/584419\/","title":{"rendered":"York Knights boss confirms \u2018wrist slap\u2019 from medical staff as fresh injury update shared"},"content":{"rendered":"

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York Knights head coach Mark Applegarth has shared a comprehensive injury update with one forward not quite as close as he may have previously suggested, something that\u2019s seen the head coach receive a \u2018wrist slap\u2019 from the medical team.<\/p>\n

The Knights head coach spoke at the club\u2019s pre-match presser<\/a> on Wednesday with York since naming their 20-man squad<\/a>, which has confirmed a number of the returnees that Applegarth spoke about.<\/p>\n

One man who isn\u2019t back and won\u2019t be for a while is Jordan Thompson with the veteran forward having suffered a torn bicep in early March<\/a>. Applegarth had spoken recently, expressing hope that Thompson wouldn\u2019t be too far away but he corrected himself this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got a bit of a wrist slap off the medical team there,\u201d Applegarth responded.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy expectation and the actual reality were two different things. Jordy is making great progress, he\u2019s back in skill drills. Let\u2019s say another four weeks or so but he\u2019s making good progress.<\/p>\n

\u201cNaturally, what I see and the medical staff see, whose job it is to understand it, are two different things. Jordy is tough, he\u2019ll put his hand up but we\u2019ve obviously got to be smart. We don\u2019t want to bring him back too early and have it reoccur.\u201d<\/p>\n

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York Knights injury run-down<\/p>\n

Whilst Thompson won\u2019t be back this week, three players are back with forward Kieran Hudson and full-back options Will Dagger and Toa Mata\u2019afa all returning, with Applegarth speaking about the trio.<\/p>\n

He confirmed: \u201cKieran (Hudson) is back in full training. We got a bit of good news on that, we thought it was going to be worse than it was but it\u2019s great to see Kieran back. He\u2019s been back in full training for about a week so he\u2019s looking well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWill Dagger (calf) is back in full training, he\u2019s trained fully for the last week and is looking really sharp so he\u2019s back in contention.<\/p>\n

\u201cToa Mata\u2019afa (dislocated elbow), believe it or not, was not far off the St Helens game so he\u2019s been back in full training for the last 10-12 days and he\u2019s looking alright.\u201d<\/p>\n

One man who dropped out of the squad was Oli Field with Applegarth setting a return date out for him, as well as offering an update on two half-back options.<\/p>\n

\u201cOli (Field) has just had to have a broken finger reset,\u201d the York boss announced, adding: \u201cHe had a bit of a spiral fracture in it and I\u2019m hoping he should be (back) around the Bradford game (June, 5th).<\/p>\n

\u201cLiam Harris (hamstring) is ahead of schedule but he\u2019s still two or three weeks away yet and Danny Richardson (thigh) is back in full training now, he seems to have got over the injury he had.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Head Coach, Mark Applegarth, has confirmed his 20 Player squad for Saturday\u2019s Befred Super League match against @CTRLFC<\/a> at the LNER Community Stadium (3pm KO)<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd17 Details here:\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/UeVCFMRxoo<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 York RLFC Knights (@YorkRLFC) May 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

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