{"id":777924,"date":"2026-09-21T15:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/777924\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T15:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:34:10","slug":"matty-english-york-knights-sign-injured-prop-for-2027-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/777924\/","title":{"rendered":"Matty English: York Knights sign injured prop for 2027 season"},"content":{"rendered":"

York Knights have signed prop Matty English on a deal for the 2027 season.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old had initially joined from Huddersfield Giants on loan<\/a> earlier this season but suffered a serious knee injury<\/a> just days after signing.<\/p>\n

English was set to be out of contract at Huddersfield following the end of the 2026 campaign, with the Super League club not offering him a new contract.<\/p>\n

“It wasn’t the start I could have hoped for but I am doing everything I can to make sure I come back stronger than before,” he said., external<\/a><\/p>\n

“Seeing how passionate the fans are and how together this group of lads are, is making me even more excited to get out on that field and push for silverware.”<\/p>\n

English came through Huddersfield’s academy and has spent 10 seasons with the club.<\/p>\n

Having made his debut for the Giants in 2017, he has made a total of 157 appearances.<\/p>\n

Head coach Mark Applegarth added: “It was very unfortunate for Matty that he got injured coming on loan. We signed Matty with a long-term vision and we think he’ll be a big part of York moving forward.<\/p>\n

“He’s due back the first two or three months of the season starting, so what a boost that’ll be.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"York Knights have signed prop Matty English on a deal for the 2027 season. The 28-year-old had initially…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-777924","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\/777924","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=777924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}