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Taufua did it as well - just looked like hesitancy (and good kicking by Liam Harris) rather than a deliberate ploy to me.

Wonder if this has anything to do with Aaron Bower running the London Marathon this weekend ?

A real team effort that - reasonably error free, can't remember us getting pinged for offside (even though the line speed was good) and excellent collective defence against an in-form team that was noticeably bigger than us. Bench was great as well today. Ronan Michael, Josh Daley and Jack Teanby brought a real energy to us when we could have flagged. A round of applause for Akuma Ta'ai too, who played long and valuable minutes for a veteran prop.

What a grand day out !

I don't know quite where York pulled that performance from (given their recent form), but their victory over Bradford was well deserved, and a soft try let in at the death made the result look closer for the Bulls than it actually was. Great day of rugby in the sunshine at York, with the women's match against Saints going down to the wire beforehand. If you could have added Batley's catering and beer, it would have been just about the perfect day out

Suprise in store at the LNER? York lead the Bulls (deservedly) 14-4 at H/T.

Last try for Saints didn't count - Scouse allowance from ref where possession from scrum should never have been theirs - they can now go home and pull their own hair for fun on the long coach journey back

Get in York 18 Saints 14, Valks outscoring the plaggy scousers four tries to two

Yes, Lucy I imagine will spell for Georgie, and potentially for Liv Gale at half-back, who played first game back from a broken rib last week off the bench

The big miss for York tomorrow against Saints will be Sinead Peach, with the solution being (as it so often for the Valkyrie) Georgie Hetherington to Hooker. Expect a strong bench of Jas Bell, Kelsey Gentles, Jess Sharp and Lucy Eastwood. Third part of York RLFC's documentary series has been released today - it focuses on the Valkyrie. I think all fans of women's RL will enjoy this.

Wigan 18 Barrow 4 - good dig by Barrow that! Leeds 66 Huddersfield 4 - Hudds not so much.......

Leeds v Huddersfield (Fri 5.30pm KO) Wigan v Barrow (Fri 5.30pm KO) Warrington v Fev Sun (12.00pm KO) York v Saints (12.00pm KO) - LIVE ON THE SPORTSMAN CHANNEL

We are rather fond of Rhiannon Marshall at York ..... and we don't argue with her Look out for Kelsey Gentles.... from winger to prop . The women's game's answer to Reuben Wiki !

Only if they keep losing !

Richard's point about Saints' backline improving is valid, and I really don't see them being much behind York and Leeds (and capable of turning them over). I just think that Leeds (with heft added to their pack in Shona Hoyle and Grace Field) and York, with their well coached knack of squeezing the life out of opponents, have the ability to deprive them of the field position to make it count.

Wasn't meaning to be snarky - just get a little frustrated about the fawning media coverage that Saints get

Fixed that for you - Saints pack looked a bit one paced last year, and I don't see that changing this year. Whilst I agree that the massacres that Saints and Valkyrie have inflicted on opponents in the cup so far are no real indication of how Sunday's fixture will go, I've been impressed with the Valk's line speed this year. Having a fast and mobile middle forward in Alex Stimpson returning after two years, and an ex-winger in Kelsey Gentles joining the forwards will give their pack some zip.

Apologies, I was being playful over people getting pedantic over the definition of a "city" (and I thought you lived in Beverley)

But your "town" is the seat of a bishop, is it not ? (albeit a suffragan bishop, who runs a church in York....)

You are Terry O'Connor, and I claim my £5......

Valkyrie v Saints this Sunday (1st round of WSL) live on the Sportsman at 12 ..... nice start to season

Saints v York Valkyrie is at Doncaster on the Saturday.

I'm pretty sure that I've read Tony Collins stating that Coventry were the last RU club to threaten to cross over to RL over payments, in the 1920's. The RFU took a very soft approach to Coventry's payments in this case, and brushed it under the carpet.

They were battle-hardened for the game last year by playing Leeds the week before, in a game where two Leeds players got suspensions for illegal challenges on Tara-Jane Stanley, forcing her off injured and unable to train all week before the semi-final