Kingstone Press League 1 Preview: South Wales Scorpions v York City Knights

Reflecting on the 46-28 defeat to Hemel Stags, South Wales Scorpions coach Mike Grady felt his team had let the game slide in the second half.
“In the first half we were the better side but in the second half we gave seven penalties away, which put us on the back foot and Hemel scored try after try,” he said.
“We were our own worst enemies again, so it was a little disappointing the way it went.
“It doesn’t get any easier this week. We’ll look at the positives from the Hemel game and hopefully take some of them into the game against York. They are one of the best attacking sides we’ve played this year, they’ve got a bit of flair about them and James has got them playing really well. It will be tough.”
Prop Dai Hellard, centres Jordan Sheridan and Yannick Parker, second row Chris Speck, full-back Ben Jones and wing Ian Newbury are all doubtful for Saturday.
York City Knights had an impressive win against Newcastle Thunder. Coach James Ford said: “We were really pleased to get the points last week. Newcastle are a good team who have invested heavily and got a high profile coach. It was a difficult challenge for us but one that we were well up for.
“We’re aiming to go to South Wales this week with the same mentality as we had against Newcastle. We have a lot of respect for South Wales, I’ve seen them put up some pretty solid performances of late. Mike Grady is obviously doing a really good job in difficult circumstances but they’re certainly improving. We’ll need to make sure we take our attitude with us otherwise they could turn us over.”