York City Knights thrashed struggling London Skolars 64-0 at the Huntington Stadium to boost their promotion hopes from Championship One.

Their tally included five interception tries, three of them from Gareth Moore.

Coach James Ratcliffe told BBC York: "There was some really good team stuff in there, some good pushes and some really good defensive efforts.

"We'd highlighted defence this week, and I think we've shown some good effort when they've had the ball."

Ratcliffe seized on some errors that resulted in Skolars possession, but the visitors' pressure only led to a succession of interception tries.

We've just not got to lose again this year, and if we do that we'll be in the Championship next year James Ratcliffe

"We've asked for the London half-back to come and play with ours because they combined really well," Ratcliffe joked.

"We've got three half-backs, Loz Wildbore [new signing] came on and played at halves as well and he sat in well.

"I think we've got some really good options now. We've got some creativity, we've got some pace. In the last two weeks we've worked really, really hard with the ball in hand.

"It looked like we actually knew what we were doing, some set plays came back in and I think that will just improve."

The Knights stay fourth in the table but are just two points behind second-placed Keighley and one behind Oldham, who they play next Sunday.

"What we've got to make sure is that our performance next week improves. It's not going to be this team in front of us next week.

"It'll be a whole new entity and we need to be a bit tougher than that defensively. Certainly there's something we can work on this week in front of Oldham next week.

"We've just not got to lose again this year, and if we do that we'll be in the Championship next year."

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