John Davis scored one of two York City Knights tries

A disappointing second half cost York City Knights as they lost 28-10 to Sheffield Eagles in the Championship match at the at the Huntington Stadium.

The Knights trailed only 12-10 at half time but an error-ridden second period proved costly.

Knights coach Dave Woods told BBC Radio York: "We just made way too many unforced errors.

"You can't come up with drop balls at dummy half and going into contact and expect to compete against good sides."

He added: "I thought the first half we were doing alright and playing some decent footy although not what we wanted. We wanted a bit more effort and push and getting at some spot players that we wanted to get to.

"It's lack of concentration from our blokes. Some of them were in contact and picking up from dummy half and stuff like that. They're just schoolboy stuff and for us to be competing in this league you can't afford to give them away because teams will punish you.

"They've got to realise when we do things we do them for a reason and they need to keep at them for the full 80 minutes."

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