Lightening quick winger Alex Godfrey refused to rule out a return to his home town club York Wasps after scoring a hat-trick of tries in Hull KR's 56-8 victory at Huntington Stadium yesterday.

Just a week after joining the Robins from Dewsbury, Godfrey returned to his former stomping ground and showed the kind of finishing ability which made him one of the hottest properties in the NFP.

The 22-year-old, who still lives in York, revealed that he turned down moves to both Featherstone and Widnes to join the Robins.

However, he admitted that should York get their house in order in the future he would jump at the chance to come home.

"Never say never," said Godfrey. "If they could get a decent wage structure that would help but it's not all about money. A lot of players want to play in front a big crowd, win medals and get to Grand Finals.

"I missed the Grand Final with Dewsbury last year and I would have given anything to play in that. But if you can play for your home town and have success why go out of town to play?

"When you look at the NFP teams now, a lot of them have a couple of players from York in their side which must be gutting for the guys at York to see."

Reflecting on his hat-trick, Godfrey said: "I couldn't have asked for any more. I've been looking forward to this game all week.

"I had my twin brother here and my mum. I played my first game at Rochdale last week but they couldn't get to that so it's nice for them to see me get a shirt on and score some tries."

Despite the margin of victory, Godfrey was impressed with the commitment shown by the Wasps.

"Things aren't going well for them at the moment but they didn't give up and kept going for the full 80 minutes.

"We were putting some big hits in but they kept coming," he said.

Wasps coach Lee Crooks hopes to see the likes of Godfrey and Rich Hayes, who missed yesterday's game through injury, back at Huntington Stadium in future years.

He said: "We've got to have a competitive wage structure in place. If we can do that I think we can get some of the players back.

"Most of the clubs next year will be on a win/loss regime.

"It's frustrating at the moment but we've got to get on with fulfilling fixtures and assess the situation again in the close season."

Crooks was pleased to see his side continue the improvement which they showed over the Easter period before their recent lapse.

He said: "It was a big improvement from last week. The effort was there from the players. For periods we controlled the ball and did what we said we'd do in training.

"Unfortunately there were too many periods when we lost concentration and allowed Hull KR to take advantage.

"The players switched off at vital times and we haven't got enough ability to get away with that.

"It's a little bit frustrating but at least the players had a go."

Crooks was forced to name trialist winger Chris Cooney from Sutton Trust - the same club which produced Andy Hutchinson - on the bench following the late withdrawal of Neil Harmon through injury.

Lee Badauskas and Craig Moore were also missing with injuries while York were unable to play Aaron Campbell as his loan spell, which has expired, has still to be extended.

Updated: 12:55 Monday, May 14, 2001