FORWARD-THINKING Spencer Hargrave is determined to lose his utility tag next season and prove that 13 is his lucky number.

Hargrave is the first player to re-sign for York Wasps after putting pen to paper on a new one-season deal.

He is keen to become a key part of new coach Lee Crooks' plans and is ready to stake his claim for the loose forward shirt.

Last season Hargrave, 22, played in 25 of York's 31 games but only nine of them were at his preferred position of loose forward.

The rest were in the second row and in the centre - the latter a position he is keen to avoid.

"I don't like playing centre. I've always played in the forwards and it was a big change to get some speedy players against me because I don't think I'm that fast," said Hargrave, despite finishing as the club's second highest try scorer last season.

"I want to be playing at loose forward. I want to make it my own position next season but that depends on me and my form."