BATTLING York City Knights went down 44-24 at Featherstone Rovers in the Co-operative Championship.

The Knights trailed only 20-18 at the interval and were in the game until Rovers pulled away in the final quarter.

The visiting side's try scorers were Jack Lee, Matt Garside, Tom Bush and Anthony Thackeray.

Bush also kicked four goals.

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