Dissapointed Coach Gary Thornton admits it was difficult to take any positives from Hunslet’s 52-20 home drubbing by York City Knights in Kingstone Press League One.

Hunslet trailed 36-0 at the break before salvaging some pride with four second-half tries, but Thornton felt that was little consolation as his team slipped to eighth in the table.

β€œThe first half was atrocious, shocking, terrible,” he said of his first home game in charge.

β€œWe started brightly enough – in the first 10 minutes we had a couple of chances, but we didn’t cross the line.

β€œIf we had it might have been a different game, but we struggled to hold York’s tempo.

β€œThey totally out-enthused us in the first half, or for 25 minutes of it.

β€œI was really disappointed. After the performance we put in up at Barrow I was reasonably optimistic, but it was an unrecognisable team.”

Of the second halfβ€œIt was about going out and trying to restore some pride.

β€œWe did score some tries, but it is difficult to look at the game as a whole and find too many positives. As players and a coaching staff we have got to be accountable for that and look to improve.”

Hunslet have no game this weekend before facing Toronto Wolfpack in Canada on Saturday, June 24.