COACH Mick Cook has stressed his Knights side cannot take Elland lightly on Sunday.

The amateurs visit Huntington Stadium for a Powergen Challenge Cup tie and Cook said: "There are too many scalps taken every year to take these games lightly. We'll be confident but everything has to be earned."

He added: "When we get things together we can score tries at will but we've been giving too much away. This is a good opportunity to cut the errors out, rip in and have a real good performance. We need to get things right ahead of next week's Castleford game."

Paul Thorman switches from stand-off to take over from crocked captain Chris Levy at scrum-half while Lee Paterson, rested last week, comes back at number six, with Scott Rhodes again starting as a substitute despite his excellent display off the bench last week.

Cook said: "He's been out a while. We're not looking to push him too hard though he needs to start getting match fitness. I spoke to him and we decided this was the best strategy."

In a surprise move, loanee Tom Buckenham will play after being given clearance from Doncaster. Buckenham will now stay at York on a week-to-week loan. Fit-again fellow prop Craig Forsyth comes onto the bench for his first outing of the season.

Leeds loanee Calvin Watson starts at centre, as does Darren Callaghan who has shrugged off a chest infection, while Mark Cain gets a chance at loose-forward and Lee Jackson returns to the bench after a week off.

Updated: 10:11 Saturday, March 12, 2005