YORK City Knights have made a second swoop on transfer deadline day - and a notable one too, signifying further their intentions to get very much in the promotion race.

The League One outfit have signed former Super League forward Jordan Cox on loan from Sheffield Eagles for the Super 8s section of season.

The 6ft 4in 25-year-old rose through the ranks at Hull KR and made 64 top-tier appearances for the Robins before spending 2016 at Warrington Wolves, where he played a further 18 Super League games. He has made nine appearances for Sheffield in the Championship this year.

Cox revealed he made his Hull KR debut against the Knights and was now keen to play for a Minster city club "with big ambition".

He said: “I’m looking forward to getting out there playing for the club I made my debut against in 2011 for Hull KR.

“It's a great opportunity for me to join a club with big ambition and I’ll do everything i can to help the Knights push for promotion.

“My first job is to rip in at training and gain the respect of my fellow players.

"I’d like to thank Sheffield for giving me the opportunity to go out on loan and wish them all the very best for the season.”

The Knights, play-off outsiders when the season started, enter the Super 8s sitting fourth in League One.

Head coach James Ford said: “I'm delighted to bring in a player of Jordan's presence.

"He has bags of ability and at only 25 he is still young for a middle.

"With over 80 Super League games under his belt, the exciting thing is he still has the potential to improve. Hopefully we can bring the best out of him at York.

"As soon as we heard he could be available we moved very quickly to get him on board. I'd like to thank Jon (Knights chairman Jon Flatman) for getting the deal over the line.”

Cox's arrival follows hot on the heels today of that of fellow prop Ross Osbourne.

The club also announced yesterday the signing of Hull KR's Aussie centre, Jake Butler-Fleming.