YORK RI Rugby Union Club will bring the curtain down on their Yorkshire Three campaign at home to Bradford Salem on Saturday.

The Railwaymen will be hampered by the Easter break with a number of their student contingent away, but the club are expecting to field a strong side against promotion hopefuls Salem, who need two wins from their final two games to finish second.

Graham Allott (broken shoulder), Rod Simms and Chris Austin (both available) are all definitely out, but Dave Sowray will return.

Today's 45th John Smith's Good Friday Pocklington Sevens has meant a number of the area's clubs have opted out of playing friendly fixtures at first team level.

Updated: 11:05 Friday, April 18, 2003