HEAD coach Mick Cook says York City Knights must put any ideas of another money-spinning Powergen Challenge Cup run aside, despite seeing his side successfully avoid a potential third round embarrassment.

The Knights, who met Huddersfield in the 2004 quarter-finals and enjoyed a memorable trip to St Helens last year, set up a fourth-round tussle away to National League Two side Swinton by beating amateur outfit Ovenden 50-10 in last night's rearranged encounter at the Shay.

Swinton comprehensively beat Sheffield Eagles - York's Northern Rail Cup rivals - 24 hours earlier, but Cook says the Knights have more pressing concerns before they can think about taking on the dangerous Lions for a place in round five.

"Swinton are a good side," he said. "We had two great games against them last year and it's going to be tough over there. They will be up for it and so will we and I think it will be a great game.

"But our focus now is on Hull KR and our game there on Sunday. We've then got a big game against Featherstone before we even think about Swinton. Of course, it will be good to get through to the fifth round - it would be good to win the Challenge Cup, which is something I've never done - but Hull KR is what we're concentrating on."

Plans for Sunday's game weren't helped by the heavy going on the Shay pitch last night, which saw a few players suffer cramp, but Cook says the Knights have some fresh legs to bring in, while they were hopeful that head injuries to Rob Spicer and Paul Clarke were only minor. Both players were hurt in the first half but the Knights decided not to throw them back on as a precaution with the game virtually won.

"We've shuffled players around but we've handled it quite well. Many of these players can play in a number of positions so we're all right," said Cook.

As for last night's performance, the Knights chief reckoned it was a case of job done.

"We came here to do a job and we did it," he stated. "The first half was pretty tight but obviously we ran away with it a bit in the end.

"We still need to finish our sets a bit better. We've been struggling with that, but the conditions were quite testing.

"I thought we did okay. We're in the next round. We needed to get this game out of the way and do a professional job and I thought we did that."

York were bolstered by a first-minute try - the first for the club for young Tom Dunmore, who also scored a minute from time - but Cook had praise for the way their opponents fought on.

"It was a quick try but it was a while before the next," he said. "They got stuck into us and when they got the ball they gave it a bit of respect. We conceded three or four repeat sets over the night. They were pretty physical and well up for it. I thought they gave us a tough game, though when we opened up we showed a bit too much class and a bit too much power."

John Smith was the main beneficiary as he scored a hat-trick of tries, while Cook also had praise for man of the match Jason Golden.

"Smithy likes getting over that try-line," said Cook. "He's probably our highest try-scorer this season - he's a changed bloke - and for me he can score as many as he likes.

"But I thought Jason Golden was our man of the match. He put a real quality performance in."

Updated: 10:55 Thursday, March 16, 2006