JET-PROPELLED winger Peter Fox is to stay with York City Knights - probably until the end of the season.

The 21-year-old, who scored a record number of tries for the club last season while on loan from Leeds Rhinos, returned to Huntington Stadium at the beginning of April, again on loan.

That month-long arrangement ended this week, but following more talks, a new agreement is now in place which sees Fox stay with his home-town club on a week-to-week basis.

The young flier said: "I'm staying with York. It looks like it could be for the season unless Leeds bring me back.

"They're looking to keep me at York. If there's any injury problem at Leeds or form dictates they want me back, then they'll take me back. It's up to Tony Smith (Leeds coach) at the end of the day and he's happy with his squad at the moment."

Fox, whose contract at Leeds runs out at the end of this season, will discuss his long-term future at Headingley later this year. In the meantime he will continue to train with the Rhinos in midweek.

"I just have to keep working hard, keep my form good and if Tony Smith wants me back then I'm sure I'd get a call," he said, adding that he was relishing his time with the Knights.

"I'm happy with the situation. York have been really good to me and I just want to win games for them."

Fox, who got 25 tries in 26 appearances as the Knights won National League Two last year, has scored one in five since returning.

"I've been quite happy with my form in the last couple of games," said the York Acorn ARLC product. "I just need to keep practising and keep getting better. It's a different level, playing in NL1 compared to NL2. I've got to adapt to that and I'm looking to make a big impact."

That impact will continue at Workington on Sunday in the Northern Rail Cup quarter-finals. The Cumbrians beat York home and away last season but Fox said: "I don't think that will come into the equation.

"We're just looking at our form. We know if we get everything right and cut out the mistakes, we're a team that can win big games."

As for the Knights' priorities this term, he said: "I think both the league and cup are important, though for me the league is probably more important.

"We don't want to be going down. We worked so hard for it last year that we don't want to throw that away. We know how much it means to stay up - and I definitely think we will.

"It just needs to click together and it will. There have been times in the past few games when it's clicked and things happened but we've got to do it for a whole game."

Updated: 09:51 Thursday, May 04, 2006