ROB KAMA is relishing the chance to play in front of the Huntington Stadium crowd again after being a late call-up to the York Select XIII.

The Fijian flier, a favourite of the York City Knights fans in 2003/4, has been drafted into the representative side to take on the Championship One outfit in the Lee McTigue Memorial match on January 18.

And the 32-year-old soldier will take to the field on a high, having helped the British Combined Services team to glory in the Armed Services Rugby League World Cup down under in November, scoring a try in the final as the Brits beat host nation Australia.

Kama whose last appearance at Huntington Stadium was in the Mark Cain Testimonial two years ago, told The Press: “It will be good to catch up with everybody and see the old faces.

• from Back Page “I’m looking forward to getting on the field. The fans will probably make me more nervous than anything else. They’re always very loud – in a nice way.

“It might get to me a bit, especially having been away for a while, but I’m sure playing there will be a moment worth reliving.”

Kama played only 20 times for the Knights between July 2003 and August 2004, scoring six tries, but his sheer unpredictability and knack of beating defenders endeared him to supporters during the new club’s early days.

He since rejoined previous club York RUFC, but maintained his love for the 13-a-side code with regular appearances for the Army and Armed Forces sides – the latter being named the best sporting outfit in the British Combined Services last year.

He has now been called up by York Select coach Mick Ramsden as a replacement for New Earswick All Blacks full-back Steve Perks, who has pulled out.

“Mick sent me a text and I jumped at the chance – I’d do anything for York,” said Kama, who in the meantime will be back playing for York RUFC on weekends, despite now being stationed in Newcastle and continuing to play league for the Army.

“I’m hoping to come back to (live in) York in November – York is still home to me.”

Kama actually returned to England last month, after stopping off in Fiji to see his family, following his efforts down under in a tournament run alongside the main RL World Cup.

In it, Britain won all their five games, Kama playing in four of them and scoring a hat-trick against the Cook Islands prior to his final heroics.

He said: “I’d never been to Australia and I really enjoyed it. We went there to play rugby, though, and representing Great Britain was special.

“We had Brian Noble (former Great Britain RL coach) come into the changing rooms to gee us up for the final and he told us how much of a deal it was to wear the GB shirt.”

Ramsden said of his new recruit: “It’s good of him to put his hand up to play.

“All the fans quite enjoyed watching him when he was at the Knights. He was an exciting player and brought something different to the game.”