York’s Will Jubb looks to reel Leigh in as he looks at country’s fish stocks
WILL Jubb is eyeing a hefty catch as York look to go one step from Wembley – after making sure the nation’s fish stocks are healthy.
The Knights ace, officially a doctor after passing his PhD, works monitoring the population of different species for the Environment Agency.
Today, the protector becomes the hunter as he aims to send the Championship side one step from the Challenge Cup final, by snaring the Leopards.
Then it will be back to protecting the country’s wildlife as the man who is a doctor of philosophy after doing a thesis on river lamprey revealed: “I do the monitoring of fish populations and water quality for Humberside and South Yorkshire.
“I’m more involved with the fish stuff and leading on that. Throughout the summer, I’ll be doing the fish surveys.
“That involves netting and electric fishing, which isn’t like The Simpsons where they put a probe in and all the fish float to the top!
“That’s all massively different to rugby league but I’ve combined the two things I love – going fishing and playing rugby.”
Today’s quarter final is seen by York and Jubb as a ‘massive opportunity’ to further their Super League ambitions.
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The stadium is there, the off-field set up is there, now for Andrew Henderson’s side to show it can get there.
And Jubb is unique. He only has one eye as his right was removed when he was a child after being diagnosed with the cancer neuroblastoma.
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“I don’t really think about it until I’m asked,” the 26-year-old added. “It’s all I’ve known as I was very young when it happened.
“I’ve got used to doing it and you adapt as you get older. I just have to turn my head a bit more to see things.
“I’ve never tried to let it hold me back. I just see myself like anyone else and I don’t want to be treated any differently.
“But this is a massive opportunity. Not many people play in a Challenge Cup quarter final and we’ve just got to put our best foot forward. If we can do that, we’ll hopefully give ourselves a chance.
“And when I came in 2017, the club had just reformed. It basically didn’t exist.
“Now we’ve won League One, finished third in the Championship and become the first team in the club’s history to win a play-off game at that level.
“Everything around the team is Super League ready. The cub’s going in the right direction.”