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SUNDAY 2O JANUARY, KO 2PM
HULL FC v Hull Kingston Rovers
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Peter
Gentle
Good afternoon and welcome back to the
KC Stadium for this afternoon’s pre-season
friendly against Hull KR. I use the word
“friendly” but we are expecting a very tough
and fiercely contested game, just as it always
is when we play in a Hull derby.
One of the first things I learned when I
joined Hull FC was just how important these
matches are to the fans and while today is
about us continuing to build towards the
start of Super League in a few weeks’ time, it
is a game we won’t be taking lightly.
I thought we showed that in our first
friendly against Castleford Tigers last
weekend and it was a good start to the year
for us, especially being able to give Kirk
Yeaman a win in his testimonial fixture.
From the squad’s point of view, we wanted
to give every player a run out in that game,
which was why we fielded a separate team
in each half, and I think all of the players will
have benefited from blowing a few cobwebs
away and getting a few miles into their legs.
I was excited about a few of the things we
saw out there last week too. I’m under no
illusions, and there is still a long way to go
and a lot of work to do, but the nucleus of a
very good side was there.
We could have played with a little bit more
patience at times, but I was very impressed
with the performance by the full squad, and
that’s the most pleasing thing.
HEADCOACH
The more successful clubs have depth to
their squads and that’s an area where we
targeted for improvement this year. We’re
in a good, healthy position at the moment
and all the debutants from last year are all
expecting to play now.
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There’s no point blooding them if you aren’t
going to use them, so there is some very
healthy competition for places right now.
Without getting too ahead of ourselves,
there may be one or two opportunities
during the season to rest a few players
carrying a niggling injury, whereas last year
we had to play everybody right the way
through because of our lack of depth at
times.
It can be a long season when you’re doing
that, but that’s the luxury of having a big
squad. While we’re healthy at the moment,
that will change at some point in the future
and it’s important to be able to have players
to bring in.
We’re in much better shape to be able to
cope with any injuries this year and I’ve got
every confidence in the players coming in.
We’ve got 28 first-graders running around
with us and that’s the difference between
the clubs that want to be at the top and the
ones that are.
We’re bridging that gap and the young
fellas have trained the house down in the
off season. Everybody has been working
really hard, but the young blokes have been
exceptional in the way they’ve handled
themselves.
I’ve got a tough decision on my hands to
come up with a 17 each week and I don’t
think our team for round one against Leeds
will be the same as what it is in round four,
five or six. We probably won’t get it right
from the start, but our strength is that we’ve
got number and options to play with this
time around.
It’s been hard enough selecting a squad
for today’s match as everybody was
understandably eager to play, but we’ve got
the York game coming up next week too and
some players will be playing in that out of
necessity, while a few others have put their
hand up and requested to play in that game.
It is a bit of a tight turnaround with us
playing York on the Sunday and then Leeds
on the Friday night, so we’ll be smart on how
we select that side, but it will form another
part of our preparations as a squad.
First of all, we have to see how we come
through today’s match against Hull KR
and hopefully we can build on some of the
things we did well last week and improve in
one or two other areas.
Enjoy the game,
Peter
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HEADCOACH
But it’s good to be back and we are all very
excited about getting underway again. If I’m
honest, we’ve been a bit impatient to get
started but we’ve had a terrific off season,
we really have, and we’ve given ourselves a
really good platform to work from now.
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Adam
Pearson
We’ve already played our opening preseason friendly against Castleford Tigers
and it was a positive first performance from
all concerned, in a game to celebrate Kirk
Yeaman’s contribution to the club. I know
Kirk was delighted with the support he
received on the day and it was clear how
much the day meant to him and his family.
The picture splashed on the front of this
week’s papers really summed it up for me,
with Kirk and his two children Dylan and
Honey-Mae, and it was a day he deserved.
Our focus though remains on 2013 and
our aim is a simple one. We want Hull
FC back where they belong, as a major
influence within the domestic competitions
challenging season after season in the Super
League and Challenge Cup.
Getting there is not quite so simple. It will
take hard work, endeavour, courage and
an underlying passion from everyone from
players to coaches and staff to supporters.
Everyone has a part to play in taking this
club back to where it belongs.
That has been my principal aim and focus
since taking over the club in 2011 and we
continue to set high levels of attainment
across the club to ensure we can meet those
expectations and targets over the coming
years.
More recently though, our investment
has been directly on the field in securing
a number of new signings for 2013 as we
continue our programme in nurturing a
squad we feel is capable of challenging for
honours.
BEERHOUSESELFDRIVE
Last season was a positive step forward for
us, with our best finish in the competition
for a number of years and the aim is to
continue that progress with a push towards
a top four finish in 2013.
To help us do that, we have recruited seven
new signings and promoted four players
from our academy, with the most notable
new face being that of Gareth Ellis.
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It has quickly become apparent why Gareth
is held in such high regard as one of the
game’s leading players and a formidable
force in the world’s best competition, the
NRL, before returning to England. He brings
quality and leadership on and off the field
and is an example for all to follow.
Add to that the quality of fellow new
signings like Daniel Holdsworth, Shannon
McDonnell and young England prospect Joe
Arundel, and we have added real depth to an
already talented squad and one that looks
the most competitive in recent times.
The latter signing of Arundel also epitomises
our aim over the coming years to try and
deliver a group of players that has a core
nucleus of home grown or English talent.
Already we have a number of players that
are around the national setup, be it the
Elite squad or Knights and we’ll be looking
to continue that. We have players like Tom
Briscoe, Danny Houghton and Danny Tickle
leading the way, but with some encouraging
talents like Liam Watts, Joe Arundel and
Jason Crookes hot on their heels, not to
mention England Academy graduates like
James Cunningham and Ben Crooks.
The future is a bright one for Hull FC and
neither the staff at the club, nor I, will rest
until we achieve the goals we have set
ourselves. There is only one place this club
should be, with an incredible stadium and
even better fan base, and that is the top of
Super League.
I’d like to thank supporters for their passion
and commitment to the club, as well as
their patience as we take the club forward
step by step and hopefully it won’t be too
long before we’re giving them something
to really cheer about.
The Grand Final and the Challenge
Cup Final are the targets, they’re the
benchmark and that is what we’ll be
working towards in 2013.
It’s time to believe,
Best Wishes,
Adam
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ADAMPEARSON
Another new season is already underway and
it only seems like five minutes since I was
last penning a few notes for The 18th Man.
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The 18th Man looks back on a gruelling
pre-season for the Hull FC first team
squad over the last three months.
England international
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Kirk Yeaman wrestles with
a tyre at the club’s Elite
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defensive drill in
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SHANNONMCDONNELL
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Taking a brief pause in a conversation with The 18th Man to grin merrily at a joke cracked by one of his new teammates,
Hull FC’s new full back Shannon McDonnell cuts a relaxed figure at the club’s training ground.
Yet chipping in with a one-liner of his own
to the mirth of those around him before
turning back to more serious matters, the
off-field demeanour of the former Junior
Kangaroo is already shaping up to be
everything FC supporters will be hoping
to see on the pitch in 2013 – coolness,
confidence and more than a little cheek.
More promising still, on all matters
rugby league – and particularly Hull FC –
McDonnell is bursting with a typical Aussie
professionalism that sees no word wasted.
“Every team wants to play well in the
friendlies and set a tone for the more
serious matches to come,” he told the
club’s official match day programme in
response to a question about his preseason aims at his new club.
“Yes, it’s important to get an idea of what
does and doesn’t work, and make the most
of a chance to blood some young talent,
but you’re hoping to build something you
can take into the first round of Super
League.
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“The result maybe doesn’t matter, although
you always want to win, but a good
performance can give you a platform to
work from. Confidence is everything in
sport and you can build that by playing
well in the friendlies, just as you would
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by performing well and sticking to your
structures in any other game.”
On that note, there are some positive
early indications for McDonnell and his
Hull teammates following last weekend’s
26-6 victory over Castleford Tigers in Kirk
Yeaman’s testimonial at the KC Stadium.
While understandably erratic at times
following a three-month break from the
rigours of competitive rugby league, it was
a confident display from the Black and
Whites as they ran in five tries against
their West Yorkshire rivals.
McDonnell himself capped a promising
debut with a well-taken try under the posts
towards the death, as well as providing
one of the highlights of the match as he
flicked an attempted 40/20 back into the
field of play before calmly re-gathering and
dancing past three would-be defenders on
a jinking run to clear his lines.
“I see myself as an attacking full back,
but the defensive side of the game is
something I pride myself on and I’m always
looking to improve,” he says.
“I’m my own biggest critic and the biggest
pressure is going to come from myself and
my own standards, but I’m enjoying my
footy and being part of this squad.
“It’s been really good so far and I feel very
comfortable at the club. Training’s been
hard but it’s great to be feeling fit again
and the boys have been good with me. I
knew a couple of them already and I’ve
played against nearly everybody here either
last year or back home in Australia, which
definitely helps.
“I’ve known Pete (Gentle) for a while
too, so it’s made it a lot easier fitting in
and knowing what I was getting into.”
And as for today’s fixture – when
McDonnell will switch allegiances to
the Black and Whites for the first Hull
derby of 2013 – Hull fans will certainly
go into the game knowing a bit more
about their new No.1.
Beginning his first season in the UK
with a two-try man of the match
performance for Hull KR in last year’s
pre-season friendly between the two
sides, he laid the foundations for
an impressive debut Super League
campaign in east Hull that would go
on to include a call-up to the Exiles
side that took on England in the
International Origin in June.
“It’s a bit of a compliment to your form
and your team’s form to be selected
for something like the Exiles, and it’s
something I’d love to do again, but right
now I just want to worry about Hull
FC,” he says.
“Recognition like that is always nice,
but it definitely comes on the back of a
team effort, particularly playing at full
back where my job is made so much
easier by the work done by the players
in front of me.
“On the field, I just treat each week like
another game that I’ve been playing
my whole life and I’m just going to
continue playing football to the best
of my ability and we’ll see where it
takes us.”
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SHANNONMCDONNELL
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One of seven additions
to the Black and Whites squad
for 2013, you could be forgiven for
expecting the 25-year-old Australian to
keep somewhat of a low profile after a
cross-city switch from rivals Hull KR on a
two-year contract from Super League XVIII.
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The Hull derby:
A not so friendly
history
Club historian Bill Dalton delves
into previous pre-season
friendlies between the two Hull
sides and discovers they have
always had a
competitive edge.
In the natural order of things, a ‘derby’
encounter in any sporting competition has
a special significance, particularly for the
two sets of supporters who feel the need
to claim the bragging rights.
This remains the case even in friendly
encounters that, in the grand scheme of
things, really carry no significance. Supporters
of Hull FC and Hull KR are no different.
However, each and every season, the statistics are
repeated across the city’s media and in the two club’s
match day programmes discussing just how many competitive
derby matches have been played, and the resulting breakdown of
wins, draws and losses there have been for both sides.
Some history aficionados even look deeper into where those games
where played, the biggest attendances and more recently the Super
League record between the two sides. And so on and so forth …
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But what of those “friendly” meetings between the Black and
Whites and Red and Whites over the years?
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A not so friendly
history
On top of the known 214 previous competitive encounters
between the two old famous rivals, many may not have
realised just how many so-called friendlies have taken place.
Today will in fact, be the 66th such meeting since Rovers were
admitted to senior status in the Northern Union back in 1899.
They have taken various forms; some have been staged in
aid of war charities, many of taken the form of testimonial or
benefit matches, as in the case of distinguished Hull servant
Richard Horne two years ago.
There was also the series of three exhibition matches held
between the Airlie Birds and the Robins in Cornwall in 1962
in a bid to extend the appeal of rugby league to those in that
region.
Most, however, have been plain and simply pre-season friendlies as is the case today, and was the case last year. What is
surprising in the latter example, though, is that none took
place before the renowned series of Eva Hardaker Memorial
Trophy matches from 1960 to 1980.
The Hardaker matches, among others, in addition to serving
as a season opener, also benefitted local amateur rugby
league, while Hull KR were also invited on occasions to contest
the Clive Sullivan Trophy in pre-season, although that is now
awarded to the winners of one of the Super League fixtures
between the two sides.
And in the modern era, pre-season friendlies are played out
as a genuine hit out before getting down to the business
part of the forthcoming campaign. It was not always thus,
and certainly in the examples of matches involving such
as “All-Stars” teams, there was once a more light-hearted
approach to them.
Yet, Hull FC versus Hull KR was always one fixture that
avoided such a relaxed approach. It has always been a fiercely
contested, full-blooded battle and long may that continue.
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A friendly? Not in 114 years and counting …
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12 Aug 1990
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25 Jan 1998
12 Jan 2003
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Today's
VISITORS
Hull KR enjoyed
mixed fortunes in 2012 in
Craig Sandercock’s first year
in charge at Craven Park as they
fought their way to a tenth placed
finish.
Travis Burns
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Travis Burns arrives at Hull KR from NRL heavyweights Penrith Panthers with a
fearsome reputation.
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Equally at home in the halves, at hooker or in the loose forward position, the Australian
looks set to occupy the stand-off role for the Robins in 2013 and he could form a
deadly combination with skipper Michael Dobson.
An aggressive and physical player, he could bring a new dimension to the Red and
Whites in Super League XVIII and he certainly appears to be a character who will relish
the full-blooded nature of a Hull derby.
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Set to miss today’s match as he continues to serve a lengthy ban picked up in the
NRL in the latter stages of last season, Burns will return to action in round 5 and
supporters can expect fireworks when he does.
But a heavy turnover of players for
Super League XVIII - including the
loss of Shannon McDonnell and
Ben Galea to the Black and Whites
- has seen Sandercock continue
the revolution to the east of the
city with a youthful look to the
Red and Whites in 2013.
With the likes of Sean Gleeson
and Greg Eden joining a back
line already boasting the talent
of Kris Welham and Craig Hall,
points certainly shouldn’t be hard
to come by for a KR side expertly
marshalled by half back Michael
Dobson and his new partner Travis
Burns.
The arrival of experienced NRL
forwards Cory Paterson and Evarn
Tuimavave will also be crucial
and if the duo can shore up a
leaky Rovers defence - and if KR
can avoid losing key players for
lengthy periods - the Robins will
be confident of regaining a playoff place over the next
nine months.
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Star Signing
Formerly on the coaching staff at
Newcastle Knights, the new boss
arrived in the UK with a reputation
for bringing through young talent
and he immediately set to work
developing a new-look Robins only
to be hampered by inconsistency
and injuries to crucial players at
key times.
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’I l tell the new guys
just what
a derby means,
says Welham
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Behind Enemy Lines
Kris Welham may not be a veteran in
terms of his age, but the talented Hull
KR back is fast becoming a veteran when
it comes to playing in derby games.
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He has plenty of experience when
it comes to dealing with trials and
tribulations of a clash with the ‘old
enemy’ and will be passing that on to
some of his newer team-mates before
the two sides take to the pitch this
afternoon.
“We’ll be expecting the usual,” he said
with a big grin. “Obviously coaches and
players talk about working on structures
and systems and that’ll be the case, but
I’m sure there’ll also be that feistiness in
the game as well.
“From our point of view, it’s really about
putting a few things right from last
weekend and building on what we did
against Wigan.
“Obviously we’ll have a few players who
haven’t played in a derby before and
might not know just how much it means
to everyone, especially the supporters
and local lads like myself.
“I’ll be going around before the game
and talking things up to some of the
boys.”
Making his return from a broken ankle
in his side’s win over Wigan Warriors
last week, there will be few players on
the pitch this afternoon looking forward
to the contest quite as much as Welham.
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An England Knights international, many
have tipped the centre as a possible
candidate for Steve McNamara’s World
Cup squad later this year and he
cemented his senior status in the KR
squad when chosen as vice-captain for
2013 by head coach Craig Sandercock in
pre-season.
Forming part of a devastating
partnership with skipper Michael Dobson
on the Robin’s left flank, he will be
one to watch for the Black and Whites’
defence this afternoon.
And today will also once again see
Welham meet his old adversary, Kirk
Yeaman, and the 25-year-old is keen to
get the better of him, and Hull FC.
“I’ve spoken to Kirk a couple of times
but we’ve not mentioned today’s game,”
he continued. “We’re both from Hull and
know what the derby means to people
so it’s always good to square off against
each other.
“There are bragging rights at stake but
that’s mainly for the supporters, rather
than the players. Obviously we want to
win – we want to win every game we
play – but there are no Super League
points up for grabs today and it’s more
about getting things right ahead of the
big kick-off in a couple of weeks’ time.
“If we can do that, win the game and
send our fans away happy, that’d be
perfect for us.”
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Kris Welham
The 18th Man chats to Hull KR centre Kris Welham ahead of his
side’s derby clash with the Black and Whites this afternoon.
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with
Chris Chester
Having worn both the Black and White and
the Red and White in a derby, the Robins’
assistant coach is a veteran of occasions
like today and knows first-hand that no
quarter is asked, or given, when the two
clubs go to battle.
“In my first derby I copped a knee in the
side of the head from Paul Fletcher and got
knocked unconscious so I don’t actually
remember any of it,” he said. “Then in 2003
we had a pre-season friendly and Garreth
Carvell got taken out off the ball by Jimmy
Walker. I went
after him for the five minutes that
followed and we ended up exchanging
blows which sparked a big brawl!”
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Having spent five years here at the KC with
Hull FC, Chester crossed the ‘great divide’
at the end of the 2006 season and
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has since enjoyed derby success with the
Robins, both as a player and a coach.
“My favourite derby was the play-off
game at the KC Stadium back in 2010,” he
continued. “Everything we’d planned came
off, including a couple of set-plays which
we’d worked on all week, and it’s always
satisfying when that happens.
“Last season’s win at the Magic Weekend
was also pretty special too. We didn’t play
particularly well that day, but the way the
game finished was unbelievable and it’s
always nice to get one over your arch rivals
in a derby.
“Even when I watch it now, not once did
I think David Hodgson was going to score
that try! But he did, and it was a day that
I’ll remember for a long time, as will all of
our supporters.”
Fans of both clubs in Hull will always tell
you that Rovers versus Hull FC is the only
real derby in the world of rugby league and
that’s something that Chester concurs with.
“I’ve played in quite a few different
derbies, Saints versus Wigan and Halifax
versus Bradford. But there’s only one true
derby, and that’s Hull KR v Hull FC. It’s
always a great occasion with a big crowd
and it doesn’t get any better than that.
“I’ve been fortunate enough to have played
on both sides of the fence as it were and
I’ve got some really happy memories from
the games. I still get on really well with the
likes of Richard Horne and Kirk Yeaman at
Hull FC and enjoyed the derbies I played in
when I was there. On the other side of the
coin, I’ve also enjoyed the derbies that I’ve
been involved in, both as a player and an
assistant coach, with Rovers.
“No game is a friendly. All of our players
go out there busting a gut and trying to
make sure that they’re in Sandy’s (Craig
Sandercock) plans for the following week.
There’s definitely no such thing as a
friendly derby and this afternoon will
show that.”
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He may not have been born
and bred in Hull, but Chris Chester
knows just how important and intense
a derby is.
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Peter Gentle’s men drew twice in
Super League XVII as they shared the
spoils with Warrington and St Helens.
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Rovers were one of five clubs to
have three players sin binned in 2012.
Hull FC averaged 4.33
tries per game in Super
League in 2012.
Tom Briscoe top-scored for FC in Super League’s
regular rounds last year with 17. The England winger
bagged another three in his side’s two play-off fixtures.
The average number of tackle
breaks per game by the Black
and Whites last season – the
fourth highest in Super League.
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The total number of points
conceded in the regular rounds of
Super League in 2012. This made
Hull FC’s defence the fifth best in
the competition.
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162
against Hull FC in 2012.
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The number of clean breaks made
by the Airlie Birds last year.
245
Hull KR’s top try-scorer last
year was also a winger, with
David Hodgson notching 16 tries.
New KR skipper Michael Dobson was
credited with the most try assists in
Super League last year with 35.
Hull FC scored 116 points
in their four meetings
against Hull KR in 2012.
Tom Briscoe had the highest
average gain in Super League
last year with 245 metres.
The average number of errors
per game from the Red and
Whites in 2012. It was fewer
mistakes than everybody except
Wakefield and St Helens.
Rovers conceded 27 points per
game on average last year.
Hull averaged 39 runs from dummy
half per game last season – the third
highest in the competition.
Hull FC averaged 214 carries per
game last year, more than all of
their Super League rivals except
only Wigan and St Helens.
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11.11
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Hull KR averaged 4.88
tries scored per game in
Super League last season.
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The total number of clean breaks
made by Hull KR last season –
an average of six per game.
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Craig Sandercock’s side made the
second highest number of attacking
kicks in Super League XVII with 308.
Hull KR’s total gain in metres in
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Despite finishing 10th in the table,
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FRIDAY JANUARY 10 2003
Worried Thunder players feel left in the dark
HULL Thunder’s assistant coach
Frank Killen believes he’s “in the
dark” about the club’s immediate
future.
Seven key Thunder players have
either been axed or quit inside the
last week.
Those who trained last night claim
they’ve had little concrete
information from Thunder’s
management about squad
strengthening.
They are also growing increasingly
anxious as to whether Thunder can
scrape together enough players to
fulfil the club’s fixtures at Newcastle
tomorrow and at home to Fife on
Sunday.
Speaking after Thunder’s usual
late Thursday night training session,
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imports and two or three British
guys, but where they’re all going to
Killen said: “I’ve told Mike O’Connor come from at this stage I don’t know.
“Everyone keeps phoning me and
(Thunder’s director) we’ve got two
asking me what’s going on.
netminders, two defencemen and
“I just feel disappointed I can’t tell
four forwards for the weekend.
them anything.”
“Mike had indicated he hoped to
The Mail’s attempts to contact
come back to me before our training
O’Connor also failed, however it is
session with some news that would
understood Thunder’s director was
resolve that problem.
“It’s 11pm, we’ve finished practice in Oxford yesterday.
Whether it was on the trail of new
and still no phone call and I can’t get
players, a convenient meeting point
hold of him.”
with the British National League,
However, Killen added: “Mike did
tell me earlier this week he expected personal business or some other
to have players in for this weekend’s reason remains unclear.
However, Killen says he has not
matches.
“I was hoping they’d be at training, given up hope: “The lads left are
going to fight tooth and nail to keep
but they’re not.
things going.
“There was talk of two or three
“I’m hopeful things will work out,
but with every day that goes by
without new signings I grow more
concer ned.”
O’Connor is known to be trailing
an English Premier League forward
plus a British National League
defenceman.
Thunder cannot now turn to axed
star Mike Morin as he is set to join
Superleague Sheffield, at least
temporarily as injury cover.
Former Thunder forward Steve
Smillie had also been linked with a
possible return after being axed
earlier in the season.
However, Smillie told the Mail he
was sad to see Thunder in its present
state, but would not play for Hull
under the current regime.
Hull FC captain thinks club are capable of Challenge Cup success
Derby can
be launch
to further
honours
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IN BRIEF
by SHAUN McRAE
FOOTBALL
In a new feature, The 18th Man looks
back on some memorable matches
from the past and brings you all the
all the press interviews, previews and
reports from before and after the
game.
Ricketts staying
BOLTON manager Sam Allardyce
today admitted he had rejected a
player exchange deal with
Tottenham for Michael Ricketts.
It is the second time White
Hart Lane boss Glenn Hoddle has
moved in for the striker.
Ricketts has returned to form in
recent weeks with four goals in
five games after a barren spell.
Allardyce said: “There has been
some interest from Tottenham
over Michael in a player exchange
mode and not transfer money
mode.
“It is just not to be and not of
any interest to us at the
moment.”
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FOOTBALL
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THURSDAY JANUARY 9 2003
Here,
we take
Dunn’s
worried
a look at what was said in the Hull
BLACKBURN’S England midfielder
David Dunn has visited a
Daily Mail prior to a pre-season friendly between
specialist to try and sort out his
troublesome calf injury.
The 23-year-old
Hull wasFCput onand Hull KR in 2003 – the first fixture
stand-by for England’s World Cup
squad after impressing last
season and
made his full the two old rivals in five years.
between
international debut in the 1-1
‘EVERYONE WAS AGAINST US,
ALL’
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draw against Portugal at Villa Park
in September.
However, Dunn has been out
for several weeks with the
problem and although he returned
to action in Rovers’ FA Cup win
over Aston Villa, he lasted less
than 20 minutes at Old Trafford
on Tuesday night before being
replaced by Keith Gillespie.
MEET THE GODFATHER OF THE SUNDAY LEAGUE:
City boosted
by imminent
return of
injured trio
FOOTBALL
No ill effects
TROPHY-HUNGRY Jason Smith
By RICHARD TINGLE
By JOHN FIELDHOUSE
believes Sunday’s derby clash
HULL FC REPORTER
against Hull KR at Craven Park
HULL CITY REPORTER
(3pm) can be the springboard He said: “This is the starting block for
our season.
HULL CITY’S ‘forgotten man’
to Challenge Cup glory.
“This is where it all begins, it is where
is poised to end
CHRIS Kirkland is feeling no
ill-effects from the horror tackle
which could have wrecked his
season at Bramall Laneon
Wednesday.
The Liverpool goalkeeper was
left writhing on the ground in
agony in the 68th minute of the
Worthington Cup defeat to
Sheffield United after a lunge
from Michael Brown.
Kirkland was caught across the
knee and angry Reds manager
Gerard Houllier said afterwards
that the former Coventry man was
lucky he had not broken his leg.
But Kirkland told said
yesterday: “There’s no problem
and I’ll definitely be training as
usual.”
Richie Appleby
we prepare for the Cup and the
nightmare.
injury of
his start
the Super League. The Rovers The
game
is midfielder, who has
classy
important to our build-up.
yet to start a league game for
“As yet we haven’t had anytheopportuTigers this season because
nity to do much ball work. These
theinjury, is poised to
knee
of aare
andtoget
Smith, who will be a key figure in games where you put that right
training next week.
return
Hull’s dreams of glory, reckons the club used to playing again.
And, in a further boost for
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A POTENTIALLY career
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Sampson.
The 35-year-old
Castleford ‘enforcer’ had
agreed terms, been down
to the club earlier this
week to meet the board
and was set to put pen to
paper subject to a medical.
And then fate stepped in.
Tests, carried out in West
Yorkshire, revealed back
damage which at this
moment in time led the
experts to say they did not
think the teak-tough prop
could play a full season and
the injury could even stop
him playing full stop.
The damage was
probably caused the week
before Christmas when
Sampson cheated death in
a road accident.
His car skidded on black
ice near Castleford and
went under the front of a
32-ton quarry lorry.
“The car was a write off
and I just walked away but
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obviously I damaged my
back which has been
damaged a few times
during my career,” said
Sampson.
But both club and player
have agreed to give the
injury the two-to-four-week
period it needs to settle
down and then he will have
another medical in Hull.
If he passes that and
feels he can manage
another season he will sign
for the club. But Sampson
also realises the club needs
to sign players, and if they
step in for someone else in
the meantime he fully
accepts he will have
missed his chance.
The man who brokered
the deal, high-performance
sports consultant Nick
Halafihi, said: “This really is
a sickener. To get someone
like Dean to leave
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ALTHOUGH this is the first
derby game I have been
involved with at Hull I am well
aware of what these games
mean to the fans, clubs, and
players, especially the local
ones.
Having been a part of a few
derby clashes between St
Helens and Wigan I have had a
good grounding. They were
pretty intense, no matter what
the occasion.
Still, this will be an
experience and this game will
give the majority of players an
opportunity to sample these
special occasions.
For our players it will be a
totally new experience because
none of the team have tasted
derby football at this level
before.
I am sure our fans will also
relish a game against Rovers
and I would expect plenty of
support for the players and
there to be quite an
atmosphere.
From a playing point of view
this game does come a little
early in our preparations just
after the Christmas and New
Year break.
With the weather we haven’t
had much chance to get out on
the field and have had only
one outdoor training session
so far.
However, that is how it goes
and we just have to get on
with it.
What the game will provide
us with is a guide to how our
pre-season training
programme is going.
Before we go away to Spain
next week for a week it will be
good to know just where we’re
at and what areas we might
need to concentrate on while
we are away.
I am sure the game will be
intense, nobody plays at half
pace because the game doesn’t
allow you to do that.
It is not like soccer. Rugby is
a physical game and to hold
back can be more dangerous
than going flat out.
What I am look for is
another step towards reaching
our goals in time for the start
of the Challenge Cup and
Super League programmes.
The cup is four weeks away
and this is a good opportunity
to evaluate things.
I will be looking for a good
team and individual
performance and from a
players’ point of view having a
good game doesn’t necessarily
mean scoring three tries or
making 40 tackles – there are
many more indicators of
performance than that.
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THEY may not play the
same
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but
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Rovers’ Jon Aston and Andy
Last of Hull FC, tomorrow is
more than just a derby.
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3 Richie Barnett
4 Toa Kohe Love
5 Matt Crowther
6 Richard Horne
7 Tony Smith
8 Craig Greenhill
10 Paul King
11 Adam Maher
12 Scott Logan
13 Jason Smith
14 Sean Ryan
16 Paul Cooke
17 Chris Chester
18 Warren Jowitt
19 Richard Fletcher
22 Andy Last
23 Ian Bell
24 Kirk Yeaman
25 Glen Donkin
26 Graeme Horne
Just over 10 months since his
life was hanging in the balance,
prop forward Aston makes his
first appearance in a Rovers shirt.
On March 1, last year Aston was
on a life support machine in Hull
Royal Infirmary after being attacked outside a restaurant in Sutton.
He had an operation to relieve the
pressure on his brain caused by a
blood clot and for a while there were
fears for his life.
But Aston showed as much fight
in his hospital bed as he shows
spirit on the pitch and he started
his long haul back to fitness.
Gradually his senses, damaged in
the attack, returned and amazingly
as last year progressed Aston was
told by the specialists there was no
medical reason why he could not
play rugby league again.
Spurred on by that knowledge he
toyed with the idea of being fit for
Rovers play-off campaign, but then
decided it might be better to wait
for this coming season.
Seeing his name pencilled in for
the derby game marks a dream for
Aston.
“I always hoped to come back, and
to do it in this game makes it a bit
special. I have played in derby games
before, but always for Hull against
Rovers. This is the first time I have
turned out for Rovers against Hull.
“I am really looking forward to it.
From a fitness point of view everything is OK, except that I’ve lost my
sense of smell, but that’s not always
a handicap on Craven Park on a wet
afternoon,” said Aston.
He said the specialists had told
him while there was no problem
about his fitness to play they had
said there might be psychological
problems.
“But that was down to me, and
I’ve really had no trouble at all in
that department. I wanted to play
again right from the start,” he said.
Last’s issues are different.
Underdogs
have habit of
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I AM sure a lot of FC fans won’t see the
point of this game.
They’ll expect us to win by a country
mile.
You would expect Hull to win, and
win comfortably, but over the years I
have seen more than a few upsets.
The underdogs have often come up
and defied the odds and teams who
wouldn’t have put your mate’s wage
packet on winning have won.
I can remember a few games like
that, the Floodlit Trophy final comes to
mind as one.
Hull weren’t given a chance, even
though they were at home. Yet on the
night Rovers weren’t in it and FC won
the game.
Another game comes to mind at
Craven Park where FC went into the
east part of the city with a real rag, tag
by JASON SMITH
and bobtail side.
Rovers were brimming with stars
THIS game and the one against
and yet it was FC’s thrown together
Halifax when we get back from
side that won.
Spain are important to our
So expecting and getting a win are
preparations for the season.
two different things and I am sure
We have only got four weeks
Rovers will see this as a chance to
to go before our first Cup game
upset the odds and make a positive
and I felt last year we went into
start to what is sure to be a big
that match against Wigan a
campaign for them.
little under prepared.
Craven Park is a small pitch, it will
The only trial game we had
be heavy, and that will help Rovers,
was against Wigan and I feel it
which means the FC boys are going to
left us a little under prepared
need to be on form if they are to avoid for the
Cup match.
the upset.
We had hoped to get a lower
As their first match it should provide side in the
Cup, which would
a very good work out and it will
have helped us, but we didn’t.
probably be a far tougher clash than
That could happen again and
many think.
if it does we want to be well
Obviously over that period I have
seen quite a few.
Some were brilliant, others not
bad and others infinitely
forgettable.
However, whatever the standard
the one thing which has been
by RICHARD TINGLE
constant is they have all been
special.
DERBY games have been a part of
No matter what, derby games
the rugby league history in the city create
passion (on and off the
for three centuries now.
pitch), rivalry, intensity and an
Hull and Rovers first clashed way atmospher
e totally unique to any
back in 1899 and, despite
other game.
suggestions in the office, I wasn’t at
Over the years the two sides have
that game! My first taste of derby
locked horns for all the game’s
football was a mere 32 years ago.
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They were the icing on the cake,
league games have been the bread
and butter and along the way the
two sides have met in so-called
friendlies.
No matter what the game, pride
is at stake and neither side,
especially their fans, want to see
their side lose.
Anybody who thinks that these
games don’t matter are fooling
themselves and they had better
think again, because they certainly
do.
These ‘friendly’ games are no
different and they have produced
some pretty intense affairs,
F
prepared.
Playing Rovers is a good
start in our preparations and
then with the Halifax game it
will put us in a better position
than we were.
Tomorrow gives everyone a
good chance to blow a few
cobwebs away after the break
and get used to playing again.
Although we have trained
well and worked hard in
training the one thing you
can’t get is match fitness – you
only get that by playing.
You need to tackle and be
tackled and get the brain
working in match conditions.
No matter what you do in
training it is never the same.
This should be a good work
out for us before we go to
Spain where we can, because
of the weather, concentrate on
game matters.
especially in the 80s when the two
clubs were flying high.
The word friendly took on an
entirely new meaning and in the
end coaches Arthur Bunting (Hull)
and Roger Millward (Rovers) had to
call an end to them because too
many players were getting carried
off injured.
One notable injury was to Rovers
scrum-half Paul Harkin, who
missed nearly half a season after
such a game.
Players started to get a little
carried away and the word
competitive took on a new
meaning.
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tomorrow in what will be the first
meeting between these two teams
for five years.
It is a great shame our two sides
haven’t met for that long and
hopefully tomorrow will see the
return of the derby clashes on a
regular basis.
Rugby league needs Hull and
Rovers fighting it out between
themselves and the city also needs
the rivalry.
When the two sides were flying
high, the atmosphere in the city
was electric and we need that back
again.
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From Jack Carter:
Who is the best
opposite number
you’ve come up
against?
Probably Lote Tuqiri. I played against
him when he first came back to rugby
league and he’s such a good player.
He’s massive for a winger too.
From Steve Binns:
Which Hull FC
player likes to
play jokes on
their teammates?
Definitely Mint (Danny
Houghton). He’s always up to
something and you have to
keep a close eye on him.
From @jkhfc:
What do you do in your spare
time outside of rugby and
what’s the best stadium that
you’ve played at?
Away from the game, I go fishing and I’ve just started
going shooting too. Jack got me into it and we spend
quite a bit of time doing that now.
The best stadium would either be Aami Park in
Melbourne or Wembley. They’re both unbelievable.
From @lnurden96:
What do you like to do
before and after a game Tom?
I just try to relax before a game. I’m not one of those
players who lets themselves get really wound up
beforehand. I just watch TV or play on my Xbox and try
to chill out. After a game, I’ll just go out for something to
eat and unwind, but I actually prefer playing on a Friday
night as I’m not rushing around as much before a game.
My favourite player growing up was Robbie Paul. I used to go to
Odsal to watch him play for Bradford and he was a class player.
My ambitions for the future are to win some silverware with Hull
FC and this year I want to play against the Exiles again and in the
World Cup for England.
I think we’ve got a good chance. We’ve not spoken about
any goals or anything like that, but obviously you’re
aiming to win it.
I think the last few games have shown that we’ve got
some good young players coming through and there’s
depth for the first time in a long while.
With the boys who play in Australia still to come back
into the side, I think we’ll be quite strong.
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Joe Arundel
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Joe Arundel walked out of the KC Stadium last weekend with a huge
smile on his face. Making a return to action after a torrid spell on
the sidelines last season, Hull FC’s new signing enjoyed a winning
start to 2013 and a promising debut at the Black and Whites.
The fact his side’s 26-6 victory came over his former club Castleford
Tigers made it all the sweeter but for the 20-year-old centre, just
walking out onto the field was a moment to savour.
“I think my debut went pretty well considering I haven’t played for
nine months because of my shoulder injury. I was a bit nervous with
not playing for so long and with it being against my old team and
my debut for Hull FC,” he said.
“I’m glad to get it out the way and finally get back playing. It’s
been a long time and now I just want to improve each game and
get back to where I used to be.”
Watching on from the sidelines as a youthful Hull side went toe-totoe with his former Tigers teammates in the opening 40 minutes,
Arundel was one of 13 more experienced players to take to the field
at half-time last weekend as head coach Peter Gentle rotated his
squad.
Admitting it was a unique situation in his career so far,
Arundel says it was an enjoyable start to life at his new
club – despite having what would have been a debut try
chalked off in the second half.
“It probably settled my nerves a little bit coming on at
half time, but I would have rather started and played
a full game,” he said.
“It was weird warming up at half time but I think all
the new signings were in the same boat and we were
all pretty nervous, except for the more experienced
guys.
“It would have been nice to get that try, but Azza (Aaron
Heremaia) was offside and there’ll be plenty more to
come hopefully!”
And as for his other ambitions during a four-year contract with
the Black and Whites, Arundel is pulling no punches.
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represent the full England team. That’s something I really want to
do,” he says.
“Playing with the likes of Kirk Yeaman, I can learn off him and
playing at a big club with some top players will hopefully really
help me to do that.”
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He’s proud of it too, he backs it up really well.
He’s convinced it looks good, so to all you fans
out there, I’d start getting a little bit worried if
I were you about the fact we have a blind loose
forward in the team.
Other news that I can report is that Tom
Lineham’s been practising his Matt Gidley flick.
I’ve been watching him do it at training, but
judging by his pass into touch at the weekend,
he still needs to do a fair bit of work!
There’s a really good spirit in the camp at the
moment though and everybody is getting on
well. The new lads have settled in really quickly
and there’s a good bit of banter flying around at
training when we have the breath to speak!
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although I’m gutted to be missing out against
Hull KR this weekend.
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Luckily, I was still able to
make it to the warm
weather training camp
in Tenerife and we had
a really good week
over there. We got a
lot of work done on
our new structures
and it was also a good
chance to spend a bit
more time together off
the field.
WESTE
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There was a minor discretion in
Tenerife with Kirk Yeaman’s
toilet though. A few of the
lads kept sneaking into his
room while he was training
and not flushing it after they
were done.
This is a family programme
so I won’t go into the details,
but it’s quite warm over there and they closed
all the windows and doors too, so it wasn’t a nice
smell.
Yeamo had a few suspicions about who was
behind it, but without any proof he just
wandered around in a rage all week. A few of the
lads went up to him before we came home and
admitted it was them, but he still didn’t believe
them! He was convinced it was Josh Bowden!
Poor little Nicko (Danny Nicklas) got caught on
camera though so he couldn’t deny it, but I don’t
know what Josh did to take the blame. He’s
probably just an easy target, but Josh got Yeamo
back with a bit of banter about the naff tattoos
on his back.
There’s a few bad tattoos in the camp at the
minute with Yeamo’s and Nicko’s, so Tom
Briscoe’s new one has gone under the radar a
little bit and it’s not too bad to be fair to him.
He just rolled up at training and had a bit of
bright ink to show us, but he says it’s only half
finished at the minute. Personally, I think that
means he crawled off the table half way through
because of the pain, but we’ll see.
Maybe I’ll have more to report on that one in my
next column in a few weeks. I’ll see you all then.
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WATTSUP
It’s strange because Westy was getting into
Jamie Foster for weeks on end last year about
his hair, but he’s taken a leaf out of Jamie’s book
and copied him!
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JU
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There’s a serious mood in the camp at the
minute as you’d expect with the season just
around the corner, but Joe Westerman’s
new haircut has caused a bit of a stir. He’s
gone for a Justin Bieber look with a bit of
a swish to the side.
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This is it, I’ve finally been given my own column!
I’ll be penning something every week to name
and shame some of the lads, and let you know
about some of the best bits from behind the
scenes here at Hull FC.
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Hull FC’s head of youth Andy Last discusses some
important changes to the academy set-up in Super League
and says the Black and Whites are well prepared for 2013.
There were few prouder people at the KC
Stadium last weekend than Andy Last.
Watching on from the sidelines as Hull
took on Castleford Tigers, the club’s head
of youth saw a young and inexperienced
FC side seize the chance to impress
against their near full-strength
opponents.
“We’ve put a really strong emphasis at
the club on putting together a pathway
for young players to come through the
ranks and I think we started to see the
results of that last weekend,” Last told
The 18th Man after the 26-6 victory
which saw a number of home-grown
players come to the fore.
“The team in the first half was made
up largely of players who have come
through our system and they more than
held their own against a first grade
Castleford team.
“To play against the likes of Rangi Chase
will have been great experience for them
and I think they showed the future of the
club is in good hands.”
But while Last and his coaching staff
can reflect on a job well done with the
youthful element of Hull’s first
team squad in 2013, the
former Black and
Whites hooker
knows the
hard work
has only
just begun
for the club’s
younger
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With the old 15s, 16s, 18s and 20s age
groups scrapped in favour of an under16s and an under-19s competition
this season, Last says it has been a
challenging few months.
“We were able to put some plans in place
but it was a very difficult time. We had
four teams last year and we’ve had to
whittle that down to two. It’s meant we
had to let some people go and we’ve had
some disappointed players, parents and
staff, which is never easy,” he said.
“We’ve made the most of an unfortunate
situation though and the two squads
have come together really well in training
during the off season. They’re well
prepared and they’re ready to go.”
The changes will see last year’s hugely
successful under-15s side form the more
experienced element of the new-look
under-16s, while a number of additional
players from the year below have also
been recruited by the Black and Whites.
With four England internationals on the
books at this age level, Last says there
is some exciting young talent pushing
through.
“The calibre of players we have on board
with us is testimony to the programme
we have in place now. There will be a
good core of players in their second year
on scholarship with us, but we are also
really happy with the new players we
have,” he added.
“We’ve managed to get the majority of
kids in Hull who we felt were of the right
calibre to play at this level, so we have
a really exciting crop of players on the
books at the moment.”
As for the under-19s, half of the squad of
26 players have made the step up from
the club’s under-16s last year – a side
which lost just once in 2012.
Combining with their new teammates
from last season’s under-18s, Last
admits it will be a tough challenge for his
young charges but one he is confident
will aid their development in the long run.
“The 16s last year was a really good age
group for us and we recruited heavily
from that for the new under-19s team,”
he said.
“It means we’re going to be very young
next year in the under-19s competition
and that presents problems in that
we’ll be giving away a bit of size and
experience, but in the long-term we are
confident the players will really develop
from the challenge.
“There’s some real quality players in
there with a very good culture and
work ethic, so while it will test
them physically and mentally,
we are confident they will pull
through as better players.”
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The only theme is fun in 2O13
Who could forget the
deafening sound and colourful
flash of yellow as the RAF Sea King
helicopter roared across a packed KC
Stadium on a warm Sunday afternoon
in July?
It will start when Castleford Tigers roll
into town on Friday, March 8 in a fixture
that will take on a Mother’s Day theme,
with a range of treats on offer to mum
around the ground and in the club’s Circle
Restaurant for the game.
It was the perfect start to a fixture that
would see Hull FC steal a last-minute win
against play-off rivals Huddersfield Giants
during an emotional afternoon to mark
Armed Forces Weekend and celebrate the
club’s partnership with its charity of the
year, Help for Heroes.
Gentle’s men will then host rivals
Hull KR at the KC Stadium
on Good Friday in a
fixture that will offer
supporters bags of
additional pre-match
entertainment in
West Park, while
the following week
there will be some
bargain prices
on tickets for
the club’s junior
supporters as part of
a family theme scheduled for the clash
with Catalan Dragons on Sunday, April 7.
It also happened to be one of the most
iconic moments of 2012 for Black and
Whites supporters.
Fast forward six months and plans are
already underway behind the scenes at
Hull FC to ensure 2013 offers memories
as equally stirring during a season that
is tipped to be one of the club’s most
exciting in Super League to date.
With seven new signings arriving to
bolster Peter Gentle’s squad for the new
campaign, hopes are high the Airlie Birds
can build on a first play-off victory in five
years last season and repeat an impressive
home record that saw them lose just once
on their own turf in the competition in
2012.
The Black and Whites will then welcome
Wigan Warriors to East Yorkshire later
that month in a repeat of last season’s St
George’s Day fixture, while the beginning
of July will then see Gentle’s men take
on Wakefield in front of the Sky Sports
cameras on a Monday night with
the game taking on an Armed Forces
theme.
But while fans will be hoping the arrival
of the likes of England international
Gareth Ellis and former Canterbury
Bulldogs half back Daniel Holdsworth will
lead to plenty of entertainment out on
the field for the Old Faithful this season,
there will be just as much going on off
the pitch to get excited about.
With further details for all fixtures
due to be confirmed on www.hullfc.
com in due course, the regular rounds
of Super League will then finish on
a high against St Helens on Friday,
September 6, with the club set to
repeat last year’s hugely popular
Heritage and Memorial Weekend.
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Award-winning travel operator P&O Ferries
will continue its long-running relationship
with the Black and Whites in 2013 after
becoming the principal community partner
of the Hull FC Foundation.
Focusing on four key areas – Education,
Health and Physical Activity, Community
and Play Rugby League – it will see the firm
take its association with Hull FC and their
supporters into a record-breaking eighth
year with plans to cover a wide range
of community projects over the next 12
months.
Jenny Marshall, advertising and partnerships
acquisition manager at P&O Ferries, said, “As
part of our long standing relationship with
the club, our presence in the community and
involvement with their unrivalled charity
work has been a key and prominent focus
for us and now we can continue this work in
greater detail.
with the firm set to provide support and
work experience opportunities to young
people involved in the club’s brand new
education programme.
“Our aim is to work with the Hull FC
Foundation to provide new opportunities
to people in the area, through sport and
activity, engaging with people of all ages,
abilities and backgrounds.
It will see local people invited to take part in
various projects at the firm’s Hull site, with
P&O Ferries employees to get involved in
passing on their knowledge and expertise to
future generations.
“P&O Ferries, Hull FC and indeed rugby
league have such a significant effect on
this region, inspiring communities and we
will continue to work together to make a
considerable difference to the people of Hull
and the surrounding areas.”
Other plans include working with primary
schools during a day themed around this
year’s forthcoming Rugby League World
Cup, plus supporting the development
of the city’s first wheelchair rugby club
and continuing the foundation’s hugely
successful Thursday evening touch rugby
sessions.
As part of the partnership, P&O Ferries has
become a patron of the FC Learning Centre
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Following on from a successful pilot with
Hessle High School last year, pupils from
Sydney Smith School and Hull Trinity have
now completed the club’s new “Engage”
project.
“The ‘Engage’ programme has been wellreceived by the three schools who have
taken part and we’ve had some great
feedback from the pupils who have been
on the courses.
Supported by St Stephen’s shopping centre,
the scheme sees the Hull FC Foundation
use the power of sport to support young
people through their education via an
eight-week course based around literacy
and numeracy development.
“None of it could have been achieved
without the help of St Stephen’s and I’d
like to take this opportunity to thank
them for their continued support of this
project.”
Those taking part are encouraged to
become healthier through fitness testing,
diet analysis and improved lifestyle
choices, while participants also complete
the Rugby League Leaders course as part of
the project.
Speaking to The 18th Man, Richard
Munson, Hull FC’s head of strategic
partnerships, said, “We are delighted with
the results of the project so far and we are
looking forward to working with even more
schools during 2013.
have also included topics such as
budgeting, finance and interview skills.
Jim Harris, centre manager at St Stephen’s
added, “We couldn’t be happier with the
way ‘Engage” has developed and we are
looking forward to playing our part in its
future delivery.”
As part of the scheme, the
year 9 and 10 pupils take
part in sessions at the KC
Stadium and the club’s
Bonus Youth Performance
and Community Centre,
as well as team bonding
and leadership courses in
Raywell.
With a focus on health
awareness, leadership skills,
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1The Magic Weekend fixture between
Hull and Hull KR in 2012 was held at
the .............. Stadium.
5The first Super League meeting
between Hull FC and Hull KR this
season will come in round ..............
3Ex-Black and Whites back rower Chris
.............. is now on the coaching staff
of Hull KR.
2Hull FC forward Ben Galea played for
Wests .............. before joining Hull KR
in time for the 2008 Super League
season.
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Name: George Painter
Age: 9
Favourite player:
Tom Briscoe
England
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1The surname of one of Hull FC’s assistant
coaches.
3This year’s Magic Weekend will be held at
this stadium.
5He scored his first Hull FC try last week
since crossing the river.
6Signed for St Helens for 2013.
7Signed from Castleford Tigers this season.
8The opponents in the first home game of
the 2013 Super League season.
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Can you complete the names of
these current Hull FC and Hull KR
players who have played for both
clubs during their careers?
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2 He’s in his testimonial year.
4 His favourite number is now his squad number.
Can you spot the
seven differences?
Joe Westerman’s favourite
player growing up was
none other than cu
Hul FC skipper Andy rrLyenncth!
Name: Jonathon Rhodes
Age: 13
Favourite player: Joe Westerman
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Ben Galea, Graeme Horne, Josh Hodgson
4Lee .............. scored Hull FC’s first try
in the Good Friday victory over Hull KR
last season.
Which Three Hull FC
players make up this
new signing?
ANSWERS:Shannon
McDonnell, Danny
Houghton and
Gareth Ellis
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Danny Tickle
My Favourite...
Danny Tickle’s most memorable match came in front of 82,821
people at the iconic Wembley Stadium in 2008. It was, of course,
Hull FC’s 28-16 defeat to St Helens in the Challenge Cup final
– the third major final of his career after experiencing cup and
Grand Final heartache with Wigan.
Yet despite once again ending up on the losing side with the
Black and Whites, that hot Saturday afternoon in August remains
a cherished memory for Tickle and one of the highlights of his
illustrious career.
“Maybe favourite game is the wrong way to describe it,
but that Challenge Cup final with Hull was one match I’ll not
forget,” said Tickle, who slotted two touchline conversions in
the match.
“I remember watching the cup finals as a kid at Wembley and
never had the chance to go down and see it. For it to be my first
visit, and at the new Wembley as well, was a proud moment and
while it was disappointing to be on the losing side, to get the
chance to play there was something I’ll always
cherish.”
Favourite teammate:
Lynchy, because he
always makes me a
good coffee!
Favourite
animal:
A dog!
Favourite
colour:
Black
Favourite
in another spplaoyer
Ronnie O’Sul ivrt:
an
The game itself saw the Black
and Whites travel to the capital
to take on a St Helens side that
entered the game as red hot
favourites having not been beaten
in the competition since a defeat to
Hull at the semi-final stage three years
before.
Trailing 10-0 at half time, a Kirk Yeaman double
midway through the second period had the Old
Faithful dreaming of memorable upset, only for
Saints to respond with a late surge that would see them
pick up the trophy for the third consecutive year.
Gareth Raynor scored a late consolation but there would be no
repeat of Hull’s memorable triumph in Cardiff in 2005 as their cup
dreams came to a halt at the final hurdle.
“The game just turned on its head so quickly and that’s what can
happen in rugby. We took the lead and couldn’t hang on to it, but
the chance to go down there with my family was a special day.
“Of course, it would have been better if we’d won, but I’d like to
think that one day I’ll be able to look back on a final where I’ve
come out on the winning side.”
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“I remember we got a couple of tries to take the lead, but they
went over again in the corner not long after and then Jon Wilkin
charged a kick down to score under the posts,” Tickle recalls.
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Vice Presidents
Association
FCEVOICES
Hull FC and supporters club FC
Voices presented the first fans
forum of 2013 at the KC Stadium
on Wednesday, with new signings
Gareth Ellis and Daniel Holdsworth the
star attraction for Black and Whites
supporters.
More than 450 tickets were snapped
up by fans for the event, while
hundreds more tuned in from home
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via a free live stream on www.hullfc.
com ahead of the new Super League
season.
With owner Adam Pearson, head
coach Peter Gentle and director of
rugby Shaun McRae also on the panel,
there were a range of topics up for
discussion on the night.
The highlights included reaction to
the club’s 26-6 victory over Castleford
on Sunday, comparisons between
Super League and the NRL and the
progression of the club’s talented
young stars through to the first team.
The Black and Whites and FC Voices
have once again planned to host
another forum during 2013, with more
details set to be announced on www.
hullfc.com in due course.
There was also various club mementos given to the association
for their sponsorships over the years such as and signed balls
and shirts, pens, pencils, badges and paper weigts, we well as
photos recording the many different shirt designs since the
club’s inception.
Of course, supporters also kindly provided mementos from the
last game at The Boulevard in 2002 while one Vice President
contributed a family photo album with pictures relating to the
1985 Cup Final at Wembley against Wigan when she took her
three-month-old son to the fixture.
It also showed pictures of the establishing of the 1985 Society
and the first draw of the club’s inaugural lottery which was a
forerunner of today’s Lucky13 scheme.
However, the highlight of the exhibit was a great surprise, with
the Vice Presidents allowed to display a 1920s Hull FC ledger
recording the Share Issue of the club at that time. Many of the
visitors were interested in the ledger, and one visitor actually
found the details of a share issue to his father.
All in all, it was a great event enjoyed by many visitors and
exhibitors alike. The enjoyment was much improved by the
musical talents of one Sammy Lloyd, who came over from
Castleford to entertain us with his unique style of ukele playing,
and the association would like to thank the many contributors
for making it an interesting and eventful day.
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FANS TUNE IN
TO FIRST FORUM OF 2O13
In early September, the Vice Presidents took part in the
Hull FC Heritage Day at the KC Stadium in an event that
proved so popular, it looks set to return once again in
2013.
Well attended by Black and Whites supporters, there
were hundreds of items on display across a weekend
centred around the home fixture against Castleford Tigers
in the final round of Super League.
A fitting way to celebrate the Vice Presidents’ 35th
anniversary of supporting Hull FC, it saw a range of
memorabilia showcased including photographs, old replica
shirts and programmes, with one example dating back to
the Challenge Cup final at Wembley during the 1950s.
Along with various ties, shirts and badges worn by the
VPs over the years, other highlights included a variety of
rugby league magazines from over the years - many with
articles about the club and its players - while there were
also highly valued contributions from former players.
One of the more unusual items on display was a cheque
provided by ex-forward Richard Wilson for the princely
sum of £7.50 for his appearance in an end of season game,
while former Hull academy starlet Jez Cassidy lent his
under 21s Great Britain shirt for the exhibition.
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SUB
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TRIES
GOALS
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PTS
SUB
TOTAL
TRIES
GOALS
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PTS
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
17 L.Watts
01.07.12
10 2
12
1
0
0
0 16 Sep 2012
2 J.Crookes
-
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
19 J.Pitts
06.04.12
9 13 22 0
0
0
0
-
3 J.Arundel
-
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
20 P.Johnson
-
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
0
11
11
2
0
0
8 8 Sep 2012
0
STATATTACK
SUPER LEAGUE XVIII & CHALLENGE CUP 2O13
COMP
OPPONENTS
VENUE
Feb 1st
SL XVIII
LEEDS RHINOS
AWAY
Feb 8th
SL XVIII
BRADFORD BULLS
HOME
Feb 15th
SL XVIII
ST HELENS
AWAY
Feb 23rd
SL XVIII
WARRINGTON WOLVES
HOME
Mar 2nd
SL XVIII
WIDNES VIKINGS
AWAY
Mar 8th
SL XVIII
CASTLEFORD TIGERS
HOME
AWAY
Mar 16th
SL XVIII
HUDDERSFIELD GIANTS
Mar 23rd
SL XVIII
LONDON BRONCOS
AWAY
Mar 29th
SL XVIII
HULL KINGSTON ROVERS
HOME
Apr 1st
SL XVIII
WAKEFIELD WILDCATS
AWAY
Apr 7th
SL XVIII
CATALAN DRAGONS
HOME
SALFORD CITY REDS
AWAY
Apr 14th
SL XVIII
Apr 20/21
CC Rnd 4
Apr 26th
SL XVIII
WIGAN WARRIORS
HOME
May 3rd
SL XVIII
LONDON BRONCOS
HOME
May 11/12
CC Rnd 5
May 19th
SL XVIII
WARRINGTON WOLVES
May 25th
SL XVIII
HULL KINGSTON ROVERS
May 31st
SL XVIII
LEEDS RHINOS
Jun 8th
SL XVIII
CATALAN DRAGONS
AWAY
Jun 23rd
SL XVIII
CASTLEFORD TIGERS
AWAY
July 1st
SL XVIII
WAKEFIELD WILDCATS
HOME
July 7th
SL XVIII
HUDDERSFIELD GIANTS
HOME
July 13/14
CC QF
BRADFORD BULLS
LEFT
CENTRE
LEFT
WING
DEBUT
4 K.Yeaman
19.08.01 255 18 273 145 0
0 580 29 July 2012
21 C.Green
30.03.12
5 T.Briscoe
08.02.08 113 4 117 73
6 D.Holdsworth
-
0
0 292 22 Sep 2012
22 J.Bowden
24.02.12
0
7
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
23 B.Crooks
15.04.12
13 3
16
7
0
0 28 22 Sep 2012
25 1
26
0
7 B.Seymour
19.02.12
8 M.O’Meley
06.02.10 55 8
-
-
7
0
0 28 3 Aug 2012
24 L.Kent
07.05.11
0
6
6
0
0
0
0
0
0 40 8 Sep 2012
25 T.Lineham
23.07.12
4
1
5
4
0
0
16 12 Aug 2012
90 50 140 16
13.07.07
10 A.Lynch
05.02.12 28 2
-
0
63 10
9 D.Houghton
11 G.Ellis
LAST TRY
0
0
-
0
0 64 8 Sep 2012
26 D.Nicklas
23.04.10
2
8
10
0
0
0
0
-
30
3
0
0
12 16 Sep 2012
27 J.Briscoe
-
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
0
0
0
0
0
28 J.Cunningham
14.07.12
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
-
-
12 D.Tickle
11.02.07 156 1 157 44 516 1 1209 3 June 2012
29 J.Shaul
-
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
13 J.Westerman
13.02.11
0 110 1 Sep 2012
30 D.Hadley
-
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
2 280 23 July 2012
31 A.Starling
-
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
0
32 R.Wilson
-
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
10 3
13
5
0
0 20 16 Sep 2012
14 R.Whiting
15 B.Galea
16 R.Horne
36 10 46 15 25
20.02.04 146 48 194 60 19
-
0
0
0
0
0
16.04.99 332 15 347 124 12
0
-
7 527 16 Sep 2012
33 A.Heremaia
24.06.12
STAND
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PROP
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ATT
AWAY
HOME
July 21st
SL XVIII
CC SF
Aug 2nd
SL XVIII
WIDNES VIKINGS
Aug 11th
SL XVIII
HULL KINGSTON ROVERS
AWAY
Aug 16th
SL XVIII
SALFORD CITY REDS
HOME
Aug 24th
AWAY
CC Final
HOME
Aug 30th
SL XVIII
WIGAN WARRIORS
AWAY
Sep 6th
SL XVIII
ST HELENS
HOME
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