Season Preview: Hull FC
Head coach: Lee Radford
Last season: 6th (Lost to Huddersfield in preliminary semi-final)
In:
Tom Biggs (Rugby Union)
Jordan Rankin (Gold Coast)
Chris Tuson (Wigan)
Iafeta Palea’aesina (Limoux)
Jordan Thompson (Castleford)
Garreth Carvell (Bradford)
Out:
Daniel Holdsworth (Cronulla)
Ben Galea (Retired)
Mark O’Meley (Retired)
Paul Johnson (Widnes)
Tom Briscoe (Leeds)
Andy Lynch (Castleford)
Danny Tickle (Widnes)
Ryan Wilson (Doncaster)
Alex Starling (Doncaster)
Squad:
1 Shannon McDonnell FULL BACK
2 Jason Crookes WINGER
3 Ben Crooks CENTRE
4 Kirk Yeaman CENTRE
5 Tom Lineham WINGER
6 Richard Horne STAND OFF
7 Jacob Miller SCRUM HALF
8 Mickey Paea PROP FORWARD
9 Danny Houghton HOOKER
10 Chris Green PROP FORWARD
11 Gareth Ellis SECOND ROW
12 Chris Tuson SECOND ROW
13 Joe Westerman LOOSE FORWARD
14 Richard Whiting SECOND ROW
15 Joe Arundel CENTRE
16 Jordan Thompson SECOND ROW
17 Liam Watts PROP FORWARD
19 Jay Pitts LOOSE FORWARD
20 Jamie Shaul FULL BACK
21 Dean Hadley SECOND ROW
22 Josh Bowden PROP FORWARD
23 Liam Kent SECOND ROW
25 Tom Biggs WINGER
26 Iafeta Palea’aesina PROP FORWARD
29 Bobby Tyson-Wilson PROP FORWARD
30 Harry Tyson-Wilson SCRUM HALF
31 Reece Dean CENTRE
32 Fetuli Talanoa WINGER
33 Aaron Heremaia HOOKER
34 Jordan Rankin STAND OFF
Garreth Carvell PROP FORWARD
James’ prediction: 8th
View from the pitch:
Tom Lineham – “Training has been tough and we are hungry after last season. Consistency is the key for us this year, in 2013 we beat everyone except Huddersfield, so we know we’re good enough.”
