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Hull F.C.
Club information
Full nameHull Football Club
Nickname(s)Black & Whites
The Airlie Birds
Short nameHull
ColoursBlack and White
Founded1865; 159 years ago (1865)
Websitehullfc.com
Current details
Ground(s)
ChairmanAndrew Thirkhill
David Hood
CoachJohn Cartwright
CaptainCarlos Tuimavave[1]
CompetitionSuper League
2024 season11th
Current season
Uniforms
Home colours
Third colours
Records
Championships6 (1920, 1921, 1936, 1956, 1958, 1983)
Challenge Cups5 (1914, 1982, 2005, 2016, 2017)
Other honours12

Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Hull play their home games at the MKM Stadium and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league

Hull have won the League Championship six times and Challenge Cup five times.

The clubs traditional home colours are white shirts with black hoops and black shorts. The City of Hull is split in two by the River Hull with Hull F.C. representing the West side and cross city rivals Hull Kingston Rovers representing the East side.

History

Early years

The club was formed in 1865 by a group of ex-schoolboys from York, most notably Anthony Bradley, who had been at Rugby School. The founders used to meet at the Young Men's Fellowship, at St Mary's Church, Lowgate. The vicar at that time was the Reverend Scott and his five sons made up the nucleus of the team. The club immediately took on members who were plumbers and glaziers. Soon another team, Hull White Star, was formed and the two clubs merged. Hull Football Club was one of the first clubs in the north of England to join the Rugby Football Union.

Hull F.C., then nicknamed the All Blacks, were one of the initial 22 clubs to form the Northern Union after the acrimonious split from the Rugby Football Union in 1895. The club moved from East Hull to the Hull Athletic Club at the Boulevard in 1895, and subsequently played their first ever match there in September of that year. 8,000 people turned out to witness the first club's match in which Hull F.C. beat Liversedge RFC. The Oxford-educated Cyril Lemprière (1870–1939), who also played for Yorkshire, was captain of Hull during the 1895–96 and 1897–98 season.[3][4]

The early years of the Northern Union saw Hull F.C. prosper, and their black and white irregular hooped jerseys, which they adopted in 1909, became one of the most famous and feared strips in the league. Between 1908 and 1910, Hull F.C. lost three consecutive Challenge Cup Finals. In the first; they failed to score against Hunslet who would go on to win All Four Cups whilst in the second they failed to score against Wakefield Trinity. In the third final of 1910, they held Leeds to a 7–7 draw at Fartown, Huddersfield but were heavily beaten in the replay held two days later.

Hull team of 1914 with the Challenge Cup won that season

In 1913, they paid a world record £600, plus £14 per match, to Hunslet for Billy Batten, one of only seventeen players, and the only representative from Hull F.C., so far inducted into the British Rugby League Hall of Fame. A year later the Airlie Birds won their first Challenge Cup, beating Huddersfield in the semi-final and Wakefield Trinity in the final held in Halifax. Playing alongside Billy on that day was John "Jack" Harrison VC, MC who scored a try. Harrison scored 52 tries in the 1914–5 season, a club record that still stands.[5] Twelve Hull F.C. players were killed during the First World War.

Australian Jim Devereux became the first player to score 100 tries for Hull.[6]

In 1920, Batten was once again key in Hull F.C.'s first ever Championship Final, scoring the only try in the 3–2 victory over Huddersfield.

The early-1920s were bittersweet years for the club. In 1921, Hull F.C. lost the Yorkshire County Cup but won the county championship, both against rivals Hull Kingston Rovers. Hull F.C. could not match the successes of 1914, losing a further two consecutive cup finals in 1922 and 23 to Rochdale Hornets and Leeds respectively, but they managed to win the Yorkshire County Cup in 1923 and finish top of the league.

In the early 1930s, Hull F.C. had a full back and goal kicker called Joe Oliver. Oliver was so dependable with the boot that the crowd at one match spontaneously started singing the Gene Autry song, Old Faithful, at him. Hull F.C. supporters adopted the song as their battle cry from then on.

Hull F.C.'s record attendance was set in 1936 when 28,798 turned up for the visit of Leeds for a third round Challenge cup match.

Post-Second World War

The 1952 Kangaroos visited the Boulevard on Monday 8 September. They had opened their tour with a victory at Keighley two days earlier, and they continued their winning run with a 28–0 victory over Hull F.C..

In 1955, the black Welshman Roy Francis became the first black professional coach in any British team sport, when he switched from playing on the wing to coaching Hull F.C..

Hull F.C. team won the league championship in 1956 when Colin Hutton kicked a last-minute penalty in the final against Halifax at Maine Road, Manchester. Hull F.C. won the play-offs again in 1958, against Workington Town. They also won the European Club championship in 1957 and lost in the cup finals at Wembley in 1959 and 1960. These triumphs healed the wound of two successive Yorkshire County Cup Final defeats in 1955 and 1957. They lost in two further Challenge Cup finals to Wigan and Wakefield Trinity in 1959 and 1960. All these reverses, when one hand had been grasping so many trophies, gave Hull F.C. a steely resolve and a thirst for success.

Johnny Whiteley became player coach in October 1963. When Roy Francis retired as Hull F.C. coach in 1965, Whiteley took over as coach. Hull F.C. lost to Wakefield Trinity 17–10 victory in the 1968 Rugby Football League Championship final at Headingley on 4 May 1968. Whiteley resigned in 1970 to coach Hull Kingston Rovers. Ivor Watts was then appointed coach from 1970 to 1971 of which Hull F.C. won 28 matches and lost 17.

With the coaching appointment of Arthur Bunting in 1978, Hull F.C. began a period of dominance. Hull F.C. won all of their 26 Division Two matches in 1978–79, the only time a club has won all of its league matches in a season and returning to the top flight. The Airlie Birds lost the 1980 Challenge Cup final against Hull Kingston Rovers 10–5 and never won at Wembley until 2016. It was reputed that a makeshift sign was left on the A63 (the major westerly road out of Hull) that read "last one out turn the lights off!" due to most of the city travelling to Wembley for the final. In 1982, Hull F.C., crushed by Widnes in the Premiership Final, avenged the defeat with an 18–9 Challenge Cup replay win at Elland Road.

MKM Stadium

Hull F.C. eventually won the league in 1983 and also reached the Premiership final, the Challenge Cup final and the Yorkshire County Cup Final, but the latter trophy would be their only reward from the three finals. They lost to Featherstone Rovers at Wembley in one of the great Challenge Cup final upsets and they also lost the Premiership final three years running.[7]

The signing of Australian Peter Sterling, a 2006 inductee into the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame, maintained HullF.C.’s strength, and Bunting's men went to their third successive Yorkshire Cup beating Hull KR 29–12, but were edged out in arguably the greatest ever Challenge Cup Final in 1985 by Wigan at Wembley Stadium with a score of 28 to 24 in Wigan's favour. The game was played in front 99,801 fans, the rugby league attendance record for Wembley. A number of subsequent coaches, such as Brian Smith (1988–90) failed to deliver consistent success. Hull F.C. lost the Premiership final in 1989 to Widnes, but two years later returned to beat them 14–4 at Old Trafford under coach Noel Cleal.

Royce Simmons moved to England to coach Hull F.C. for two seasons from 1992 to 1994.[8][9] In June 1993, financial trouble forced Hull F.C. to put seven players on the transfer list and Royce Simmons ran five marathons to raise money to pay for players from Australia.

Summer era

In 1996, the first tier of British rugby league clubs played the inaugural Super League season and changed from a winter to a summer season.[10] As the sport in Britain entered a new era, controversy was sparked in the city of Hull when it was suggested that Hull F.C. should merge with Hull Kingston Rovers to form 'Humberside'. Hull F.C.'s shareholders gave the idea general approval but it was ultimately resisted.[11] In February 1997, the club like many other rugby league clubs, re-branded as the Hull Sharks.[12] The newly-rebranded team finished below the cut-off point of 10th in the existing top flight and so were excluded from the new Super League.

Phil Sigsworth joined the club in 1996 and coached them to the First Division championship title and promotion to Super League in 1997 but struggled to compete in the top division. Off-field issues in 1999 saw the club offered a merger with Gateshead Thunder. Hull were offered £1.25 million as part of the agreement. At the start of the 2000 Super League season however, the club reverted to the name Hull F.C. and continued to play at The Boulevard without any acknowledgement towards Gateshead. A new Gateshead Thunder would be formed for the 2001 Premiership season. Ex-St. Helens coach Shaun McRae who remained at the helm until 2004.[13]

After 107 years at the Boulevard, Hull F.C. moved in January 2003 to a £44 million state-of-the-art council-owned Kingston Communications Stadium, more commonly known as the KC Stadium and the rejuvenation of the club continued. Although they are joint tenants at the stadium alongside the city's football club Championship side Hull City : the two teams sharing use of the stadium, Hull F.C. have been forced to play a cup match away at Doncaster to avoid two matches clashing. Shaun McRae left the club to return to Australia at the end of the 2004 season; he was replaced by former England coach John Kear, who had previously been McRae's deputy.

In his first season at the club, Kear led Hull F.C. to the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final for the first time since 1985. Hull F.C. defeated Leeds 25–24 in a thrilling final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium to lift the trophy. Paul Cooke's 77th minute try, which was converted by Danny Brough gave Hull a 1-point lead, which they held onto after Hull F.C. captain Richard Swain charged down a drop-goal attempt from Leeds skipper Kevin Sinfield in the dying seconds of the match.

John Kear left Hull F.C. on 3 April 2006 after a disappointing start to the season, which saw Hull F.C. lose four out of their first seven league games and also their defence of the Challenge Cup being ended at the first hurdle against the Bradford Bulls in a 23–12 defeat, to be replaced by Australian Peter Sharp who was recruited from Parramatta Eels where he was assistant coach. Between 14 April – 15 July 2006 Hull F.C. won 13 matches in succession, including a 27–26 defeat of the league leaders St Helens on 8 June 2006. The last time they beat St Helens on their ground was 18 years ago. This run ended in defeat at Harlequins RL on 23 July 2006. Hull F.C. managed to finish in second place, their highest league position in the Super League era. They lost to the league leaders St. Helens in the first Grand Final playoff game, but succeeded in reaching the final by defeating the reigning champions Bradford. Over 20,000 Hull F.C. fans travelled to Old Trafford, but again they lost out to the Saints, this time by 26–4. The overall attendance broke the Grand Final record, mainly due to the stadium's recent expansion.

For the 2007 season, Hull F.C. signed five players: Matt Sing (a prolific National Rugby League try-scorer and Australian representative), Hutch Maiava, Willie Manu, Danny Tickle and Wayne Godwin. The 'Hull Derby' also returned for the 2007 season due to Rovers' promotion from National League 1. The first of four of these derby matches was played on Easter Monday, 9 April 2007, at the KC Stadium. The game was played in front of a sell-out attendance of 23,002 and ended with a result for the Black and Whites who had been struggling early in the season. The final score was 22–14 with Sid Domic crossing the line for the Airlie Birds in the final seconds.

Hull F.C.Academy facing Leeds Academy at Headingley, May 2009

On 23 April Paul Cooke, stand-off, controversially resigned from Hull Football Club to join Hull Kingston Rovers. Cooke claimed he was out of contract as he had not signed the contract that the club had offered him. Following his departure, club chief executive David Plummer resigned. His replacement James Rule has come in for much criticism.

Hull F.C. have endured a poor 2008 season and on 19 May 2008 the club dismissed coach Peter Sharp. A week later they appointed his assistant Richard Agar as his replacement. John Sharp has since been named as an addition to the Hull F.C. coaching staff. Hull F.C. finished a poor 11th in the League in 2008, falling far short of the fans expectations, although a Challenge cup final appearance and a successful franchise application ensured the season was not a complete failure. The club announced that Australian test forward Michael Crocker will sign for the club on a three-year contract from the start of the 2008–09 season. Fullback Chris Thorman has signed a one-year deal for 2009, after leaving Huddersfield. Matty Dale, Matt Sing and James Webster were released at the end of the season, with former Hull Kingston Rovers favourite Webster having only played one game.

In March 2009 Michael Crocker was denied a visa to come to England to play for Hull F.C.. Hull F.C. announced four big name signings for the 2010 SL season: Craig Fitzgibbon, Mark O'Meley, Sean Long, and Jordan Tansey (although Tansey arrived at the club towards the end of the 2009 season, having been released early from his contract at Sydney Roosters). Several long serving players left the club at the end of the forgettable 2009 season, including Paul King, Graeme Horne, and Gareth Raynor.

Super League XV started well with five wins from the first seven games, the two losses coming away against Crusaders and Wigan Warriors. F.C. beat Hull K.R. 18–14 in the first derby of the year at Craven Park, but then followed a period of one win from five games, in which the team were convincingly knocked out of the Challenge Cup by Leeds. Hull F.C. finished the regular season in 6th place, however a convincing 21–4 home defeat by rivals Hull Kingston Rovers brought an early end to their playoff campaign.

On 22 July 2011 it was confirmed that Hull City's Head of Football Operations, Adam Pearson had purchased the entire shareholding of the club together with his close friend Mikey Drake and they had taken over full control from Kath Hetherington. In a statement on the club's website, it was also confirmed that James Rule would continue as chief executive.[14]

Richard Agar left the club at the end of the 2011 season and was replaced by Australian Peter Gentle. The 2012 season was a largely transitional one, with high player turnover and many injuries hampering the side's progress mid-season; however, the club finished a respectable 6th in the regular season. They went on to convincingly beat Huddersfield in the first round of play-off games but fell to defeat away at Warrington in the preliminary semi-finals.

For the 2013 season, Hull F.C. again finished 6th in the regular season and beat Catalans at home in the first round of the play-offs but were comprehensively beaten 76–18 by Huddersfield in the second round. Hull F.C. also reached the Challenge cup final for the first time in 5 years but were beaten 16–0 by Wigan. On 24 September 2013 Hull F.C. announced the departure of Peter Gentle with two years still remaining on his contract. It is thought the record loss to Huddersfield in the play-offs along with the poor performance at Wembley were the main factors behind his demise. The next day Hull F.C. announced that 34-year-old assistant Lee Radford would become Head Coach from 2014 and Andy Last would step up to become Lee's assistant. Former player Motu Tony became the new director of football, replacing outgoing director Shaun McRae.

In 2016, a promising beginning to the season was crushed with a 46–6 loss to Widnes. After the match, coach Lee Radford and his staff were asked to leave the changing room by the Hull F.C. squad.[15] Following this initial defeat, Hull endured a 10-game winning streak and finished on top of the Super League table. Hull FC won at Wembley Stadium for the first time in the club's history, defeating Warrington in the 2016 Challenge Cup Final and defending their title in 2017 by also defeating Wigan. Following the win at Wembley, Hull ended the 2016 season by finishing 3rd in the Super 8's; Hull later lost to Wigan in the semi-finals of the play offs.

In March 2020, Hull FC announced the departure of Lee Radford after a 38–4 home loss to Warrington Wolves.[16] It transpired to be Hull FC's final fixture before the nation was put into lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. Assistant coach Andy Last was put in interim charge of the club until the end of the 2020 season, guiding the team to the play-off semi-finals, where they were eventually upended by Wigan Warriors.[17] Last departed the club at the end of the 2020 season to take up an assistant coach role at fellow Super League club Wakefield Trinity.[18]

In November 2020, Hull FC announced that Brett Hodgson would take over as head coach of the club for the 2021 season.[19] The Australian coach won his first game of the season against the club he once played for, Huddersfield Giants.[20]

Hull FC played their first match in front of spectators following the COVID-19 lockdown on 17 May 2021. They were defeated 27–10 by Catalans Dragons at home.[21]

Hull F.C. started the 2021 Super League season in strong fashion, only losing once in their opening seven games. However, the club ended the season winning only once in their last nine matches. This saw Hull F.C. finish the year in 8th place on the table.[22]

Hull F.C. finished the 2022 Super League season in 9th place on the table. Head coach Brett Hodgson resigned from his post and was replaced by Tony Smith for the 2023 season.[23]

Hull F.C. started the 2023 Super League season with two wins in a row under new head coach Tony Smith. However, the club would then record seven successive league defeats and sat second bottom of the table by round 10 of the competition.[24] On 11 April 2024, Smith stepped down as head coach after 18 months in charge. Hull F.C. had started the 2024 Super League season poorly losing six of their first seven matches with their only victory coming in a last gasp effort against the London Broncos. Under Smith, Hull F.C. in 2024 conceded 50 points or more on three occasions.[25] The 2024 season saw the first time Hull FC lost 20 or more league fixtures since 1999.[26]

Stadiums

1895–2002: The Boulevard

Hull F.C. moved into The Boulevard shortly after the formation of the Northern Rugby Football Union. Between 1904 and 1905 the ground was shared with Hull City A.F.C. and speedway also took place during the 1940s, 1970s, and 1980s, and also had a greyhound track in 2007. The Boulevard also hosted many international rugby league games. Like a number of grounds at the time, the pitch at The Boulevard was surrounded by a Motorcycle speedway track that was also later used for Greyhound racing.

2003 – present: MKM Stadium

In 2003 Hull F.C. moved into the KC Stadium, renamed KCOM Stadium in 2016[27] and MKM Stadium in 2021,[28] which they share with Hull City for a second time in their history. The record attendance for a rugby league ground was 23,004 in 2007 when they played local rivals Hull Kingston Rovers.

Kit sponsors and manufacturers

Year Kit Manufacturer Main Shirt Sponsor
1982–1992 Umbro ABI Caravans
1992–1994 Ellgren Shopacheck
1994–1995 Pelada ABI Caravans
1996–1998 OS International Corporate Events
1999 Rossco JWE Telecom
2000 Avec
2001–2002 Exito KIT
2003 JVP
2004–2005 The Deep
2006–2012 ISC P&O Ferries
2013–2016 Hyundai
2017 Bambu Scaffolding
2018 The Goldthorpe Property Group
2019 Nationwide Concrete Flooring
2020 Atropa
2021– Hummel

Rivalries

Main article: Hull Derby

The club's main rivalry is with cross-city side Hull KR in which they contest the Hull Derby.

2025 squad

2025 Hull F.C. Squad
First team squad Coaching staff
  • 28 England Nick Staveley – PR
  • 29 England Ryan Westerman – CE
  • 30 England Callum Kemp – CE
  • 31 France Hugo Salabio – PR

Head coach

Assistant coach

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • (gk) = Goal kicker

Updated: 29 November 2024
Source(s): 2025 Squad Numbers


2024 transfers

Players In

Player From Contract Date
New Zealand Herman Ese'ese Dolphins 3 Years 14 August 2023[29]
Australia Jayden Okunbor Canterbury Bulldogs 2 Years 25 August 2023[30]
New Zealand Franklin Pele 6 September 2023[31]
England Jack Walker Hull KR 21 September 2023[32]
England Liam Tindall Leeds Rhinos 2 October 2023[33]
England Jack Ashworth Huddersfield Giants 3 October 2023[34]
England Morgan Smith Wakefield Trinity 6 October 2023[35]
France Damel Diakhate N/A[a] 1 Year 11 October 2023[36]
New Zealand Fa'amanu Brown Newcastle Knights 13 October 2023[37]

Players Out

Player To Contract Date
Tonga Chris Satae Catalans Dragons 2 years 31 May 2023[38]
Australia Jake Clifford North Queensland Cowboys 1 year 2 August 2023[39]
England Adam Swift Huddersfield Giants 3 Years 25 September 2023[40]
New Zealand Andre Savelio 2 Years 3 October 2023[41]
England Ben McNamara Leigh Leopards 16 October 2023[42]
England Brad Dwyer Warrington Wolves 2 Years 24 October 2023[43]

Players Retired

Player Date
England Scott Taylor 1 September 2023[44]
England Jamie Shaul 14 September 2023[45]

Players Released

Player Date
New Zealand Fa'amanu Brown 12 April 2024[46]
Australia Tex Hoy

Players

See also: List of Hull F.C. players

Hall of Fame inductees

The following players have been inducted into Hull F.C.'s Hall of Fame:[47]

Bill Drake · Chris Davidson · Gary Kemble · Richard Horne · Greg Mackay · Ivor Watts · James Leuluai · Jim Drake · Keith Boxall · Mick Crane · Paul Prendiville · Richard Swain · Tevita Vaikona · Trevor Skerrett · Billy Batten · Jim Kennedy · Joe Oliver · Clive Sullivan · Peter Sterling · Garry Schofield · Mick Scott · Arthur Keegan · Tommy Harris · Paul Eastwood · Phil Bell

Captains

Past coaches

Also see Category:Hull F.C. coaches.

Seasons

Super League era

Season League Play-offs Challenge Cup Other competitions Name Tries Name Points
Division P W D L F A Pts[b] Pos Top try scorer Top point scorer
1996 Division One 20 14 0 6 565 392 28 3rd R5
1997 Division One 20 18 1 1 617 228 37 1st QF
1998 Super League 23 8 0 15 421 574 16 9th R5
1999 Super League 30 5 0 25 422 921 10 13th QF
2000 Super League 28 12 1 15 630 681 25 7th R4
2001 Super League 28 20 2 6 772 630 42 3rd Lost in Preliminary Semi Final QF
2002 Super League 28 16 0 12 742 674 32 5th Lost in Elimination Playoffs R4
2003 Super League 28 13 3 12 701 577 27 7th QF
2004 Super League 28 19 2 7 843 478 40 3rd Lost in Elimination Playoffs QF
2005 Super League 28 15 2 11 756 670 32 5th Lost in Preliminary Semi Final W
2006 Super League 28 20 0 8 720 578 40 2nd Lost in Grand Final R4
2007 Super League 27 14 2 11 573 553 30 4th Lost in Preliminary Semi Final QF
2008 Super League 27 8 1 18 538 699 17 11th RU
2009 Super League 27 10 0 17 502 623 20 12th R4
2010 Super League 27 16 0 11 569 584 32 6th Lost in Elimination Playoffs R4
2011 Super League 27 13 1 13 718 569 27 8th Lost in Elimination Playoffs QF
2012 Super League 27 15 2 10 696 621 32 6th Lost in Preliminary Semi Final R4 Tom Briscoe 21 Danny Tickle 196
2013 Super League 27 13 2 12 652 563 28 6th Lost in Preliminary Semi Final RU Ben Crooks 20 Danny Tickle 120
2014 Super League 27 10 2 15 653 586 22 11th R4
2015 Super League 30 12 0 18 620 716 24 8th QF
2016 Super League 30 20 0 10 749 579 40 3rd Lost in Semi Final W
2017 Super League 30 17 1 12 714 655 35 3rd Lost in Semi Final W
2018 Super League 30 11 0 19 615 786 22 8th QF
2019 Super League 29 15 0 14 645 768 30 6th SF
2020 Super League 17 9 0 8 405 436 52.94 6th Lost in Semi Final QF
2021 Super League 21 8 1 12 409 476 40.48 8th SF
2022 Super League 27 11 0 16 508 675 22 9th QF
2023 Super League 27 10 0 17 476 654 20 10th QF
2024 Super League 27 3 0 24 328 894 6 11th R6

Honours

Major titles

Competition Wins Years won
RFL Championship First Division / Super League 6 1919–20, 1920–21, 1935–36, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1982–83
Challenge Cup 5 1913–14, 1981–82, 2005, 2016, 2017

Other titles

Competition Wins Years won
Premiership 1 1990–91
League Cup 1 1981–82
BBC2 Floodlit Trophy 1 1979–80
RFL Yorkshire League 4 1918–19, 1922–23, 1926–27, 1935–36
RFL Yorkshire Cup 5 1923–24, 1969–70, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85

Records

Player records

Career records

Team records

  • Highest score: 88–0 vs Sheffield Eagles, 2 March 2003
  • Highest against: 80–10 vs Warrington Wolves, 30 August 2018[50]
  • Highest losing margin: 71 points (71–0) vs Bradford Bulls, 1 October 2005[51]
  • Highest attendance (The Boulevard): 28,798 vs Leeds, 7 March 1936
  • Highest attendance (KC Stadium): 23,004 vs Hull KR, 2 September 2007
  • Highest attendance (Challenge Cup): 99,801 vs Wigan, 4 May 1985 (1985 Challenge Cup Final)
  • Highest attendance vs an international touring team: 16,616 vs Australia, 23 September 1948 (1948–49 Kangaroo tour)
  • Only team to have won every single league game in a season: 1979 Division Two
  • Most consecutive Super League victories: 13 games, (14 April 2006 – 15 July 2006, beating Huddersfield, Wakefield, Catalans, Wigan, Bradford, Leeds, Huddersfield, St Helens, Harlequins, Castleford, Catalans, Salford & Warrington).
  • Most consecutive Super League Losses: 13 Games, (5 May 2018 – 7 February 2019, Losing to Huddersfield, St Helens, Wakefield, Hull KR, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Warrington, Castleford, St Helens, Catalans, Wigan, Hull KR & Castleford)

Notes

  1. ^ signed a 1 year contract following his trial period at Hull
  2. ^ Win percentage for 2020 and 2021

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