2020 Hull FC season

2020 Hull FC season
Super League Rank	6th
Challenge Cup	Quarter-final; (lost to Wigan Warriors 4–36)
2020 record	Wins: 10; draws: 0; losses: 9
Points scored	For: 405; against: 436
Team information
CEO	Andy Last
Captain	Danny Houghton
Stadium	KCOM Stadium
Avg. attendance	10,843
Agg. attendance	54,215
High attendance	19,599
Low attendance	0
Top scorers
Tries	Jamie Shaul & Ratu Naulago (7 Each)
Goals	Marc Sneyd (55 +5 DG)
Points	Sneyd (123)
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This article details the Hull FC's rugby league football club's 2020 season.

Fixtures and results

  Win  Draw  Loss

• All fixtures are subject to change

Challenge Cup

Date and time	Rnd	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
13 September 2020, 15:00	6	Castleford Tigers	A	Totally Wicked Stadium	W	29–16	Tuimavave (2), Albert Kelly, Naulago	Connor (6) +1DG	0 [a]	BBC One
19 September 2020, 17:00	QF	Wigan Warriors	A	AJ Bell Stadium	4–36	Fonua	—N/a	0 [a]		BBC Two

Regular season

Date and time	Rnd	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
2 February, 16:45	1	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley	W	30–4	Tuimavave, Naulago (2), Bowden, Shaul	Sneyd (5)	19,500	Sky Sports
7 February, 19:45	2	Hull KR	H	KCOM Stadium		25–16	Connor, Houghton, Sneyd, Griffin	Sneyd (4) +1 DG	19,599
16 February, 15:00	3	St. Helens	H	KCOM Stadium	L	18–32	Tuimavave (2), Shaul	Sneyd (3)	12,399	—N/a
23 February, 15:00	4	Wigan Warriors	A	DW Stadium		12–26	Swift, Griffin	Sneyd (2)	12,005
1 March, 15:00	5	Catalans Dragons	H	KCOM Stadium		29–34	Fonua (2), Tuimavave, Shaul, Ma'u	Sneyd (4) +1DG	12,003
6 March, 19:45	6	Wakefield Trinity	A	The Mobile Rocket Stadium	W	27–26 [b]	Fonua, Buchanan, Kelly	Sneyd (5) +1DG	5,528
12 March, 19:45	7	Warrington Wolves	H	KCOM Stadium	L	4–38	Buchanan	—N/a	10,214	Sky Sports
9 August 2020, 13:00	8	Salford Red Devils	A	Emerald Headingley [c]		18–54	Kelly, Ma'u, Shaul	Sneyd (3)	0 [a]
18 October 2020, 15:00 [d]	9	Castleford Tigers	H	KCOM Stadium	W	48–6	Naulago (2), Savelio, Connor, Faraimo, Houghton, Tuimavave, Ma'u	Sneyd (7), Connor	0 [a]	Sky Sports
30 August 2020, 16:15	10	Huddersfield Giants	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium [c]		31–12	Kelly, Sneyd, Griffin, Brown, Fonua	Sneyd (5) +1DG
4 September 2020, 20:15	11	Warrington Wolves	A	Emerald Headingley [c]	L	12–37	Griffin, Tuimavave	Sneyd (2)	0 [a]	Sky Sports
10 September 2020, 18:00	12	Wakefield Trinity	A	Totally Wicked Stadium [c]	W	26–23	Lane (2), Swift (2), Savelio	Connor (3)	0 [a]	Sky Sports
24 September 2020, 18:00	13	Salford Red Devils	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium [c]	L	22–28	Shaul (2), Savelio, Lane	Connor (3)	0 [a]	Sky Sports
1 October 2020, 19:45	14	Castleford Tigers	A	The Mend-A-Hose Jungle	W	32–28	Scott, Johnstone, Satae, McNamara, Connor	Sneyd (6)	0 [a]	Sky Sports
8 October 2020, 19:45	15	Leeds Rhinos [e]	A	Emerald Headingley [c]	L	22–40	Fonua, Savelio, Brown, Griffin	Sneyd (3)	0 [a]	Sky Sports
13 October 2020, 17:30	16	Huddersfield Giants	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	18–16	Naulago, Fonua, Faraimo	Sneyd (3)	0 [a]	Sky Sports
C–C [f] [g]	17	Catalans Dragons	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
29 October 2020, 19:45	19	Hull KR	A	Totally Wicked Stadium [c]	W	31–16	Bowden Naulago (2), Faraimo (2), Sao,	Sneyd (3)	0 [a]	Sky Sports

Play-offs

Date and time	Rnd	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
13 November 2020, 19:45	Elim	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	27–14	Faraimo (2), Satae, Cator, Connor	Sneyd (5) +1DG	0 [a]	Sky Sports
20 November 2020, 19:45	SF	Wigan Warriors	A	DW Stadium	L	2–29	—N/a	Sneyd	0 [a]	Sky Sports

1. Match Played behind closed doors, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
2. After golden-point extra time
3. all games resumed behind closed doors, at neutral venues due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
4. As a result of at least six Hull F.C. players testing positive for COVID-19, round 9 matches involving Hull F.C. and their opponents, Salford Red Devils, were postponed, and the fixture list was reversed for this round, with Castleford now set to play St Helens, whilst Wakefield will now play Catalans. ^[1]
5. Leeds were originally due to play Castleford, but Castleford were stood down on 7 October after three players tested positive for Covid-19 and six more ordered to isolate. This left Castleford with just 14 fit players to form a team, so now they will play Hull in Round 18 instead. ^[2]
6. Match postponed on 21 October after five Catalans players and two members of the coaching staff tested positive for Covid-19. ^[3]
7. Match cancelled after Super League meeting on 3 November rescheduled the play-offs and ended the regular season early. ^[4]

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PP	Pts	PCT	Qualification [a]
1	Wigan Warriors (L)	17	13	0	4	408	278	146.8	26	76.47	Semi-finals
2	St Helens (C)	17	12	0	5	469	195	240.5	24	70.59
3	Warrington Wolves [A]	17	12	0	5	365	204	178.9	24	70.59	Elimination semi-finals
4	Catalans Dragons	13	8	0	5	376	259	145.2	16	61.54
5	Leeds Rhinos	17	10	0	7	369	390	94.6	20	58.82
6	Hull F.C.	17	9	0	8	405	436	92.9	18	52.94
7	Huddersfield Giants [B]	18	7	0	11	318	367	86.6	14	38.89
8	Castleford Tigers	16	6	0	10	328	379	86.5	12	37.50
9	Salford Red Devils [A]	18	8	0	10	354	469	75.5	10 [b]	27.78 [b]
10	Wakefield Trinity	19	5	0	14	324	503	64.4	10	26.32
11	Hull Kingston Rovers	17	3	0	14	290	526	55.1	6	17.65

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
Notes:

1. Where teams have the same win percentage, position is decided by points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded). ^[5]
2. Salford deducted 3 wins by the Rugby Football League for failing to meet the terms of a financial commitment agreed in 2013. ^[8]

Player statistics

# Player Position Tries Goals DG Points Red Cards Yellow Cards 1 Jamie Shaul Fullback 4 0 0 16 0 0 2 Bureta Faraimo Wing 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Carlos Tuimavave Centre 4 0 0 16 0 0 4 Josh Griffin Centre 2 0 0 8 0 1 5 Adam Swift Wing 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 Jake Connor Stand-off 1 0 0 4 0 0 7 Marc Sneyd Scrum-half 1 23 3 53 0 0 8 Scott Taylor Prop 0 0 0 4 0 0 9 Danny Houghton Hooker 1 0 0 4 0 0 10 Chris Satae Prop 0 0 0 4 0 0 11 Josh Jones Second-row 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Manu Ma'u Second-row 1 0 0 4 0 0 13 Ligi Sao Second-row 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Albert Kelly Fullback 1 0 0 4 0 0 15 Joe Cator Centre 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Jordan Johnstone Hooker 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Masimbaashe Matongo Prop 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Brad Fash Second-row 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Jordan Lane Second-row 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Josh Bowden Loose forward 1 0 0 4 0 0 23 Andre Savelio Loose forward 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Mahe Fonua Centre 3 0 0 12 0 0 25 Connor Wynne Fullback 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Liam Harris Scrum-half 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Lewis Bienek Prop 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Gareth Ellis Loose forward 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Jack Brown Prop 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Cameron Scott Centre 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Ratu Naulago Wing 2 0 0 8 0 0 33 Kieran Buchanan Wing 1 0 0 4 0 0

• As of Round 6 (6 March 2020)

2020 squad

2020 Hull F.C. Squad

First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Jamie Shaul – FB 2 Bureta Faraimo – WG 3 Carlos Tuimavave – CE, SO 4 Josh Griffin – CE, WG 5 Adam Swift – WG 6 Jake Connor – SO, CE, FB 7 Marc Sneyd – SH, SO, FB 8 Scott Taylor – PR (vc) 9 Danny Houghton (c) – HK 10 Tavita Satae – PR, SR 11 Josh Jones – SR 12 Manu Ma'u – SR 13 Ligi Sao – SR		14 Albert Kelly – FB, SH, SO 15 Joe Cator – CE, SR 16 Jordan Johnstone – HK 18 The Old Faithful 19 Masimbaashe Matongo – PR 20 Brad Fash – SR, LF, PR 21 Jordan Lane – SR, LF 22 Josh Bowden – LF, PR 23 Andre Savelio – LF, SR 24 Mahe Fonua – CE, WG 25 Connor Wynne – FB 26 Kieran Buchanan – CE 27 Liam Harris – SH, SO		28 Lewis Bienek – PR 29 Gareth Ellis – LF, PR 29 Levy Nzoungou – PR 30 Jack Brown – PR 31 Cameron Scott – CE 33 Ratu Naulago – WG				Head coach TBC Assistant coaches Andy Last Richard Horne Gareth Ellis Richard Tate Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 28 January 2020 Source(s): 2020 Squad Numbers

2020 transfers

Gains

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Josh Jones	Salford Red Devils	2 years	May 2019 [10]
Adam Swift	St. Helens	2 years	May 2019 [11]
Mahe Fonua	Wests Tigers	3 years	June 2019 [12]
Manu Ma'u	Parramatta Eels	2 years	July 2019
Jordan Johnstone	Widnes Vikings	3 years	August 2019 [13]
Ligi Sao	New Zealand Warriors	2 Years	August 2019 [14]
Tevita Satae	New Zealand Warriors	2 Years	August 2019 [15]

Losses

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Cameron Scott	Leigh Centurions	Season Long Loan	January 2020
Lewis Bienek	Leigh Centurions	Season Long Loan	January 2020

References

1. "Hull & Salford weekend fixtures postponed". BBC Sport. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
2. Gordon, James (7 October 2020). "Hull step in to face Leeds after Castleford coronavirus outbreak". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
3. "Catalans v Hull FC off after positive tests". BBC Sport. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
4. "Super League play-offs brought forward". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020.
5. "2020 Betfred Super League Competition Update". Rugby Football League. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
6. "Super League: Huddersfield v Castleford, and Warrington v Salford cancelled". BBC Sport. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
7. "Huddersfield season officially over". www.giantsrl.com. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
8. "Salford Red Devils: Super League club deducted three wins over financial breach". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
10. "Josh Jones Signs for 2020! | News | Hull FC".
11. "Adam Swift: Hull FC sign St Helens winger from 2020 season". BBC Sport. 29 May 2019.
12. "Mahe Fonua: Hull FC re-sign winger on three-year contract from 2020". BBC Sport. 25 June 2019.
13. "Young Hooker Johnstone Joins for 2020! | News | Hull FC".
14. "Ligi Sao joins FC".
15. "Tevita Satae: Hull FC sign forward from NRL side New Zealand Warriors". BBC Sport. 7 August 2019.

1. Salford forfeited a game against Warrington. Under RFL operational rules, the game is recorded as a 24–0 victory for Warrington and converse loss for Salford with the points scored/conceded applying to both teams. ^[6]
2. Huddersfield were placed on standby to take the place of any of the four teams in the elimination finals should one be unable to fulfil their fixture. ^[7]

External links

• Official website