2025 Hull FC season

Hull F.C. 2025 season
2025 Super League season Rank	7th
2025 record	Wins: 3; draws: 1; losses: 1
Points scored	For: 61; against: 82
Team information
Chairmen	Andrew Thirkhill David Hood
Head Coach	John Cartwright
Stadium	MKM Stadium
High attendance	14,751 Wigan Warriors, 21 February
Low attendance	9,765 Leigh Leopards, 6 March
Top scorers
Tries	Lewis Martin (3)
Goals	Aiden Sezer (8)
Points	Aiden Sezer (15)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2025 season is Hull F.C.'s 28th consecutive season playing in England's top division of rugby league. They are competing in the 2025 Super League season and the 2025 Challenge Cup.

The 2025 season sees major changes in the club's management. Following the sacking of head coach Tony Smith and assistant coach Stanley Gene during the 2024 season, Hull FC announced that former Brisbane Broncos assistant coach John Cartwright would be the club's head coach from the 2025 season. ^[1] Andy Last was also announced to be returning from the England national rugby league team to be Hull FC's assistant coach, having previously left the club in November 2020. ^[2] On 13 November 2024, chairman Adam Pearson announced that he had sold Hull F.C. to businessmen Andrew Thirkill and David Hood and was stepping down as chairman after 13 years in charge of the club. ^[3]

Preseason friendlies

Date and Time	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
1 February; 15:00 [a]	Castleford Tigers	A	The Jungle	W	16–10	Rapana, Cartwright, Bourouh	Hardaker (0/1), Westerman (2/2)		[4]

Super League

Main article: 2025 Super League season

Date and Time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Pos.	Report
14 February; 20:00 (GMT)	Round 1	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	24–4	Cust (2), Lane, Briscoe	Sezer (4/4)	9,273	Sky Sports +	2nd	[5]
21 February; 20:00	Round 2	Wigan Warriors	H	MKM Stadium	L	4–46	Martin	Sezer (0/1)	14,751	Sky Sports +	8th	[6]
28 February; 20:00	Round 3	Huddersfield Giants	A	Kirklees Stadium	W	11–10	Martin, Barron	Sezer (1/2) Drop-goals: Sezer	4,559	Sky Sports +	7th	[7]
6 March; 20:00	Round 4	Leigh Leopards	H	MKM Stadium	D	22–22 ( g.p. )	Cartwright, Barron, Ese'ese, Martin	Sezer (2/4), Lane (1 pen.)	9,765	Sky Sports Action		[8]
21 March; 20:00	Round 5	Wakefield Trinity	A	Belle Vue		–				Sky Sports
27 March; 20:00	Round 6	Castleford Tigers	A	The Jungle		–				Sky Sports
12 April; 17:30	Round 7	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium		–				Sky Sports
18 April, 12:30 (Good Friday)	Round 8 (Rivals Round)	Hull Kingston Rovers	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports Main Event
27 April, 15:00	Round 9	Wigan Warriors	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
4 May; TBC	Round 10 (Magic Weekend)	Huddersfield Giants	N	St James' Park		–				Sky Sports
16 May; 20:00	Round 11	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley Rugby Stadium		–				Sky Sports
22 May; 20:00	Round 12	Leigh Leopards	A	Leigh Sports Village		–				Sky Sports
31 May; 17:30 (GMT)	Round 13	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus		–				Sky Sports
13 June; 20:00	Round 14	Castleford Tigers	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
22 June; 15:00	Round 15	Salford Red Devils	A	Salford Community Stadium		–				Sky Sports
27 June; 20:00	Round 16	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium		–				Sky Sports
5 July; 15:00	Round 17	St Helens	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
10 July; 20:00	Round 18	Wakefield Trinity	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
19 July; 15:00	Round 19	Wigan Warriors	A	Brick Community Stadium		–				Sky Sports
26 July; 15:00	Round 20	Huddersfield Giants	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
10 August; 15:00	Round 21	Salford Red Devils	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
16 August; 17:30	Round 22	Leigh Leopards	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
22 August; 20:00	Round 23	St Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium		–				Sky Sports
30 August; 15:00	Round 24	Leeds Rhinos	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
7 September; 15:00	Round 25	Hull Kingston Rovers	A	Craven Park		–				Sky Sports
13 September; 17:30	Round 26	Warrington Wolves	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
21 September; 20:00	Round 27	Catalans Dragons	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leigh Leopards	4	3	1	0	81	38	+43	7	Advance to Semi-finals
2	St Helens	3	3	0	0	154	12	+142	6
3	Hull KR	3	3	0	0	75	30	+45	6	Advance to Eliminators
4	Hull FC	4	2	1	1	61	82	−21	5
5	Wigan Warriors	3	2	0	1	94	29	+65	4
6	Leeds Rhinos	3	2	0	1	82	44	+38	4
7	Warrington Wolves	3	2	0	1	62	72	−10	4
8	Wakefield Trinity	3	1	0	2	32	52	−20	2
9	Huddersfield Giants	3	0	0	3	32	55	−23	0
10	Catalans Dragons	3	0	0	3	22	76	−54	0
11	Castleford Tigers	3	0	0	3	48	103	−55	0
12	Salford Red Devils	3	0	0	3	6	156	−150	0

Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2025. Source:

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2025 Challenge Cup

On 25 June 2024, the RFL announced a change to the Challenge Cup format, totalling 7 rounds compared to the previous 9, with Super League teams entering to play away from home at round 3. ^[9]

Hull F.C. were drawn on 14 January to play York Acorn A.R.L.F.C., who play in the National Conference League Premier Division, following fixtures in Rounds 1 and 2 that eliminated GB Police, the London Chargers and the Oulton Raiders from contention. ^{[10] [11]} The fixture was originally set to be played away at the Acorn Sport and Social Club on Thanet Road, York, however the venue was changed to Featherstone Rovers' Post Office Road ground due to the expense involved in York Acorn preparing their ground for Hull F.C. ^[12]

Following their victory against York, Hull F.C. were drawn on 15 February to play Wigan Warriors away at the Brick Community Stadium on 15 March. ^{[13] [14]}

Date and time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
8 February; 14:00	Round 3	York Acorn	N	Post Office Road	W	52–6	Martin (3), Barron (2), Cust, Asiata, Balmforth, Kemp	Westerman (8/9)		Not televised	[15]
15 March; 17:45	Round 4	Wigan Warriors	A	Brick Community Stadium		–				BBC iPlayer

Transfers

Gains

Player	Club	Contract	Date
John Asiata	Leigh Leopards	3 Years	May 2024 [16]
Yusuf Aydin	Hull Kingston Rovers	2 Years	May 2024 [17]
Jordan Abdull	Hull Kingston Rovers	3 Years	June 2024 [18]
Amir Bourouh	Salford Red Devils	3 Years	June 2024 [19]
Zak Hardaker	Leigh Leopards	2 Years	July 2024 [20]
Ed Chamberlain	Leigh Leopards	3 Years	July 2024 [21]
Oliver Holmes	Leigh Leopards	2 Years	July 2024 [21]
Jordan Rapana	Canberra Raiders	2 Years	September 2024 [22]
Aidan Sezer	Wests Tigers	2 Years	September 2024 [23]
Cade Cust	Salford Red Devils	2 Years	October 2024 [24]
Hugo Salabio	Huddersfield Giants	2 Years	December 2024 [25]
Liam Knight	South Sydney Rabbitohs	1 Year	March 2025 [26]
Liam Watts	Castleford Tigers	1 Year	March 2025 [27]

Loans in

Player	Club	Loan period	Date
Sam Eseh	Wigan Warriors	End of season	February 2025 [28]

Losses

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Jack Brown	Hull Kingston Rovers	2 Years	May 2024 [17]
Cameron Scott	Wakefield Trinity	2 Years + 1 Year	June 2024 [29]
Jake Trueman	Wakefield Trinity	3 Years	August 2024 [30]
Danny Houghton	N/A	Retirement	August 2024 [31]
Mitieli Vulikijapani	TBC		September 2024 [32]
King Vuniyayawa	Salford Red Devils	End of loan	September 2024 [32]
Leon Ruan	Leeds Rhinos	End of loan	September 2024 [32]
Charlie Severs	N/A		September 2024 [33]
Liam Sutcliffe	Huddersfield Giants	3 Years	September 2024 [34]
Lennon Bursell	Goole Vikings		October 2024 [35]
Mackenzie Harman	Goole Vikings		October 2024 [36]
Jeylan Hodgson	Goole Vikings		October 2024 [37]
Sully Medforth	Midlands Hurricanes	1 Year	November 2024 [38]
Kye Armstrong	TBC		November 2024 [39]
Carlos Tuimavave	Featherstone Rovers	2 Years	November 2024 [40]
Jordan Abdull	TBC	Released	January 2025 [41]
Jack Walker	Sheffield Eagles	Rolling monthly	January 2025 [42]

Squad

2025 Hull F.C. Squad

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First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Jordan Rapana – WG, CE 2 Harvey Barron – WG 3 Zak Hardaker – CE 4 Ed Chamberlain – CE 5 Tom Briscoe – WG 7 Aidan Sezer (c) – HB 8 Herman Ese'ese – PR 9 Amir Bourouh – HK 10 Ligi Sao – PR, SR 11 Jed Cartwright – SR 12 Jordan Lane – SR, LF 13 John Asiata (vc) – LF		14 Cade Cust – HB 15 Oliver Holmes – SR 16 Yusuf Aydin – PR 17 Jack Ashworth – SR 19 Brad Fash – PR, LF, SR 20 Davy Litten – FB, WG 21 Will Gardiner – LF, PR 22 Lewis Martin – WG 23 Logan Moy – FB 24 Jack Charles – FB, HB 25 Denive Balmforth – HK 26 Zach Jebson – SR 27 Matty Laidlaw – PR		29 Ryan Westerman – CE 30 Callum Kemp – CE 31 Hugo Salabio – PR 32 Will Kirby – SR 33 Will Hutchinson – HK 34 Lloyd Kemp – FB 35 Joe Ward – WG 36 Owen Haldenby – PR 37 Lennon Clark – SR 38 Lennon Clark – SR 39 Ben Johnson – CE Liam Knight – PR, LF Liam Watts – PR				Head coach John Cartwright Assistant coaches Andy Last Simon Grix Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) = suspended = injured (gk) = Goal kicker Updated: 29 November 2024 Source(s): 2025 Squad Numbers

Notes

1. Joe Westerman's testimonial match

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