Hull Kingston Rovers 2025 season | ||||
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2025 Challenge Cup champions | ||||
2025 Super League season Rank | 1st | |||
Challenge Cup | Champions | |||
2025 record | Wins: 25; draws: 0; losses: 4 | |||
Points scored | For: 728; against: 240 | |||
Team information | ||||
Chairman | Neil Hudgell | |||
Head Coach | Willie Peters | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Craven Park | |||
High attendance | 12,169 St Helens, 29 August [a] [1] | |||
Low attendance | 10,515 Salford Red Devils, 27 February [2] | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Mikey Lewis (19) | |||
Goals | Arthur Mourgue (69) | |||
Points | Arthur Mourgue (168) | |||
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The 2025 season is Hull Kingston Rovers' ninth consecutive season playing in England's top division of rugby league. They are competing in the 2025 Super League season and competed in the 2025 Challenge Cup.
On 28 May 2024, the club announced that they would face York Knights in the Rugby League Amsterdam Challenge, a pre-season friendly held at the NRCA Stadium in Amsterdam on 25 January 2025. The match, organised in partnership with the Netherlands Rugby League Bond, aims to develop rugby league in the Netherlands, [3] [4] and was later confirmed to be the club's only pre-season friendly of 2025. [5]
Date and Time | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |
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25 January; 12:30 (GMT) | ![]() | N | NRCA Stadium | L | 12–26 | Gorman, Tennison | Richardson (2/2) | 2,715 | [6] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 24 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 728 | 240 | +488 | 40 | Advance to Semi-finals |
2 | ![]() | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 692 | 317 | +375 | 36 | |
3 | ![]() | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 570 | 272 | +298 | 34 | Advance to Eliminators |
4 | ![]() | 24 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 527 | 414 | +113 | 33 | |
5 | ![]() | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 637 | 244 | +393 | 32 | |
6 | ![]() | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 586 | 404 | +182 | 26 | |
7 | ![]() | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 479 | 415 | +64 | 25 | |
8 | ![]() | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 446 | 545 | −99 | 20 | |
9 | ![]() | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 366 | 606 | −240 | 14 | |
10 | ![]() | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 309 | 674 | −365 | 12 | |
11 | ![]() | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 340 | 705 | −365 | 10 | |
12 | ![]() | 24 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 194 | 1038 | −844 | 6 |
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. [43]
Hull Kingston Rovers were first drawn on 14 January to play the York Knights away in Round 3, with the fixture being the last to be confirmed following York's delayed Round 2 72–12 victory against the Keighley Cougars on 2 February. [44] [45] Following their victory against York, Hull Kingston Rovers beat Oldham R.L.F.C. 40–0 at home on 14 March, [46] entering them into the quarter-finals; Hull Kingston Rovers, for the first time since the first round of the 1985–86 Challenge Cup, were drawn in a Hull Derby to play Hull F.C. away at the MKM Stadium on 5 April. [47] [48]
After winning 32–16 in the quarter-final derby, Hull Kingston Rovers returned to the York Community Stadium to play the Catalans Dragons in the semi-finals on 10 May. A 36–12 victory over Catalans qualified Hull Kingston Rovers to play in the 2025 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium, where they will play the Warrington Wolves. [49] Following a closely-contended match, Hull Kingston Rovers won the final 8-6 won the Challenge Cup, ending a 40-year trophy drought since the club won the 1984–85 John Player Special Trophy. [50]
Date and time | Round | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | TV | Report |
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7 February; 19:30 | Round 3 | ![]() | A | York Community Stadium | W | 44–2 | Martin (2), Lewis (2), Hiku, Davies, Evalds, Tanginoa | Martin (6/8) | 5,369 | The Sportsman | [51] |
14 March; 20:00 | Round 4 | ![]() | H | Craven Park | W | 40–0 | Gildart (2), Davies, Whitbread, Kershaw, Leyland, Broadbent | Richardson (6/7) | Unknown [b] | Not televised | [52] |
5 April; 14:30 | Quarter-finals | ![]() | A | MKM Stadium | W | 32–16 | Burgess (2), Davies, Broadbent, Litten | Litten (5/5 + 1 pen.) | 20,226 | BBC One | [53] |
10 May; 14:30 | Semi-finals | ![]() | N | York Community Stadium | W | 36–12 | Batchelor (2), Broadbent (2), Lewis, Burgess | Lewis (5/6 + 1 pen.) | 8,402 [54] | BBC One | [49] |
7 June; 15:00 | Final | ![]() | N | Wembley Stadium | W | 8–6 | Davies | Lewis (1/1 + 1 pen.) | 63,278 [55] | BBC One | [50] |
Player | Club | Contract | Date |
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![]() | ![]() | 1 Year | February 2024 [56] |
![]() | ![]() | 2 Years | May 2024 [57] |
![]() | ![]() | 3 Years | June 2024 [58] |
![]() | ![]() | 2 Years | June 2024 [59] |
![]() | ![]() | 2 Years | July 2024 [60] |
![]() | ![]() | 1 Year | July 2024 [61] |
![]() | ![]() | 2 Years | August 2024 [62] |
![]() | ![]() | 2 Years | August 2024 [63] |
![]() | ![]() | 2 Years | November 2024 [64] |
![]() | ![]() | 2 Years | December 2024 [65] |
![]() | ![]() | 4 Years | January 2025 [66] |
![]() | ![]() | 31⁄2 Years | March 2025 [67] |
Player | Club | Loan period | Date |
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![]() | ![]() | End of season | August 2025 [68] |
![]() | ![]() | Two weeks | August 2025 [69] |
Player | Club | Contract | Date |
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![]() | ![]() | 1 Year | April 2024 [70] |
![]() | ![]() | 2 Years | May 2024 [57] |
![]() | ![]() | 2 Years | May 2024 [71] |
![]() | ![]() | 3 Years | June 2024 [72] |
![]() | ![]() | 2 Years | July 2024 [73] |
![]() | ![]() | 3 Years | August 2024 [74] |
![]() | N/A | Released | August 2024 [75] |
![]() | N/A | Released | September 2024 [76] |
![]() | ![]() | 4 Years | October 2024 [77] |
![]() | ![]() | 2 Years | November 2024 [78] |
![]() | N/A | Retirement | November 2024 [79] |
![]() | ![]() | End of Championship season | August 2025 [69] |
![]() | ![]() | 2 Years [f] | August 2025 [81] |
Player | Club | Loan period | Date |
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![]() | ![]() | End of season [g] | January 2025 [66] |
![]() | ![]() | End of season | January 2025 [66] |
![]() | ![]() | Six weeks | February 2025 [83] |
![]() | ![]() | Three weeks | February 2025 [84] |
![]() | ![]() | Two weeks [h] | April 2025 [85] |
![]() | ![]() | Two weeks | April 2025 [86] |
![]() | ![]() | End of season [i] | April 2025 [86] |
![]() | ![]() | Two weeks [j] | June 2025 [88] |
![]() | ![]() | Two weeks | July 2025 [89] |
![]() | ![]() | One week [k] | August 2025 [90] |
![]() | ![]() | One week [k] | August 2025 [90] |
First team squad | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Updated: 20 December 2024 |