2026 Hull FC season

Hull F.C. 2026 season
Team information
Chairmen	Andrew Thirkhill David Hood
Head coach	John Cartwright
Captain	Aidan Sezer
Stadium	MKM Stadium
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The 2026 season will be Hull F.C. 's 29th consecutive season playing in England's top division of rugby league. They will compete in the 2026 Super League season and the 2026 Challenge Cup.

Preseason friendlies

Date and Time	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
25 January; 14:00 [a]	Huddersfield Giants	H	Brantingham Park		–
1 February; 15:00 [b]	Wigan Warriors	A	Brick Community Stadium		–

Super League

Main article: 2026 Super League season

From 2026, the Super League expanded to 14 teams, with Toulouse Olympique and York Knights being promoted from the RFL Championship via the IMG Grading system. ^[3] At a meeting of all twelve Super League teams at the Headingley Rugby Stadium on 28 July 2025 to vote on the expansion proposal, Hull F.C. were one of three teams to vote against expanding the league, with the club stating they were against any expansion of the Super League at any time in the current economic climate. ^[4]

Fixtures

Hull F.C.'s Super League 2026 fixtures were released on 27 November 2025: ^[5]

Date and Time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Pos.	Report
14 February; 17:30	Round 1	Bradford Bulls	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports +
21 February; 20:00	Round 2	Wigan Warriors	A	Brick Community Stadium		–				Sky Sports
27 February; 20:00	Round 3	York Knights	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
5 March; 20:00	Round 4	Wakefield Trinity	A	Belle Vue		–				Sky Sports
22 March; 15:00	Round 5	Leeds Rhinos	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
29 March; 15:00	Round 6	Catalans Dragons	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
3 April; TBC (Good Friday)	Round 7 (Rivals Round)	Hull Kingston Rovers	A	Craven Park		–				Sky Sports
16 April; 20:00	Round 8	St Helens	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
24 April; 20:00	Round 9	Castleford Tigers	A	Wheldon Road		–				Sky Sports
3 May; 15:00	Round 10	Toulouse Olympique	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
17 May; 15:00	Round 11	Bradford Bulls	A	Odsal Stadium		–				Sky Sports
22 May, 20:00	Round 12	Leigh Leopards	A	Leigh Sports Village		–				Sky Sports
5 June; 20:00	Round 13	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium		–				Sky Sports
13 June; 15:00	Round 14	Huddersfield Giants	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
19 June; 20:00	Round 15	Wakefield Trinity	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
27 June; 15:00	Round 16	Wigan Warriors	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
4 July; TBC	Round 17 (Magic Weekend)	Hull Kingston Rovers	N	Hill Dickinson Stadium		–				Sky Sports + Main
9 July; 20:00	Round 18	York Knights	A	York Community Stadium		–				Sky Sports
18 July; 17:30	Round 19	Leigh Leopards	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
23 July; 20:00	Round 20	Hull Kingston Rovers	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
30 July; 20:00	Round 21	Huddersfield Giants	A	Kirklees Stadium		–				Sky Sports
6 August; 20:00	Round 22	St Helens	A	BrewDog Stadium		–				Sky Sports
14 August; 20:00	Round 23	Castleford Tigers	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
22 August; 20:00 (BST)	Round 24	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus		–				Sky Sports
29 August; 17:30	Round 25	Warrington Wolves	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
4 September; 18:00 (BST	Round 26	Toulouse Olympique	A	Stade Ernest Wallon		–				Sky Sports
11 September; 20:00	Round 27	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley Rugby Stadium		–				Sky Sports

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bradford Bulls	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Castleford Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Catalans Dragons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Eliminators
4	Huddersfield Giants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Hull F.C.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Hull Kingston Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Leeds Rhinos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Leigh Leopards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	St Helens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Toulouse Olympique	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Wakefield Trinity	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Warrington Wolves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Wigan Warriors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	York Knights	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegated to Championship

Source:

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2026 Challenge Cup

Date and time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
7/8 February; TBC	Round 3		A			–

Transfers

Gains

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Harvie Hill	Wigan Warriors	2 years	March 2025 [6]
Sam Lisone	Leeds Rhinos	2 years	July 2025 [7]
Jake Arthur	Newcastle Knights	2 years	August 2025 [8]
Joe Phillips	Goole Vikings	1 year	September 2025 [9]
Connor Bailey	York Knights	2 years	September 2025 [10]
Joe Batchelor	St Helens	3 years	September 2025 [11]
James Bell	St Helens	3 years	September 2025 [11]
Arthur Romano	Catalans Dragons	2 years	September 2025 [12]

Losses

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Cobie Wainhouse	Hull Kingston Rovers	2 years	August 2025 [13]
Jordan Rapana	N/A	Retirement	September 2025 [14]
Jordan Lane	Castleford Tigers	4 years	September 2025 [15]
Will Gardiner	TBC		September 2025 [16]
Owen Haldenby	TBC		September 2025 [16]
Liam Watts	TBC		September 2025 [17]
Jack Ashworth	Castleford Tigers	2 years	September 2025 [18]
Zach Jebson	Midlands Hurricanes	2 years	October 2025 [19]
Jack Charles	Hull Kingston Rovers	4 years	October 2025 [20]

Loans out

Player	Club	Loan period	Date
Denive Balmforth	York Knights	End of season	October 2025 [21]

Squad

2026 Hull F.C. squad

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First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Will Pryce – FB, SO, SH 2 Harvey Barron – WG 3 Davy Litten – CE, FB, WG 4 Zak Hardaker – CE, FB, WG 5 Lewis Martin – WG 6 Jake Arthur – SO, SH 7 Aidan Sezer (c) – SH, SO 8 Herman Ese'ese – PR, LF 9 Amir Bourouh – HK 10 Harvie Hill – PR 11 Joe Batchelor – SR		12 Jed Cartwright – SR, CE, LF 13 John Asiata (vc) – LF, PR, SO 14 Cade Cust – SO, HK 15 James Bell – LF, SR, HK 16 Sam Lisone – PR 17 Liam Knight – PR, LF 18 Ligi Sao – PR, SR 19 Tom Briscoe – WG, CE 20 Yusuf Aydin – PR 21 Arthur Romano – CE, WG 22 Connor Bailey – SO, SH, SR 23 Brad Fash – LF, PR		24 Logan Moy – FB 25 Matty Laidlaw – PR 26 Hugo Salabio – PR 27 Callum Kemp – SO, SH 28 Joe Phillips – PR 29 Will Hutchinson – HK 30 Will Kirby – SR 31 Ryan Westerman – CE 32 Lloyd Kemp – FB 33 Roman Dawson – CE, WG, SR 34 Joe Ward – WG 35 Ben Johnson – CE 36 Lennon Clark – SR				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 2025 Source(s): 2026 Squad Numbers

Notes

1. Brad Fash's testimonial match ^[1]
2. Liam Marshall's testimonial match ^[2]

References

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15. "Castleford sign Hull FC second rower Lane". BBC Sport. 10 September 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
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