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2025 Hull FC season
The 2025 season was Hull F.C.'s 28th consecutive season playing in England's top division of rugby league. They competed in the 2025 Super League season and the 2025 Challenge Cup.
| Hull F.C. 2025 season | ||
|---|---|---|
| 7th | ||
| Did not qualify | ||
| Quarter-finals | ||
| Wins: 15; draws: 1; losses: 14 | ||
| For: 539; against: 461 | ||
| Andrew ThirkhillDavid Hood | ||
| John Cartwright | ||
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| MKM Stadium | ||
| 12,159 | ||
| 21,018Hull Kingston Rovers, 18 April | ||
| 9,765Leigh Leopards, 6 March | ||
| Lewis Martin (25) | ||
| Aiden Sezer (32) | ||
| Lewis Martin (100) | ||
| Home colours |
Away colours | Home colours | Away colours | | Home colours | Away colours | | | ← 2024 | List of seasons | 2026 → | | ← 2024 | List of seasons | 2026 → |
The 2025 season was **Hull F.C.'**s 28th consecutive season playing in England's top division of rugby league. They competed in the 2025 Super League season and the 2025 Challenge Cup.
The 2025 season saw 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. 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. 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.
| Date and time | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 February; 15:00 | Castleford Tigers | A | Wheldon Road | W | 16–10 | Rapana, Cartwright, Bourouh | Hardaker (0/1), Westerman (2/2) |
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.
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. 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. 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.
Following their 26–22 comeback victory against Wigan, Hull F.C. entered into the quarter-finals and, for the first time since they were knocked out in first round of the 1985–86 Challenge Cup, were drawn in a Hull Derby to play Hull Kingston Rovers at home on 5 April. Hull F.C. were ultimately knocked out of the 2025 Challenge Cup during this fixture.
| Player | Club | Contract | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Asiata | Leigh Leopards | 3 Years | May 2024 |
| Yusuf Aydin | Hull Kingston Rovers | 2 Years | May 2024 |
| Jordan Abdull | Hull Kingston Rovers | 3 Years | June 2024 |
| Amir Bourouh | Salford Red Devils | 3 Years | June 2024 |
| Zak Hardaker | Leigh Leopards | 2 Years | July 2024 |
| Ed Chamberlain | Leigh Leopards | 3 Years | July 2024 |
| Oliver Holmes | Leigh Leopards | 2 Years | July 2024 |
| Jordan Rapana | Canberra Raiders | 2 Years | September 2024 |
| Aidan Sezer | Wests Tigers | 2 Years | September 2024 |
| Cade Cust | Salford Red Devils | 2 Years | October 2024 |
| Hugo Salabio | Huddersfield Giants | 2 Years | December 2024 |
| Liam Knight | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 1 Year | March 2025 |
| Liam Watts | Castleford Tigers | 1 Year | March 2025 |
| Will Pryce | Newcastle Knights | 3.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}1⁄2 Years | March 2025 |
| Player | Club | Loan period | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Eseh | Wigan Warriors | End of season | February 2025 |
| Player | Club | Contract | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Brown | Hull Kingston Rovers | 2 Years | May 2024 |
| Cameron Scott | Wakefield Trinity | 2 Years + 1 Year | June 2024 |
| Jake Trueman | Wakefield Trinity | 3 Years | August 2024 |
| Danny Houghton | N/A | Retirement | August 2024 |
| Mitieli Vulikijapani | TBC | September 2024 | |
| King Vuniyayawa | Salford Red Devils | End of loan | September 2024 |
| Leon Ruan | Leeds Rhinos | End of loan | September 2024 |
| Charlie Severs | N/A | September 2024 | |
| Liam Sutcliffe | Huddersfield Giants | 3 Years | September 2024 |
| Lennon Bursell | Goole Vikings | October 2024 | |
| Mackenzie Harman | Goole Vikings | October 2024 | |
| Jeylan Hodgson | Goole Vikings | October 2024 | |
| Sully Medforth | Midlands Hurricanes | 1 Year | November 2024 |
| Kye Armstrong | TBC | November 2024 | |
| Carlos Tuimavave | Featherstone Rovers | 2 Years | November 2024 |
| Jordan Abdull | TBC | Released | January 2025 |
| Jack Walker | Sheffield Eagles | Rolling monthly | January 2025 |
| Player | Club | Loan period | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo Salabio | Castleford Tigers | End of season | April 2025 |
| Will Kirkby | Hunslet R.L.F.C. | End of season | June 2025 |
| Denive Balmforth | Catalans Dragons | End of season | June 2025 |
| 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 | ||||||||
| 6 Will Pryce – HB, FB | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| 16 Yusuf Aydin – PR | ||||||||
| 17 Jack Ashworth – SR | ||||||||
| 19 Brad Fash – LF, PR | ||||||||
| 20 Davy Litten – FB, WG | ||||||||
| 21 Will Gardiner – LF | ||||||||
| 22 Lewis Martin – WG | ||||||||
| 23 Logan Moy – FB | ||||||||
| 24 Jack Charles – SH, SO | ||||||||
| 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 – LF | ||||||||
| 33 Will Hutchinson – HK | ||||||||
| 34 Lloyd Kemp – FB | ||||||||
| 35 Joe Ward – WG | ||||||||
| 36 Owen Haldenby – PR | ||||||||
| 37 Lennon Clark – SR | ||||||||
| 38 Ben Johnson – CE | ||||||||
| 39 Sam Eseh Jnr – PR | ||||||||
| 40 Liam Knight – PR, LF | ||||||||
| 41 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: 18 September 2025Source(s): 2025 Squad Numbers |
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