Hull F.C.

Hull.

Hull FC.

Hull FC.

So, yeah, look, it gets a bad rap on Hull, doesn't it? But I'm really looking forward to getting over there and becoming a part of the community.

And, yeah, it's going to be great to sort of tap into that rivalry as well.

Hull FC versus Hull KR.

They're really good to be a part of.

Well, my good mate, Nath Kalis, is heading over there soon to coach Hull KR.

And you're right, there's plenty of clubs out there.

Hull FC could be in the market, you know, for some more fresh players to be coming in and for them to press on.

Lee, again, get Humphries in as a younger player.

Whilst you've still got the experience of a Papa Ian Horne, you can rotate him in.

Right, boys, as we have been doing all the way through the off-season, it's time now to take a look at those teams who finished 8th and 7th in Super League last year.

And we're going to start, of course, with Toulouse Olympique, who finished in 8th.

The highest attendance of the season, round 26, 7,360 for the Hull FC.

Again, well done to the FC fans who went over in their droves to really drive that attendance.

Oh, okay,

well, okay, San Marino, whoever, you know, it just, there's a lot of criticism come this way because of the, some of the lopsided scorelines, and, you know, Fiji sort of helped that underdog tag and that, you know, um, that sort of smaller nation but also if we adopt that attitude of like oh let's just skip to the semi-finals or let's change I had someone Scott Taylor A good friend of mine, assistant coach at Hull FC, he said, why don't we do it so you've got five teams, New Zealand, Australia, Tonga, Samoa and England.

Everybody plays each other once, right? That's the top five group.

Everybody plays each other once.

The stadium is council-owned.

and we essentially are a tenant of the stadium, as are Hull FC, the rugby club, and we share the ground.

They wanted to buy the stadium, our owners, and the council rejected that proposal, obviously with us ground sharing and for other reasons.

But they really did not take it well, our owners, and sort of spat their dummy out.

I don't know the feelings.

Look, if the NRL deal doesn't come off, I don't know the feelings of... of Wigan, of Warrington, of Hull FC, of Hull KR.

I think, personally, I think a breakaway, much like in Australia in the mid-90s with the ARL and Super League, I think a breakaway would do more harm than good.

I think it would set the sport back probably a decade or two, and, you know, the amount of infighting and money that would be wasted, I think, would be huge.