2012 Hull FC season

This article details the Hull F.C. rugby league football club's 2012 season. This is the seventeenth season of the Super League era.

• Hull acquire new coach Peter Gentle from Wests Tigers.
• Lee Radford retires as a player and becomes an assistant coach at Hull.
• Shaun McRae and Andy Hay become assistant coaches for the club.
• Veteran Sean Long leaves Hull FC to become an assistant coach at Salford City Reds.
• Hull FC sign scrum-half Jamie Ellis from Leigh Centurions on a 2-year deal.
• Hull FC sign fullback Wade McKinnon from Wests Tigers on a 3-year deal.
• Hull FC sign hooker Aaron Heremaia on a 2-year deal and scrum half Brett Seymour on a 3-year deal from the New Zealand Warriors.
• Danny Washbrook and Ewan Dowes join Wakefield Trinity Wildcats on 3-year and 1 year deals.
• Epalahame Lauaki signs for Wigan Warriors on a 3-year deal.
• Youngster Luke Briscoe joins Leeds Rhinos on a 4-year deal.
• Veteran Craig Fitzgibbon retires from playing and joins Sydney Roosters as an assistant coach.
• Cameron Phelps and Martin Gleeson were both released from the club.
• Hull sign centre Tony Martin on a 1-year deal from Crusaders.
• Hull sign Martin Aspinwall from Castleford Tigers on a 1-year deal.
• Hull sign prop Eamon O'Carroll on a 3-year deal from Wigan Warriors.
• Hull sign prop Andy Lynch from Bradford Bulls on a 3-year deal.
• Hull sign Mike Burnett on a 1-year deal from London Broncos.
• Sam Obst joins Championship side Keighley Cougars on a 1-year deal.
• The 2012 Super League fixtures were announced and Hull FC will play Warrington Wolves at the KC Stadium in Round 1.
• Hull FC announce that they will play 3 pre-season friendlies - 21 Jan vs. York City Knights away, 22 Jan vs. Hull Kingston Rovers at home and 27–29 Jan vs. Bradford Bulls at home.
• Hull officially announce Andy Lynch as their captain for the 2012 season.
• Hull FC draw their Round 1 game 20–20 against Warrington Wolves.
• The Round 2 game against Catalans Dragons was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
• Hull beat London Broncos 22–14 in Round 3.
• Salford City Reds beat Hull 24–22 in Round 4.
• Hull beat Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 14–10 in Round 5.
• Hull beat St Helens R.F.C. 22–10 in Round 6.
• Hull hammer Widnes Vikings 58–10 in Round 7.
• Former Leeds Rhinos player Gareth Ellis signs for Hull on a 3-year deal.
• Hull beat Castleford Tigers 42–28 in Round 8.
• Hull defeat Bradford Bulls 24–18 in Round 9.
• Hull go top of the table by beating rivals Hull Kingston Rovers 36–6 in Round 10.
• Hull lose to Huddersfield Giants 22–4 in Round 11.
• Hull are knocked out of the Challenge Cup 42-16 by Huddersfield Giants in the 4th Round.
• Hull are heavily beating 56–12 in Round 12 by Wigan Warriors.
• Wade McKinnon left the club with immediate effect.
• Matty Russell joins the club on a one-month loan.
• Andy Lynch signs a new contract keeping him at the KC Stadium until 2014.
• Hull FC beat champions Leeds Rhinos 34–20 in Round 13.
• Hull FC beat London Broncos 14–12 in Round 14.
• Hull FC lose their Round 15 Magic Weekend encounter 32–30 against rivals Hull Kingston Rovers.
• Jordan Turner signs a 3 Year Deal with St Helens R.F.C. for the 2013 season.
• Hull F.C. announce the signing of Castleford Tigers centre Joe Arundel on a 4 Year Deal.
• Hull F.C. draw with St Helens R.F.C. 18–18 in Round 16.
• Hull F.C. lost 32–30 to Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in Round 17.
• Fullback Matty Russell signs a one-month extension to his loan.
• Hull F.C. sign prop Liam Watts from rivals Hull Kingston Rovers on a 3+1⁄2-year deal.
• Hull F.C. lost 40–18 to Warrington Wolves in Round 18.
• Prop Eamon O'Carroll moves to Widnes Vikings on an immediate 2+1⁄2-year deal.
• Hull narrowly beat Huddersfield Giants 28–24 in Round 19.
• Jamie Ellis is released and signs for Castleford Tigers whilst Ryan McGoldrick comes the opposite way and signs with the Black and Whites until the end of the year.
• Hull lose 21–6 to Leeds Rhinos in Round 20.
• Hull lose 44–14 to Catalans Dragons in Round 2.
• Hull sign St. Helens winger Jamie Foster on a months loan while Matty Russell goes back to Wigan Warriors.
• Hull beat rivals Hull Kingston Rovers 32–18 in Round 21.
• Hull beat Salford City Reds 36–24 in Round 22.
• Hull lose 48–10 to Wigan Warriors in Round 23.
• Hull beat Catalans Dragons 30–10 in Round 24.
• Hull lose 42–16 to Widnes Vikings in Round 25.
• Hull batter Bradford Bulls 70–6 in Round 26.
• Hull beat Castleford Tigers 36–10 in final weekly round game.
• Hull beat Huddersfield Giants 46–10 in the first playoff game.

Dragons score is first.

Date	Competition	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Report
21 January 2012	Pre Season	Knights	A	Huntington Stadium	W	32-30	Crooks (2), Ellis, Lineham, Briscoe, Cunningham	Crooks 4/6	N/A	Report
22 January 2012	Pre Season	Hull Kingston Rovers	H	KC Stadium	L	18-36	Lynch, Green, Martin	Tickle 2/2, Westerman 1/1	13,937	Report
29 January 2012	Pre Season	Bulls	H	KC Stadium	W	46-6	McKinnon (2), Yeaman (3), Briscoe, Horne, Tickle, Nicklas	Tickle 4/8, Radford 1/1	5,500 (Est.)	Report

• Friendly Games Only

= Injured

= Suspended

Super League XVII

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wigan Warriors (L)	27	21	0	6	994	449	+545	42	Play-offs
2	Warrington Wolves	27	20	1	6	909	539	+370	41
3	St Helens	27	17	2	8	795	480	+315	36
4	Catalans Dragons	27	18	0	9	812	611	+201	36
5	Leeds Rhinos (C)	27	16	0	11	823	662	+161	32
6	Hull F.C.	27	15	2	10	696	621	+75	32
7	Huddersfield Giants	27	14	0	13	699	664	+35	28
8	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	27	13	0	14	633	764	−131	26
9	Bradford Bulls	27	14	1	12	633	756	−123	23[a]
10	Hull Kingston Rovers	27	10	1	16	753	729	+24	21
11	Salford City Reds	27	8	1	18	618	844	−226	17
12	London Broncos	27	7	0	20	588	890	−302	14
13	Castleford Tigers	27	6	0	21	554	948	−394	12
14	Widnes Vikings	27	6	0	21	532	1082	−550	12

2012 Engage Super League

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Live on TV	Report
5 Feb 2012	Super League XVII	1	Wolves	H	KC Stadium	D	20-20	Yeaman, Tickle (2), Briscoe	Tickle 2/4	12,710	-	Report
19 February 2012	Super League XVII	3	Broncos	H	KC Stadium	W	22-14	Briscoe, Westerman, McKinnon, Yeaman	Tickle 3/4	10,096	Sky Sports	Report
24 February 2012	Super League XVII	4	Salford City Reds	A	City of Salford Stadium	L	22-24	Seymour (2), McKinnon, Briscoe	Tickle 3/4	5,186	-	Report
4 March 2012	Super League XVII	5	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	H	KC Stadium	W	14-10	Yeaman, Sharp	Tickle 3/3	11,105	-	Report
9 March 2012	Super League XVII	6	Saints	A	Langtree Park	W	22-10	McKinnon (2), Turner	Tickle 5/6	14,875	-	Report
18 March 2012	Super League XVII	7	Vikings	H	KC Stadium	W	58-10	Tickle (4), Manu (2), Lynch, Whiting, Moa, Briscoe	Tickle 9/10	10,705	-	Report
25 March 2012	Super League XVII	8	Tigers	A	The Jungle	W	42-28	Moa, Manu (2), Turner, Tickle, Seymour, Briscoe	Tickle 7/7, Whiting 0/1	9,050	-	Report
30 March 2012	Super League XVII	9	Bulls	H	KC Stadium	W	24-18	Horne (2), Manu, Briscoe	Tickle 4/5	11,673	-	Report
6 April 2012	Super League XVII	10	Hull Kingston Rovers	H	KC Stadium	W	36-6	Radford, Turner (3), Yeaman, Seymour	Tickle 6/6	18,979	Sky Sports	Report
9 April 2012	Super League XVII	11	Giants	A	Galpharm Stadium	L	4-22	-	Tickle 2/2	9,950	-	Report
22 April 2012	Super League XVII	12	Warriors	H	KC Stadium	L	12-56	Ellis, Sharp	Tickle 2/2	11,549	-	Report
5 Map 2012	Super League XVII	13	Rhinos	H	KC Stadium	W	34-20	Tickle, Sharp, Briscoe (2), Crooks	Tickle 7/8	11,677	Sky Sports	Report
20 May 2012	Super League XVII	14	Broncos	A	Twickenham Stoop	W	14-12	Crooks, Whiting	Tickle 3/3	3,930	-	Report
26 May 2012	Super League XVII	15	Hull Kingston Rovers	N	Etihad Stadium	L	30-32	Seymour, Horne, Manu, Martin, Turner	Tickle 5/5	30,763	Sky Sports	Report
3 June 2012	Super League XVII	16	Saints	H	KC Stadium	D	18-18	Whiting, Horne, Tickle	Tickle 3/4	11,727	-	Report
10 June 2012	Super League XVII	17	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	A	Belle Vue	L	30-32	Manu, Seymour, Crooks, Yeaman (2)	Tickle 5/6	8,986	-	Report
24 June 2012	Super League XVII	18	Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	18-40	Yeaman, Manu, Westerman	Tickle 3/3	10,582	-	Report
1 July 2012	Super League XVII	19	Giants	H	KC Stadium	W	28-24	Crooks, Briscoe, Heremaia, Yeaman (2)	Tickle 4/5	11,142	-	Report
6 July 2012	Super League XVII	20	Rhinos	A	Headingley Stadium	L	6-21	Horne	Westerman 1/1	13,250	Sky Sports	Report
14 July 2012	Super League XVII	2	Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	14-44	Crooks, Briscoe (2)	Westerman 1/3	7,388	-	Report
20 July 2012	Super League XVII	21	Hull Kingston Rovers	A	New Craven Park	W	32-18	McGoldrick, Turner, Yeaman, Whiting, Briscoe	Foster 6/7	9,086	Sky Sports	Report
29 July 2012	Super League XVII	22	Salford City Reds	H	KC Stadium	W	36-24	Lineham (2), Yeaman, Westerman, Turner	Foster 7/7	10,776	-	Report
3 August 2012	Super League XVII	23	Warriors	A	DW Stadium	L	10-48	Lineham, Seymour	Foster 1/2	17,736	Sky Sports	Report
12 August 2012	Super League XVII	24	Dragons	H	KC Stadium	W	30-10	Manu, Lineham, Green, Briscoe, Foster	Foster 5/5	10,765	-	Report
19 August 2012	Super League XVII	25	Vikings	A	Halton Stadium	L	16-42	Turner, Westerman, Heremaia	Foster 2/3	5,008	Sky Sports	Report
2 September 2012	Super League XVII	26	Bulls	A	Odsal Stadium	W	70-6	Westerman, Foster (2), Manu (2), Houghton, Heremaia (2), Briscoe (3), Crooks, Lynch	Foster 9/13	10,616	Sky Sports	Report
9 September 2012	Super League XVII	27	Tigers	H	KC Stadium	W	36-10	Manu, Briscoe, Horne, Houghton, O'Meley, Green	Foster 6/6	11,607	-	Report

• Super League Only

= Injured

= Suspended

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	TV	Report
15 April 2012	Cup	4th	Giants	H	KC Stadium	L	16-42	Briscoe (2)	Tickle 4/4	8,327	-	Report

• Challenge Cup Games only

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	TV	Report
16 September 2012	Play-offs	QF	Giants	H	KC Stadium	W	46-10	Briscoe (2), Foster (2), Watts, Heremaia, Lynch, Horne	Foster 7/9	8,662	Sky Sports	Report
22 September 2012	Play-offs	PSF	Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	12-24	Briscoe, Crooks	Foster 2/2	7,323	Sky Sports	Report

• Play Off Games only

• Appearances and Points include (Super League, Challenge Cup and Play Offs) as of 23 September 2012.

No	Nat	Player	Position	Age	Previous Club	Contracted Until	Apps	Tries	Goals	DG	Points
1		Wade McKinnon	Fullback	30	New Zealand Warriors	2014	10	4	0	0	16
2		Will Sharp	Wing	25	Harlequins RL	N/A	16	3	0	0	12
3		Tony Martin	Centre	33	Crusaders	N/A	11	1	0	0	4
4		Kirk Yeaman	Centre	28	Hull FC Academy	N/A	18	11	0	0	44
5		Tom Briscoe	Wing	21	Hull FC Academy	N/A	30	22	0	0	90
6		Richard Horne	Stand off	29	Hull FC Academy	N/A	22	7	0	0	28
7		Brett Seymour	Scrum half	27	New Zealand Warriors	2014	26	7	0	0	28
8		Mark O'Meley	Prop	30	Sydney Roosters	2012	14	1	0	0	4
9		Danny Houghton	Hooker	23	Hull FC Academy	2012	26	2	0	0	8
10		Andy Lynch	Prop	32	Bradford Bulls	2013	30	3	0	0	12
11		Willie Manu	Second row	31	Castleford Tigers	2012	30	12	0	0	48
12		Danny Tickle	Second row	28	Wigan Warriors	2012	20	9	80	0	196
13		Joe Westerman	Loose forward	22	Castleford Tigers	2014	18	5	2	0	24
14		Aaron Heremaia	Hooker	29	New Zealand Warriors	2013	13	5	0	0	20
15		Richard Whiting	Centre	27	Featherstone Rovers	2012	23	4	0	0	16
16		Eamon O'Carroll	Prop	24	Wigan Warriors	2014	10	0	0	0	0
17		Sam Moa	Prop	25	Cronulla Sharks	2012	15	2	0	0	8
18		The Old Faithful	N/A	N/A	Hull FC	2012	0	0	0	0	0
19		Jordan Turner	Centre	23	Salford City Reds	2012	25	9	0	0	36
20		Jamie Ellis	Half back	22	Leigh Centurions	2012	12	1	0	0	4
21		Reece Lyne	Winger	19	Hull FC Academy	2012	1	0	0	0	0
22		Martin Aspinwall	Second row	30	Castleford Tigers	2012	26	0	0	0	0
23		Ben Crooks	Centre	18	Hull FC Academy	2012	16	7	0	0	28
24		Liam Kent	Second row	18	Hull FC Academy	2012	6	0	0	0	0
25		Liam Cunningham	Centre	18	Hull FC Academy	2012	0	0	0	0	0
26		Jack Briscoe	Fullback	18	Hull FC Academy	2012	0	0	0	0	0
27		Chris Green	Second row	18	Hull FC Academy	2012	11	2	0	0	8
28		Danny Nicklas	Halfback	20	Hull FC Academy	2012	8	0	0	0	0
29		Laurence Pearce	Second row	18	Hull FC Academy	2012	0	0	0	0	0
30		Josh Bowden	Prop	18	Hull FC Academy	2012	7	0	0	0	0
31		James Cunningham	Hooker	18	Hull FC Academy	2012	1	0	0	0	0
32		Lewis Brown	Centre	18	Hull FC Academy	2012	0	0	0	0	0
33		Mike Burnett	Second row	23	Hull FC Academy	2012	0	0	0	0	0
34		Jay Pitts	Prop	N/A	Leeds Rhinos - Loan	2012	22	0	0	0	0
35		Lee Radford	Prop	N/A	Hull FC	2012	4	1	0	0	4
36		Matty Russell	Fullback	18	Wigan Warriors - Loan	2012	6	0	0	0	0
37		Liam Watts	Prop	N/A	Hull Kingston Rovers	2014	12	1	0	0	4
38		Ryan McGoldrick	Fullback	N/A	Castleford Tigers	2012	8	1	0	0	4
39		Tom Lineham	Wing	N/A	Hull FC	2012	5	4	0	0	16
40		Jamie Foster	Wing	23	St. Helens - Loan	2012	9	5	45	0	110

= Injured = Suspended

Players out of contract in 2012:

In

	Name	Position	Signed from	Date
	Brett Seymour	Scrum half	New Zealand Warriors	-
	Andy Lynch	Prop	Bulls	-

Out

	Name	Position	Club Signed	Date
	Danny Washbrook	Loose forward	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	-

Pre-Season

Super League XVI

Challenge Cup

Notes