2022 Hull F.C. season

In the 2022 rugby league season, Hull F.C. competed in Super League XXVII and the 2022 Challenge Cup. They were coached by Brett Hodgson.

Season review

On 13 February, Hull began their Super League campaign with a 16–12 away win at Wakefield Trinity^[1] before suffering a 38–6 loss to St Helens.^[2] An inconsistent first half of the season ensued with a win over Salford Red Devils^[3] and loss at Castleford Tigers^[4] followed by a run of three wins which included a Challenge Cup victory over Sheffield Eagles.^[5][6][7] A run of three losses followed, beginning with a golden point 19–18 loss to Wigan Warriors in the league,^[8] a quarter-final cup defeat to Huddersfield Giants^[9] and a visit to local rivals Hull Kingston Rovers,^[10] but this was countered by three more wins in late April.^[11] Hull had a poor second half of the season, failing to win during June and with only two wins in July; a 34–28 win against Hull KR at the Magic Weekend,^[12] and 30–6 win over Toulouse Olympique.^[13] In August, Hull had a run of four defeats before again facing Toulouse to record a 28–12 win^[14] and then ended their season with a 36–4 loss to Hull KR.^[15]

Results

Pre-season friendlies

W Win L Loss

Pre-season results

Date	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
16 January	Bradford Bulls	A	Odsal Stadium	L	18–42				[a][16][17]
30 January	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley	L	6–38				[b][18]

Super League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	St Helens (C, L)	27	21	0	6	674	374	+300	42	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Wigan Warriors	27	19	0	8	818	483	+335	38
3	Huddersfield Giants	27	17	1	9	613	497	+116	35	Advance to Elimination Finals
4	Catalans Dragons	27	16	0	11	539	513	+26	32
5	Leeds Rhinos	27	14	1	12	577	528	+49	29
6	Salford Red Devils	27	14	0	13	700	602	+98	28
7	Castleford Tigers	27	13	0	14	544	620	−76	26
8	Hull Kingston Rovers	27	12	0	15	498	608	−110	24
9	Hull FC	27	11	0	16	508	675	−167	22
10	Wakefield Trinity	27	10	0	17	497	648	−151	20
11	Warrington Wolves	27	9	0	18	568	664	−96	18
12	Toulouse Olympique (R)	27	5	0	22	421	745	−324	10	Relegated to the Championship

Super League results

W Win D Draw L Loss

Super League results

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
13 February	1	Wakefield Trinity	A	Be Well Support Stadium	W	16–12	Gale, Lovodua, McIntosh	Gale (2)	6,148	RLP
19 February	2	St Helens	H	MKM Stadium	L	6–38	Griffin	McIntosh	12,673	RLP
26 February	3	Salford Red Devils	H	MKM Stadium	W	48–16	Lane (2), Scott (2), Connor, Luvodua, McIntosh, Reynolds, Satae	McIntosh (4), Conner (2)	10,081	RLP
6 March	4	Castleford Tigers	A	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	L	26–33	Griffin, Houghton, Shaul, Swift, Wynne	McNamara (3)	10,072	RLP
10 March	5	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley	W	31–8	Conner (2), Lovodua, Savelio, Swift	McNamara (5), Connor (FG)	11,552	RLP
20 March	6	Huddersfield Giants	H	MKM Stadium	W	14–6	Savelio, Vulikijapani	McNamara (3)	10,682	RLP
31 March	7	Wigan Warriors	A	DW Stadium	L	18–19	Houghton, Satae, Swift	Gale (3)	9,581	RLP
15 April	8	Hull Kingston Rovers	A	Sewell Group Craven Park	L	4–16	Reynolds	Gale	10,300	RLP
18 April	9	Warrington Wolves	H	MKM Stadium	W	18–16	Fash, Ma'u, Shaul	Gale (3)	9,726	RLP
24 April	10	Catalans Dragons	H	MKM Stadium	W	14–8	Lane, Satae	Connor (3)	9,101	RLP
30 April	11	Toulouse Olympique	H	MKM Stadium	W	48–12	McIntosh (3), Wynne (3), Balmforth, Evans, Lovodua	Connor (6)	11,308	RLP
13 May	12	St Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium	L	10–24	McIntosh (2)	Connor	11,268	RLP
21 May	13	Wigan Warriors	H	MKM Stadium	W	31–22	Swift (2), McIntosh, Reynolds, Satae, Tuimavave	Gale (3 + FG)	11,396	RLP
5 June	14	Wakefield Trinity	A	Be Well Support Stadium	L	18–19	Swift (2), McIntosh	Gale (3)	4,426	RLP
11 June	15	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	8–36	Griffin, McIntosh		8,847	RLP
24 June	16	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	0–4			8,591	RLP
2 July	17	Leeds Rhinos	H	MKM Stadium	L	16–62	Houghton, McIntosh, Satae	Griffin, McIntosh	10,360	RLP
10 July	18	Hull Kingston Rovers	N	St James' Park	W	34–28	Longstaff (2), Lovodua, Simm, Wynne	Gale (7)	25,333	RLP
15 July	19	Wigan Warriors	A	DW Stadium	L	0–60			11,314	RLP
22 July	20	Castleford Tigers	H	MKM Stadium	L	18–46	Houghton, McIntosh, Vulikijapani	Gale (3)	9,550	RLP
29 July	21	Toulouse Olympique	A	Stade Ernest Wallon	W	30–6	Barron, Brown, Longstaff, Simm, Smith	Gale (5)	4,238	RLP
5 August	22	Huddersfield Giants	A	John Smiths Stadium	L	16–22	Longstaff, J. Walker, Wynne	Gale (2)	4,642	RLP
14 August	23	St Helens	H	MKM Stadium	L	6–60	J. Walker	Gale	10,097	RLP
19 August	24	Wakefield Trinity	H	MKM Stadium	L	18–26	Longstaff, McNamara, Satae	Gale (3)	9,165	RLP
15 August	25	Salford Red Devils	A	AJ Bell Stadium	L	18–28	Connor, Fash, Smith	Gale (3)	3,968	RLP
28 August	26	Toulouse Olympique	H	MKM Stadium	W	38–12	Barron (2), Vulikijapani (2), Gardiner, Lane, Longstaff	Connor (5)	8,785	RLP
3 September	27	Hull KR	H	MKM Stadium	L	4–36	Gale		16,999	RLP

Challenge Cup

W Win L Loss

Challenge Cup results

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
26 March	6	Sheffield Eagles	N	Post Office Road	W	58–12	Wynne (3), Connor (2), Griffin, Lane, Savelio, Swift, Tuimavave, Vulikijapani	McNamara (7)	1,039	RLP
9 April	Quarter-final	Huddersfield Giants	A	John Smiths Stadium	L	16–24	Ma'u, McIntosh, Savelio	Gale (2)	3,637	RLP

Players

Squad

Transfers

Gains

List of players joining Hull F.C.

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Darnell McIntosh	Huddersfield Giants	3 Years	August 2021[19]
Joe Lovodua	South Sydney Rabbitohs	1 Year	October 2021[20]
Kane Evans	New Zealand Warriors	2 Years	October 2021[21]
Luke Gale	Leeds Rhinos	1 Year	November 2021[22]

Losses

List of players departing Hull F.C.

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Bureta Faraimo	Castleford Tigers	2 Years	August 2021[23]
Mahe Fonua	Castleford Tigers	2 Years	October 2021[24]
Masi Matongo	York City Knights	1 Year	October 2021[25]

References

External links

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