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Hull FC have confirmed their new academy recruits.<\/p>\n

11:39, 11 Oct 2025Updated 11:41, 11 Oct 2025<\/p>\n

\"HullHull FC scholarship celebrate Kingsley Sharpe’s try at St Helens. (Image: Hull FC)<\/p>\n

Hull FC have signed up 11 players to their academy squad for the 2026 season \u2013 including nine graduates from their scholarship system.<\/p>\n

As reported by Hull Live this summer, Kingsley Sharpe and Caleb Paleaaesina<\/a> are two of those players, with the club also signing two players from further afield. They are Joshua Harding, who has been recruited from the Warrington Wolves Scholarship system, and William Mathers, who joins from Leeds Rhinos. Both players featured for Wales Under 16s in a squad that dominated the 2025 Four Nations tournament earlier in the year.<\/p>\n

The new players will all have the chance to feature on Hull\u2019s Academy tour of Australia in 2027, as well as work their way up to reserves and potentially the first team in the seasons to come. They will be coached by Francis Cummins and Danny Houghton and supported by Head of Youth Richard Tate and Player Development Manager Jack Lazenby.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Academy will once again form part of the club\u2019s Centre of Excellence, with recent graduates including the likes of Harvey Barron, Lewis Martin, Davy Litten, Matty Laidlaw, Denive Balmforth, and Will Huthinson, plus the Kemp twins Callum and Lloyd.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the club\u2019s latest intake, Tate said: \u201cWe\u2019re proud of this latest group of players joining our Academy squad. The standards and behaviours of junior talent coming through at Hull FC<\/a> is a real credit to the devotion of our youth development staff and the learning environment that we create, as well as the dedication of the players\u2019 community clubs and schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese organisations play a vital role in nurturing so many young players and they deserve immense credit for the foundations they\u2019ve helped build. The progression of these players marks the culmination of years of dedication and training so far.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach player has demonstrated outstanding potential both on and off the field and will now begin the next stage of their development within our Academy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Outlining a key facet in Hull\u2019s squads, with the club now starting to recruit young players outside of East Yorkshire, Tate continued: \u201cWhat\u2019s also really encouraging is that our youth programmes are becoming an increasingly attractive option for players outside our traditional recruitment areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt shows that the work we\u2019re doing at Hull FC is being recognised and respected across the game and that players and families see a clear route of opportunity through our organisation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new signings to join Hull FC\u2019s Academy in 2026 are as follows:<\/p>\n