This is a great achievement from our most successful youth team, with more announcements due soon, a testament to the hard work of the team and the effort put in by all who have worked with them, most noteably coaches Karl Taylor, Karl Bowler and Wayne Opie.

They will link up with the Hull Wyke players already in the academy, who are all progressing really well.

Hull FC are delighted to reveal the ten young players to step up from the Centre of Excellence’s Scholarship team to the Academy, seven of these have come via Hull Wyke

They have all caught the eye whilst playing for the Black & Whites’ Scholarship team across the last two years, and they have worked hard to earn a place in the club’s Academy team for the 2024 season.

They were all officially unveiled as Hull FC Academy players at Saturday’s home Super League tie with Leeds Rhinos, in front of a crowd of over 11,000 at the MKM Stadium, where they will one day hope to represent the Black & Whites.

Aspiring to follow in the footsteps of some of the brightest youngsters to have taken the Centre of Excellence path in recent years, the stories of Davy Litten, Harvey Barron and Nick Staveley will inspire, having all represented Hull FC at first-grade in 2023.

Hull FC Head of Youth Pete Riding said: “We are all incredibly proud of the progress that has been made by the ten young men who have been rewarded with the step up to our Academy programme.

“Not only will the Academy programme develop them as Rugby League players, but it will also help shape them as people, enhancing attributes such as attitude, work ethic and personality with an outstanding support network around them at the Centre of Excellence.

“We are really excited to work with this new crop of youngsters, who have shown real glimpses of talent as players on our Scholarship programme. I’m looking forward to seeing how they now embrace this change of moving up to the Academy side, and it has been incredibly satisfying seeing how quickly they have bedded into our Under 18s team since beginning training with the side only a couple of weeks ago.”

Callum Kemp – Hull Wyke / St Mary’s College

Lloyd Kemp – Hull Wyke / St Mary’s College

Lennon Nicholson – Hull Wyke / Kingswood Academy

Ellis Opie – Hull Wyke / Sirius Academy North

Mason Tempest – Hull Wyke / South Hunsley School

Joseph Thompson – Hull Wyke / Howden School

Jon Turner – Hull Wyke / Beverley Grammar School

The club would like to congratulate the new intake of Academy players and wishes them the very best of luck with their development at the Black & Whites!