2026 Hull FC season

From 2026, the Super League expanded to 14 teams, with Toulouse Olympique and York Knights being promoted from the RFL Championship via the IMG Grading system.^[7] At a meeting of all twelve Super League teams at the Headingley Rugby Stadium on 28 July 2025 to vote on the expansion proposal, Hull F.C. were one of two teams to vote against expanding the league, with the club stating they were against any expansion of the Super League at any time in the current economic climate.^[8]

Fixtures

Hull F.C.'s Super League 2026 fixtures were released on 27 November 2025:^[9]

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Date and time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Pos.	Report
14 February; 17:30	Round 1	Bradford Bulls	H	MKM Stadium	W	27–20	Batchelor, Barron, Litten, Cust	Pryce (4/4 + 1 pen.) Drop-goals: Pryce	16,653	Sky Sports +	5th	[1]
21 February; 20:00	Round 2	Wigan Warriors	A	Brick Community Stadium	L	6–34	Hill	Pryce (1/1)	16,620	Sky Sports +	9th	[10]
27 February; 20:00	Round 3	York Knights	H	MKM Stadium	L	16–17	Litten, Barron, Martin	Hardaker (2/3)	12,716	Sky Sports +	10th	[11]
5 March; 20:00	Round 4	Wakefield Trinity	A	Belle Vue	L	10–14	Martin (2)	Hardaker (1/2)	8,239	Sky One Sky Sports + Main	11th	[12]
22 March; 15:00	Round 5	Leeds Rhinos	H	MKM Stadium	W	24–16	Arthur, Sao, Litten	Hardaker (3/3 + 3 pen.)	12,871	Sky Sports +	8th	[13]
29 March; 15:00	Round 6	Catalans Dragons	H	MKM Stadium	W	24–20	Romano, Martin, Moy, Lisone	Hardaker (3/4 + 1 pen.)	12,321	Sky Sports +	7th	[14]
3 April; 12:30 (Good Friday)	Round 7 (Rivals Round)	Hull Kingston Rovers[c]	A	Craven Park	L	6–24	Briscoe	Hardaker (1/1)		Sky Sports + Main	9th	[16]
16 April; 20:00	Round 8[d]	St Helens	H	MKM Stadium	L	14–24	Moy, Bourouh	Hardaker (2/2 + 1 pen.)	12,148	Sky One Sky Sports + Main	9th	[2]
24 April; 20:00	Round 9	Castleford Tigers	A	Wheldon Road	W	50–10	Litten (2), Arthur, Briscoe, Bailey, Martin, Hardaker, Cust, Aydin	Hardaker (6/10 + 1 pen.)	8,030	Sky Sports +	8th	[18]
3 May; 15:00	Round 10	Toulouse Olympique	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports +
17 May; 15:00	Round 11	Bradford Bulls	A	Odsal Stadium		–				Sky Sports +
22 May, 20:00	Round 12	Leigh Leopards	A	Leigh Sports Village		–				Sky Sports + Main
5 June; 20:00	Round 13	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium		–				Sky Sports
13 June; 15:00	Round 14	Huddersfield Giants	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
19 June; 20:00	Round 15	Wakefield Trinity	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
27 June; 15:00	Round 16	Wigan Warriors	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
4 July; TBC	Round 17 (Magic Weekend)	Hull Kingston Rovers	N	Hill Dickinson Stadium		–				Sky Sports + Main
9 July; 20:00	Round 18	York Knights	A	York Community Stadium		–				Sky Sports
18 July; 17:30	Round 19	Leigh Leopards	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
23 July; 20:00	Round 20	Hull Kingston Rovers	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
30 July; 20:00	Round 21	Huddersfield Giants	A	Kirklees Stadium		–				Sky Sports
6 August; 20:00	Round 22	St Helens	A	BrewDog Stadium		–				Sky Sports
14 August; 20:00	Round 23	Castleford Tigers	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
22 August; 20:00 (BST)	Round 24	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus		–				Sky Sports
29 August; 17:30	Round 25	Warrington Wolves	H	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
4 September; 18:00 (BST)	Round 26	Toulouse Olympique	A	Stade Ernest Wallon		–				Sky Sports
11 September; 20:00	Round 27	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley Rugby Stadium		–				Sky Sports

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Table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leeds Rhinos	9	7	0	2	308	134	+174	14	Advance to Semi-finals
2	St Helens	9	7	0	2	212	186	+26	14
3	Hull KR[e]	9	6	0	3	296	143	+153	12	Advance to Eliminators
4	Warrington Wolves[e]	8	6	0	2	270	142	+128	12
5	Wakefield Trinity	9	6	0	3	206	129	+77	12
6	Wigan Warriors	9	5	0	4	233	175	+58	10
7	Catalans Dragons	9	5	0	4	183	228	−45	10
8	Hull F.C.	9	4	0	5	177	179	−2	8
9	Leigh Leopards	9	4	0	5	149	212	−63	8
10	York Knights	9	3	0	6	174	233	−59	6
11	Bradford Bulls	9	3	0	6	178	247	−69	6
12	Castleford Tigers	10	3	0	7	152	328	−176	6
13	Huddersfield Giants	9	2	0	7	160	252	−92	4
14	Toulouse Olympique	9	2	0	7	140	250	−110	4

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Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2026. Source:
Notes:

1. [a]

   Brad Fash's testimonial match^[3]
2. [b]

   Liam Marshall's testimonial match^[5]
3. [c]

   250th Hull derby fixture^[15]
4. [d]

   Following this fixture, head coach John Cartwright, set to be replaced from 2027 by Steve McNamara, left the club with immediate effect and was replaced by interim coach Andy Last.^[17]
5. [e]

   A Round 2 fixture between Hull Kingston Rovers and Warrington Wolves is to be rearranged later in the season due to the former's World Club Challenge commitments.^[19]

Hull F.C. were first drawn on 12 January to play the newly-reformed Salford RLFC away in Round 3,^[20] following Salford's 42-10 defeat of Hammersmith Hills Hoists in their Round 2 fixture on 24 January.^[21] Following their victory against Salford, Hull F.C. were drawn to play the Leigh Leopards away in Round 4.^[22] Hull F.C. were ultimately knocked out of the 2026 Challenge Cup by Leigh in this fixture.^[23]

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Date and time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
6 February; 20:00	Round 3	Salford RLFC	A	Salford Community Stadium	W	60–0	Litten (3), Cust (2), Aydin, Bourouh, Barron, Romano, Batchelor, Arthur	Hardaker (8/11)	1,976	Not televised	[24]
14 March; 15:00[a]	Round 4	Leigh Leopards	A	Leigh Sports Village	L	16–6	Cust	Hardaker (1/1)	5,535	Not televised	[23]

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