Hull FC<\/a>\u2019s Lewis Martin, who rose in the Black and Whites side this year alongside another local talent, Davy Litten.<\/p>\nTogether, the Hull-born duo formed a strong partnership on Hull\u2019s left edge, with Martin playing every minute of every game and Litten also ever present once coming back into the team at the end of March from injury.<\/p>\n
Slick with the ball, the duo, along with the likes of Aidan Sezer, combined for some of the best tries Hull scored all year while also improving as the season went on in defence, and for Martin, amid some stern competition from both new signings and current players ahead of 2026, it\u2019s a partnership that\u2019s only going to strengthen in the years to come.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s been massive,\u201d Martin, scorer of 32 tries in 30 games this year, replied when asked about his centre partner. \u201cI think Davy\u2019s had a big year with a lot of improvement in his game. We have gelled together really well, especially in the second half of the season, and I’m thankful for the role that he played.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur combinations and understandings have got better and I think that showed in our performances on the field. He set me up for a few tries; there were some walk-ins there but we also broke away for some tries as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think defensively we\u2019ve improved as an edge too. I just love playing with Davy and we\u2019re really good mates off the field. We\u2019re both still young and we know we can get better if we keep on working hard and that\u2019s what we\u2019ll aim to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Martin\u2019s success this year wasn\u2019t just noticed at Hull, where he was crowned the club’s Player of the Year. Further afield, the winger was also included in the Super League Dream Team and nominated for the competition’s Young Player of the Year award.<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old’s accolades were a reflection of a campaign that was night and day for the Hull squad compared to 2024, which brought some pride back to the club \u2013 and had fun doing it.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously last year, it was a tough year for a lot of us young boys,\u201d Martin added. \u201cWe had to mature quickly, and coming into this year, we had to step up to the plate and rise up a level. I think we did that. It\u2019s just been really enjoyable. I can\u2019t wait for next season now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Martin was one of Hull’s best in 2025.Hull FC’s Lewis Martin celebrates a try against Catalans. Behind every…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[25651,20805,25652,5903,20370,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-217512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-davy-litten","tag-hull-fc","tag-lewis-martin","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-league","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Hull FC’s Lewis Martin celebrates a try against Catalans. <\/p>\n