{"id":287489,"date":"2025-11-28T07:40:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T07:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/287489\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T07:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T07:40:10","slug":"former-hull-kr-ace-connor-barley-secures-future-under-ex-england-prop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/287489\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Hull KR ace Connor Barley secures future under ex-England prop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hull KR academy product has secured a new club for the 2026 season.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2__OHO6574.jpg\" alt=\"Hull KR academy product Connor Barley has a new club.\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Hull KR academy product Connor Barley has a new club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"hulldailymail\">Former Hull KR youngster Connor Barley has secured his future for the 2026 season after signing with <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hulldailymail.co.uk\/all-about\/goole\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Goole<\/a> Vikings for the upcoming Championship campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"hulldailymail\">The 20-year-old <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hulldailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugby-league\/hull-kr-academy-talent-lands-10474184\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">left Sewell Group Craven Park in September for a permanent move to Featherstone Rovers on a short-term deal<\/a>, having been off-contract at the Robins at the end of 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"hulldailymail\">He made his senior debut for <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hulldailymail.co.uk\/all-about\/hull-kr\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hull KR<\/a> against St Helens in 2022, before going on to make three further first-team appearances &#8211; his last in August 2023 &#8211; alongside featuring for the club&#8217;s academy and reserves outfits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"hulldailymail\">The outside-back has also previously played for York Knights and London Broncos, and is eager to make his mark following his latest move.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"hulldailymail\">\u201cI am really looking forward to the challenge of being at a new club and making a difference with the Vikings,\u201d said Barley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"hulldailymail\">\u201cI&#8217;ve loved every minute so far. Everyone has welcomed me in, from the management to the players, and it really feels like a club on the up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"hulldailymail\">\u201cI&#8217;m excited to be part of that future and getting to work with everyone. I feel like I have a point to prove to myself and I am really motivated. A lot of players came here last year with a similar mindset in their first season and it showed in how competitive they were.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"hulldailymail\">\u201cThe Championship is a great challenge for the club and a great opportunity for me to get consistent game time in a highly competitive division \u2013 and hopefully I can do my bit to help us have a great year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"hulldailymail\">Barley links up with former England, Hull KR and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hulldailymail.co.uk\/all-about\/hull-fc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hull FC<\/a> prop, and current Goole Vikings head coach, Scott Taylor for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"hulldailymail\">\u201cConnor is someone who has been on our radar for a while, and circumstances have presented an opportunity that has come at the right time for both him and the club,\u201d said Taylor, who was named in the 2016 Super League Dream Team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"hulldailymail\">\u201cHe has huge potential, a fantastic frame, good pace, and he\u2019s naturally competitive. He can play a number of positions, but we predominantly see him as a centre and I think he can be a really exciting player for us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"hulldailymail\">\u201cWe\u2019ll challenge him in key areas of his game where we feel he can improve and then see where this year takes him. It\u2019s great to see him here with a smile on his face and he looks really determined to make this opportunity work for him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hull KR academy product has secured a new club for the 2026 season.Hull KR academy product Connor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[57224,20805,20372,5903,20370,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-287489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-goole","tag-hull-fc","tag-hull-kr","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\/287489","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=287489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}