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<\/p>\nThe Hull FC injury latest from John Cartwright.<\/p>\n
15:44, 18 Feb 2026Updated 16:47, 18 Feb 2026<\/p>\n
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Hull FC forward Jed Cartwright.(Image: SW PIX)<\/p>\n
Hull FC will welcome back Jed Cartwright into the side at Wigan Warriors on Saturday night. However, Jake Arthur is still ‘touch and go’ to play.<\/p>\n
The Black and Whites were without both players for last week’s Super League opener against Bradford Bulls, with Cartwright out with a head knock and Arthur with a minor hamstring strain.<\/p>\n
However, Cartwright has now passed his final return-to-play checks and will take his place in the side, with Arthur given until Friday to prove his fitness.<\/p>\n
“He got through today’s checks \u2013 he’ll be fine,” head coach John Cartwright told Hull Live when asked about the back rower. “It’s his first real hit out now; he’s had a bit of time out on the field, but his body is good and his head is clear now.”<\/p>\n
On Arthur, Cartwright continued: “He’ll be touch and go for the game. We’ve still got a few days to go, so we’ll give him up to the captain’s run. It’s a one- to two-week injury so we’ll wait and see. He played the cup game and he had a trial game. It’s a bit frustrating for him but for football players, that’s their life.”<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, the club are continuing to monitor the likes of John Asiata (hamstring) and James Bell (knee).<\/p>\n
“We’re just taking it week by week,” Cartwright said. “When they 100% get the okay and the all clear, then we’ll bring them back in.”<\/p>\n
Hull will also be without Ligi Sao against Wigan, with the prop forward copping a two-game ban after a dangerous contact charge.<\/p>\n
“It’s a tough game and accidents happen,” Cartwright added. “Ligi was on the end of one on the weekend. It’s frustrating, but again, that’s the life of a footballer. It’s a physical game that we play and you get hurt; mistakes happen, and we’ve just got to keep moving on.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hull FC injury latest from John Cartwright. 15:44, 18 Feb 2026Updated 16:47, 18 Feb 2026 Hull FC…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[20805,80904,34733,28318,5903,20370,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-433422","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-hull-fc","9":"tag-jake-arthur","10":"tag-jed-cartwright","11":"tag-john-cartwright","12":"tag-rugby","13":"tag-rugby-league","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433422","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=433422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}