{"id":444866,"date":"2026-02-25T13:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/444866\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T13:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:44:10","slug":"hull-kr-star-touted-to-make-nrl-switch-alongside-willie-peters-with-potential-club-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/444866\/","title":{"rendered":"Hull KR star touted to make NRL switch alongside Willie Peters with potential club named"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hull KR star Jez Litten has been touted to make an NRL switch alongside head coach Willie Peters with a possible landing spot also named.<\/p>\n

Litten, who is contracted until the end of the 2029 season<\/a>, was the standout in the World Club Challenge win over Brisbane Broncos but the 27-year-old had already impressed in last year\u2019s Ashes and throughout the 2025 campaign.<\/p>\n

In the eyes of former Hull KR player Willie Mason and his podcast co-host Justin Horo, who also spent time in Super League, Litten could be convinced to make the jump to the NRL alongside Willie Peters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Peters is widely viewed as the hottest coaching prospect on either side of the equator and he\u2019s been dubbed as \u2018next up\u2019 for an NRL coaching gig, having previously turned down an interview for the Newcastle Knights job<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the Levels podcast<\/a>, Horo said: \u201cI\u2019ve got a plan and I feel like we\u2019re on the same page with this. Willie Peters, for me, is up next. He\u2019s done an incredible job and every single player I spoke to for the Ashes over there absolutely loved Willie Peters.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s next up and I think Seibs (Anthony Seibold), I\u2019m slightly concerned about Manly, so I think he\u2019s coaching for his job. Willie Peters was an assistant coach for Manly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWillie Peters, enjoy him while you\u2019ve got him. I think he\u2019s next man up, I think he\u2019s going to get a job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jez Litten and Willie Peters backed to swap Hull KR for NRL<\/p>\n

Peters, like Litten is under contract, but the pulling power of the NRL is strong and clubs would have the financial assets to buy out contracts, with former KR player Mason claiming that both Peters and Litten could make the move as a duo.<\/p>\n

On Peters, he declared: \u201cHe\u2019s ready. If they (Manly) don\u2019t make the eight this year, Seibs is gone and Willie Peters comes in.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t have a nine and Jez Litten is a nine. That\u2019s it, that would get him over here. He trusts Willie Peters and Willie Peters trusts him and they don\u2019t have a genuine nine.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat would be the thing to set Jez Litten off, he\u2019d go \u2018I\u2019ll come because of Willie Peters\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pair also lauded Litten\u2019s World Club Challenge performance<\/a>, as well as his efforts in the Ashes with Mason claiming that the 27-year-old could \u2018easily play NRL\u2019 but that he might have to make the switch sooner than later, particularly given the fact he turns 28 in March.<\/p>\n

On learning Litten\u2019s age, Mason argued: \u201cHe better make the jump, I don\u2019t think it would be a lack of the NRL wanting to get him, I think it would be him not wanting to come over.<\/p>\n

\u201cI reckon if he\u2019s played for England and we\u2019re watching him now, and there\u2019s a shortage of nines in some teams. He could easily play NRL.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been super impressed with the small sample size I\u2019ve seen,\u201d Horo added.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe didn\u2019t start game one (of the Ashes), I think Daryl Clark started but he had a really good series.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve watched highlights of Hull KR during this run and he\u2019s a f***ing gun. He\u2019s a good player.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a genuine nine, he set up a try off a second phase kick as well and hits Minchella (for the second try). He\u2019s a real player for them over there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Where Hull KR rank among Super League\u2019s greats, referee controversy and Las Vegas predictions \u2013\u00a0Click here to watch the latest episode of the Serious About Rugby League Show<\/a><\/p>\n

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