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<\/p>\nThe prop is finding his feet at Hull FC.<\/p>\n
11:20, 26 Feb 2026Updated 11:30, 26 Feb 2026<\/p>\n
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Hull FC prop Harvie Hill.<\/p>\n
John Cartwright has praised new Hull FC signing Harvie Hill for adapting to a new role this season – and is backing him to continue to hit his straps at his new club. The prop forward has started all three of the side\u2019s competitive games so far \u2013 playing a leading part in the Black and Whites\u2019 pack.<\/p>\n
That role \u2013 and the responsibility that comes with it \u2013 is set to continue on Friday night, with Hull hosting Super League newcomers York Knights at the MKM Stadium. And Cartwright, who made Hill one of Hull\u2019s first recruits for 2026 last year, has been impressed with what he\u2019s seen so far, with the 22-year-old going from a \u2018third interchange\u2019 prop at former club Wigan to a starting member of the Hull pack.<\/p>\n
Excelling with his work rate and impact in the middle of the field, Hill has been good value so far, leading the way with his strong carries and defensive contact, and for good measure, getting over for his first try late in last week\u2019s defeat to the Warriors.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought, in a beaten side, Harvey was really strong last week,” Cartwright said. “He tried hard and he tried to turn the tide with his defence. His work rate was really high.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe’s also playing a lot more minutes with us than he did at Wigan. Wigan had a lot of middles last year and they rotated them around, and he was always that third middle off the bench, so he didn’t get a lot of time, but he’s adapted now.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s getting a lot more time on the field and as far as middles go, he was one of our better ones. He gave as good as he got.”<\/p>\n
Cartwright also praised Arthur Romano once again after a strong start to life at his new club following his off-season move from Catalans Dragons.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe’s been consistent with everything that he’s done,\u201d Cartwright said. \u201cWhat you see on a weekend is exactly how he trains; he comes in to get better every day, he trains hard every day, and he’s getting very popular with his teammates.”<\/p>\n
As for Friday\u2019s game, Hull are now targeting a response against a York side that are also one from two in Super League so far this year. Knowing the challenge ahead, FC need a performance based on hard work, with how they shape up physically a big improvement target after last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know we’re a lot better than that,\u201d Cartwright added. \u201cWe failed to show our fans and ourselves that, but it’s not complicated. Physically, we were dominated, and if you dominate sides physically, or at least get a share of that domination, it makes the game a tight contest. That was the disappointing thing and the thing that we’ve taken out as a group: that physically we’ve got to be a lot better.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you’re playing on the back foot, it’s hard to get any attacking range on them. There were occasions where we were able to shift the ball and looked a little bit menacing, but you’ve got to be able to do it continuously, put them into corners, and make life really tough.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s a mindset thing for us. We’re aware of our shortcomings and that’s the first thing you need to make yourself better. It’s all in the response now. We’ll see how we respond on Friday night.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The prop is finding his feet at Hull FC. 11:20, 26 Feb 2026Updated 11:30, 26 Feb 2026 Hull…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[88935,20805,28318,5903,20370,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-447178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-harvie-hill","tag-hull-fc","tag-john-cartwright","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\/447178","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=447178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}