{"id":509394,"date":"2026-04-02T18:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/509394\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T18:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:48:11","slug":"hull-fc-pair-make-loan-switch-as-championship-club-hand-trial-to-former-bradford-bulls-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/509394\/","title":{"rendered":"Hull FC pair make loan switch as Championship club hand trial to former Bradford Bulls man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"879\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AM2_0081-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hull FC\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of their Good Friday derby with Hull KR, Hull FC have allowed two of their emerging players to head on loan to the Championship.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/rugby-league-news-championship-club-dealt-blow-as-pair-announce-immediate-retirement-114023\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Following two immediate retirements within the squad<\/a>, Hunslet RLFC were left in search of players, be that in the short-term or long-term, and the Black and Whites have answered their call.<\/p>\n<p>John Cartwright has sent duo Will Kirby and Joe Phillips to the Parksiders in a move the suits all parties involded.<\/p>\n<p>Kirby has featured in all of the club\u2019s reserves matches so far and was part of the pre-season defeat to Huddersfield Giants in January.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips signed in the off-season from Goole Vikings, but is yet to make his first-team debut. He has also appeared in the reserve grade, but this week the pair will have a chance to step up their development as they take on higher-level opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Kirby and Phillips will link up with Kyle Trout\u2019s side for this week\u2019s game against Keighley Cougars, and they also have Bradford Bulls youngster Alfie Leake in their side, too.<\/p>\n<p>Former Bulls man Jaden Barraclough is on trial with the club, whilst the likes of Eddie Battye and Lee Gaskell provide a wealth of Super League experience.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1\ufe0f\u20e39\ufe0f\u20e3| \ud835\ude4e\ud835\ude66\ud835\ude6a\ud835\ude56\ud835\ude59 \ud835\ude49\ud835\ude5a\ud835\ude6c\ud835\ude68<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Trout has named 19 players in his squad for our Betfred Championship away clash against Keighley Cougars.<\/p>\n<p>Hull FC duo Will Kirby (Back Row) and Joe Phillips (Prop) are included as well as Jaden Barraclough (Hooker) who joins us from our friends\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y6isHbM9u1\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/y6isHbM9u1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hunslet RLFC (@HunsletRLFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HunsletRLFC\/status\/2039663641390092728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768085712_213_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ahead of their Good Friday derby with Hull KR, Hull FC have allowed two of their emerging players&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-509394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509394","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=509394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}