{"id":532459,"date":"2026-04-15T16:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/532459\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:09:10","slug":"hull-kr-wrap-up-peta-hiku-future-as-centre-pens-new-craven-park-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/532459\/","title":{"rendered":"Hull KR wrap up Peta Hiku future as centre pens new Craven Park deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hiku will be sticking around at Hull KR<\/p>\n

15:00, 15 Apr 2026Updated 15:00, 15 Apr 2026<\/p>\n

\"Peta<\/p>\n

Peta Hiku in action during Hull KR’s Challenge Cup win over Huddersfield Giants.<\/p>\n

Hull KR centre Peta Hiku has penned a new deal to remain with the Robins beyond the end of the current season.<\/p>\n

Hiku was in the final months of his old contract, but he has now put pen to paper on a one-year extension with the club, keeping him tied down until the end of the 2027 campaign.<\/p>\n

It’s a boost for Rovers, who now have just a handful of contract decisions to make ahead of next year, with Sauaso Sue and Rhyse Martin being the most high profile pair still off contract.<\/p>\n

Hiku has been with Rovers since the start of the 2024 season and after helping the club to the Grand Final in his first season, he played a key role in Rovers’ treble winning campaign. He also scored a try in the World Club Challenge earlier this season to help Willie Peter’s side secure world champions status.<\/p>\n

So far he has made 74 appearances for KR, scoring 26 tries along the way, and now that his future is secure, he’ll be keen to add to that tally.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited,” Hiku said on his new deal. “Ever since I\u2019ve been here, Hull KR<\/a> have been so welcoming, and it\u2019s been an awesome club to be a part of.<\/p>\n

“My family is happy here, and that\u2019s what makes it an easy decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always knew I wanted to stay here. I want to go out there and play footy and enjoy it. Then come off the field and enjoy our fans and our club.\u201d<\/p>\n

Willie Peters won’t be at Craven Park to coach Hiku next season, but the head coach expressed his delight to the centre.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeta Hiku has been an exceptional signing for the club and thoroughly deserves this contract extension,” the head coach added.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeta is in our leadership group and has a big influence on the team, on and off the field, and he is a likeable character.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to working with Peta for the rest of the season and creating more memories as we have done over the last two and a half years.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hiku will be sticking around at Hull KR 15:00, 15 Apr 2026Updated 15:00, 15 Apr 2026 Peta Hiku…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[20372,5903,20370,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-532459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","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\/532459","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=532459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}