{"id":642293,"date":"2026-06-16T20:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/642293\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T20:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:58:14","slug":"early-hull-fc-v-wakefield-trinity-team-news-with-12-players-ruled-out-and-nine-in-doubt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/642293\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Hull FC v Wakefield Trinity team news with 12 players ruled out and nine in doubt"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Friday night will see Hull FC look to earn back-to-back home wins when they take on Wakefield Trinity, in what is a hugely important game for both sides given their positions in the table.<\/p>\n

FC are currently ninth, and sit eight points off the play-off spots. A top six finish now seems very unlikely, but not impossible.<\/p>\n

To do so, you would expect them to need to win just about every other game this season, which, given their first half of 2026, seems a foregone conclusion.<\/p>\n

Wakefield, meanwhile, sit in fifth, and are one of four teams on 18 points. After a hefty defeat to Wigan Warriors last time out, Daryl Powell\u2019s side will be looking for a response. Another defeat here could put them in real danger of falling out of the six, especially with Leigh Leopards in tremendous form and hot on the tails of the play-off places.<\/p>\n

Ahead of Friday\u2019s clash, there is a plenty of early team news to get through, with injuries and suspensions affecting both sides before the ball has even been kicked.<\/p>\n

Prior to the 21-man squads being announced tomorrow, here is the lowdown of what we already know, with a total of 12 players being ruled out and nine in doubt at this stage.<\/p>\n

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Hull FC v Wakefield Trinity \u2018outs and doubts\u2019<\/p>\n

Hull FC:<\/p>\n

Starting with the home side, a few players we know won\u2019t play are full-back Will Pryce (ACL), John Asiata (hamstring), Sam Lisone (bicep), Arthur Romano (syndesmosis), Brad Fash (MCL), Ligi\u00a0Sao (shoulder) and Connor Bailey (clavicle).<\/p>\n

Yusuf Aydin and Roman Dawson are also both suspended, after the pair were issued long-term bans for incidents in Super League and reserves action respectively.<\/p>\n

FC recently released a statement in which it claimed that over half of their salary cap was sat on the sidelines, and with the injuries on show, it\u2019s hard to disagree.<\/p>\n

In addition to those players ruled out, interim boss Andy Last will be hoping that some players make the matchday squad, and it would be a huge boost if at least some of them could.<\/p>\n

Davy Litten, Zak Hardaker and Lewis Martin all missed the weekend\u2019s win over Huddersfield, whilst Aidan Sezer and Lloyd Kemp both had muscle tightness problems post-match, with Sezer needing to be substituted before the game was over.<\/p>\n

James Bell is likely to miss this week, but is not fully ruled out. Regardless, it is a hugely testing time for Last and his side, who need some good luck on the injury front and quickly.<\/p>\n

Wakefield Trinity:<\/p>\n

Trinity suffered some key blows to their backs in the win over Hull KR a fortnight ago, and their squad was weakened further in the loss to Wigan.<\/p>\n

At present, three of their squad numbers one to seven are sidelined, with those being Oliver Pratt, Corey Hall and Mason Lino.<\/p>\n

Pratt is set for an eight-week spell on the sidelines, whilst Hall and Lino are both facing around six weeks out.<\/p>\n

One boost for Trinity is that Jazz Tevaga is back available after suspension, but players in doubt are Lachlan Walmsley, who is a long-term absentee, Josh Rouke and Jayden Myers, who went off injured against the Warriors. It leaves real question marks over the depth of Powell\u2019s backs.<\/p>\n

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