{"id":722512,"date":"2026-08-01T09:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T09:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/722512\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T09:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T09:24:11","slug":"why-hull-kr-young-guns-patience-will-pay-off-with-nathan-cleary-comparison-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/722512\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Hull KR young gun’s patience will pay off with Nathan Cleary comparison made"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jack Charles has been backed to be the long-term half-back at Hull KR.\"Hull<\/p>\n

Hull KR half-back Jack Charles.<\/p>\n

Tyrone May is backing Hull KR youngster Jack Charles to become the club\u2019s long-term half-back. The Robins paid a fee to lure Charles away from Hull FC<\/a> on a four-year deal ahead of the 2026 season, but the player yet to feature for the east Hull outfit in Super League – with Willie Peters opting to play Ryan Hampshire instead against Bradford Bulls.<\/p>\n

Of course, Charles debuted for Rovers off the bench against Lock Lane in the Challenge Cup back in February and scored two tries but has been restricted to reserves and loan games at Goole<\/a> Vikings since.<\/p>\n

But May believes he will get his shot when the time comes, and has praised the 20-year-old for how diligent he is with his training, even comparing the Hull-born talent to Penrith Panthers superstar Nathan Cleary – one of the Aussie\u2019s best friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s been really good,\u201d May said. \u201cEver since I\u2019ve come in here, he\u2019s willing to ask questions and just ask for a bit of help around a few things.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was kind of new to me because I\u2019ve never had a young kid really ask me how I approach things or how I do things, which is refreshing as well. You feel like you\u2019re helping, and then you pay close attention to how he\u2019s going.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like he\u2019s developing well and can continue to develop because at the end of the day, he\u2019s only young and eventually he\u2019ll get his time. He definitely works hard enough. Apart from my old mate Nathan Cleary, I\u2019ve never seen a kid stay on the field for longer after sessions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be tough for him to take, probably not playing as much as he wants to, but he doesn\u2019t put his head down or drag his lip. He still gets out there, he works hard, and that\u2019s the attitude that you want from a young kid.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack Charles has been backed to be the long-term half-back at Hull KR. Hull KR half-back Jack Charles.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[20372,128813,5903,20370,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-722512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-hull-kr","tag-jack-charles","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\/722512","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=722512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}