{"id":746386,"date":"2026-08-22T17:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/746386\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:46:11","slug":"richie-myler-hints-at-huge-hull-fc-squad-overhaul-as-recruitment-targets-stated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/746386\/","title":{"rendered":"Richie Myler hints at huge Hull FC squad overhaul as recruitment targets stated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/OH9_3367-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" 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>Richie Myler has admitted that some players contracted for 2027 will not be at Hull FC next year with the club\u2019s chief executive officer hinting at a massive overhaul this off-season.<\/p>\n<p>Hull FC have already been among the more active clubs when recruiting for 2027, or at least in terms of announcing their done deals. The headliner is NRL legend Daly Cherry-Evans but they have also added Leigh Leopards pair Bailey Hodgson and Isaac Liu, as well as signing Catalans\u2019 Alrix Da Costa, who will reunite with Steve McNamara.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst Cherry-Evans and Liu are 37 and 35 respectively, Myler has made it clear that the majority of signings to come will be for players in their 20s, speaking in depth as he provided an update to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/p0p55111?at_medium=social&amp;at_campaign=Social_Flow&amp;at_link_id=9B0D623E-9B23-11F1-A53D-B96161D48D5B&amp;at_link_type=web_link&amp;at_link_origin=BBC_Sport_Humberside&amp;at_ptr_name=twitter&amp;at_campaign_type=owned&amp;at_bbc_team=editorial&amp;at_format=video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BBC Radio Humberside<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Myler admitted: \u201cThe majority of our signings will be on those mid-20s, early-20s players. That\u2019s what we\u2019re looking to recruit, very talented with lots of development in them but we knew we had to get a few key points, a few signs around them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked how many more pieces there were to add to the puzzle, Myler responded:\u00a0\u201cHow long have you got? There\u2019s quite a lot of movement that\u2019s going to happen in the next period of time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome lads\u2019 contracts are ending with us and they\u2019ll be moving on to pastures new anyway or some that are under contract that will be changing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    Most Read on Serious About Rugby League<\/p>\n<p>That clearly suggests player exits but Myler admitted that may be necessary, adding:\u201dObviously, we need to evolve that squad because we want to give ourselves the best opportunity to compete next year at a higher level than what we\u2019ve done consistently this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs annoying it is, we\u2019re not a million miles off, although we\u2019re not where we need to be. If you look at our points difference, we\u2019re in every game, we\u2019re just unfortunately not quite able to do it enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whilst his suggestion that Hull FC are \u2018not a million miles off\u2019 may shock many given that they\u2019re joint-bottom for points, the club have lost seven Super League games by one score or less, with a further five defeats coming by just 10 points or less.<\/p>\n<p>Adding the experience of DCE and Liu with developing players underneath could easily lead to a turn in fortunes for a club who have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/rugby-league-news-when-every-super-league-club-last-made-the-play-offs-with-hull-fc-and-castleford-tigers-among-longest-droughts-111518\/#google_vignette\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">not made the play-offs since 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NRL lowball Super League, Hull FC\u2019s gargantuan signing, and new title favourites <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Cqne0Z_gDoA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u2013 Click here to watch this week\u2019s episode of the Serious About Rugby League Show<\/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\/07\/1783977013_96_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Richie Myler has admitted that some players contracted for 2027 will not be at Hull FC next year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":746387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-746386","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\/746386","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=746386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/746387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}