{"id":827782,"date":"2026-11-08T05:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T05:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/827782\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T05:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T05:32:12","slug":"hull-fc-secure-latest-signing-as-steve-mcnamara-bolsters-pack-and-fresh-exit-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/827782\/","title":{"rendered":"Hull FC secure latest signing as Steve McNamara bolsters pack and fresh exit looms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Josh Kerr is relishing the prospect of a new challenge in Super League after agreeing to join Hull FC<\/a> on a two-year deal ahead of the 2027 campaign.<\/p>\n

Kerr becomes the club\u2019s 10th new signing under Steve McNamara, joining Daly Cherry-Evans, Junior Pauga, Jordan Swann and Josh Coric in making the move from Australia to the MKM Stadium.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old prop has made close to 150 NRL appearances since making his debut for St George Illawarra Dragons in 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really excited to be joining Hull FC. It\u2019s a proud club with a great history, and I\u2019m grateful for the opportunity to be part of it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to meeting the boys, getting stuck into training and meeting the Hull fans. For me and my family, it\u2019s also a chance to experience a different culture and make some great memories together. We can\u2019t wait to get over there and get started.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kerr adds further depth to Hull\u2019s pack for the 2027 and 2028 seasons, while the club also recently confirmed James Bell\u2019s departure as he looks to pursue a new opportunity elsewhere in Super League<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hull FC began their pre-season preparations on Monday under new head coach McNamara, who is thrilled to have secured Kerr\u2019s services from the NRL.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to welcome Josh to Hull FC. He brings size, physicality and NRL experience to our pack, and we believe he will add real value to us,\u201d said McNamara.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to getting him into training, building relationships with his teammates and helping him produce his best rugby.<\/p>\n

\u201cJosh will have an important part to play in maintaining and continually improving the standards set by the existing group during the first week of pre-season.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, the Black and Whites are again over the quota threshold of 10 overseas players, with Cherry-Evans, Swann, Coric, Pauga, Isaac Liu, John Asiata, Cade Cust, Herman Ese\u2019ese, Sam Lisone and Aidan Sezer all under contract.<\/p>\n

It means at least one more player needs to be moved on during pre-season.<\/p>\n

Ethan O’Neill does not count on the quota due to playing part of his junior rugby league<\/a> journey in England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh Kerr is relishing the prospect of a new challenge in Super League after agreeing to join Hull…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[20805,5903,20370,101,20373,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-827782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-hull-fc","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-league","tag-sports","tag-super-league","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827782","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=827782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}