2012 Hull FC season

2012 Hull FC season
Super League XVII 6th
Play-off result N/A
Challenge Cup 4th Round
2012 record Wins: 15; Draws: 2; Losses: 11
Points scored For: 712; Against: 653
Team information
Chairman Adam Pearson
Head Coach Peter Gentle
Captain
Stadium KC Stadium
Avg. Attend. 12,402
High. Attend. 18,979
Top scorers
Tries Tom Briscoe - 21
Goals Danny Tickle - 80
Points Danny Tickle - 196
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This article details the Hull FC rugby league football club's 2012 season. This is the seventeenth season of the Super League era.

Season review

Pre season friendlies

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss

Dragons score is first.

DateCompetitionVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttReport
21/1/2012 Pre Season Knights A Huntington Stadium W 32-30 Crooks (2), Ellis, Lineham, Briscoe, Cunningham Crooks 4/6 N/A Report
22/1/2012 Pre Season Hull KR H KC Stadium L 18-36 Lynch, Green, Martin Tickle 2/2, Westerman 1/1 13,937 Report
29/1/2012 Pre Season Bulls H KC Stadium W 46-6 McKinnon (2), Yeaman (3), Briscoe, Horne, Tickle, Nicklas Tickle 4/8, Radford 1/1 5,500 (Est.) Report

Player appearances

FB=FullbackC=CentreW=WingerSO=Stand OffSH=Scrum HalfP=PropH=HookerSR=Second RowLF=Loose ForwardB=Bench
NoPlayer12 3
1 Wade McKinnon x FB FB
2 Will Sharp x W W
3 Tony Martin x B C
4 Kirk Yeaman x C C
5 Tom Briscoe x C W
6 Richard Horne x SO SO
7 Brett Seymour x SH SH
8 Mark O'Meley x B B
9 Danny Houghton x H H
10 Andy Lynch x P x
11 Willie Manu x SR SR
12 Danny Tickle x SR SR
13 Joe Westerman x L L
14 Aaron Heremaia x B x
15 Richard Whiting x B B
16 Eamon O'Carroll x B B
17 Sam Moa x P P
18 The Old Faithful x x x
19 Jordan Turner x C B
20 Jamie Ellis SO B x
21 Reece Lyne x B B
22 Martin Aspinwall x B B
23 Ben Crooks C B x
24 Liam Kent SR B x
25 Liam Cunningham C x x
26 Jack Briscoe W x x
27 Chris Green P B B
28 Danny Nicklas SH B B
29 Laurence Pearce x x B
30 Josh Bowden P x x
31 James Cunningham B x x
32 Lewis Brown L x x
33 Mike Burnett x x x

= Captain

= Injured

= Suspended

Table

As of 9 September 2012
    Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
    1 Wigan Warriors 27 21 0 6 994 449 +545 42
    2 Warrington Wolves 27 20 1 6 909 539 +370 41
    3 St Helens RLFC 27 17 2 8 795 480 +315 36
    4 Catalans Dragons 27 18 0 9 812 611 +199 36
    5 Leeds Rhinos 27 16 0 11 823 662 +209 32
    6 Hull F.C. 27 15 2 10 696 621 +75 32
    7 Huddersfield Giants 27 14 0 13 699 664 +35 28
    8 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 27 13 0 14 633 764 -131 26
    9 Bradford Bulls * 27 14 1 12 633 756 -123 23
    10 Hull Kingston Rovers 27 10 1 16 753 729 +24 21
    11 Salford City Reds 27 8 1 18 618 844 -226 17
    12 London Broncos 27 7 0 20 588 890 -302 14
    13 Castleford Tigers 27 6 0 21 554 948 -394 12
    14 Widnes Vikings 27 6 0 21 532 1082 -550 12

    Source: superleague.co.uk and BBC Sport.
    Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
    Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
    * - Bradford Bulls deducted 6 points on 25 July 2012 for entering administration[1] .

    2012 fixtures and results

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      Win
      Draw
      Loss

    2012 Engage Super League

    DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttLive on TVReport
    5/2/12 Super League XVII 1 Wolves H KC Stadium D 20-20 Yeaman, Tickle (2), Briscoe Tickle 2/4 12,710 - Report
    19/2/12 Super League XVII 3 Broncos H KC Stadium W 22-14 Briscoe, Westerman, McKinnon, Yeaman Tickle 3/4 10,096 Sky Sports Report
    24/2/12 Super League XVII 4 Reds A City of Salford Stadium L 22-24 Seymour (2), McKinnon, Briscoe Tickle 3/4 5,186 - Report
    4/3/12 Super League XVII 5 Wildcats H KC Stadium W 14-10 Yeaman, Sharp Tickle 3/3 11,105 - Report
    9/3/12 Super League XVII 6 Saints A Langtree Park W 22-10 McKinnon (2), Turner Tickle 5/6 14,875 - Report
    18/3/12 Super League XVII 7 Vikings H KC Stadium W 58-10 Tickle (4), Manu (2), Lynch, Whiting, Moa, Briscoe Tickle 9/10 10,705 - Report
    25/3/12 Super League XVII 8 Tigers A The Jungle W 42-28 Moa, Manu (2), Turner, Tickle, Seymour, Briscoe Tickle 7/7, Whiting 0/1 9,050 - Report
    30/3/12 Super League XVII 9 Bulls H KC Stadium W 24-18 Horne (2), Manu, Briscoe Tickle 4/5 11,673 - Report
    6/4/12 Super League XVII 10 Hull KR H KC Stadium W 36-6 Radford, Turner (3), Yeaman, Seymour Tickle 6/6 18,979 Sky Sports Report
    9/4/12 Super League XVII 11 Giants A Galpharm Stadium L 4-22 - Tickle 2/2 9,950 - Report
    22/4/12 Super League XVII 12 Warriors H KC Stadium L 12-56 Ellis, Sharp Tickle 2/2 11,549 - Report
    5/5/12 Super League XVII 13 Rhinos H KC Stadium W 34-20 Tickle, Sharp, Briscoe (2), Crooks Tickle 7/8 11,677 Sky Sports Report
    20/5/12 Super League XVII 14 Broncos A Twickenham Stoop W 14-12 Crooks, Whiting Tickle 3/3 3,930 - Report
    26/5/12 Super League XVII 15 Hull KR N Etihad Stadium L 30-32 Seymour, Horne, Manu, Martin, Turner Tickle 5/5 30,763 Sky Sports Report
    3/6/12 Super League XVII 16 Saints H KC Stadium D 18-18 Whiting, Horne, Tickle Tickle 3/4 11,727 - Report
    10/6/12 Super League XVII 17 Wildcats A Belle Vue L 30-32 Manu, Seymour, Crooks, Yeaman (2) Tickle 5/6 8,986 - Report
    24/6/12 Super League XVII 18 Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium L 18-40 Yeaman, Manu, Westerman Tickle 3/3 10,582 - Report
    1/7/12 Super League XVII 19 Giants H KC Stadium W 28-24 Crooks, Briscoe, Heremaia, Yeaman (2) Tickle 4/5 11,142 - Report
    6/7/12 Super League XVII 20 Rhinos A Headingley Stadium L 6-21 Horne Westerman 1/1 13,250 Sky Sports Report
    14/7/12 Super League XVII 2 Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus L 14-44 Crooks, Briscoe (2) Westerman 1/3 7,388 - Report
    20/7/12 Super League XVII 21 Hull KR A New Craven Park W 32-18 McGoldrick, Turner, Yeaman, Whiting, Briscoe Foster 6/7 9,086 Sky Sports Report
    29/7/12 Super League XVII 22 Reds H KC Stadium W 36-24 Lineham (2), Yeaman, Westerman, Turner Foster 7/7 10,776 - Report
    3/8/12 Super League XVII 23 Warriors A DW Stadium L 10-48 Lineham, Seymour Foster 1/2 17,736 Sky Sports Report
    12/8/12 Super League XVII 24 Dragons H KC Stadium W 30-10 Manu, Lineham, Green, Briscoe, Foster Foster 5/5 10,765 - Report
    19/8/12 Super League XVII 25 Vikings A Halton Stadium L 16-42 Turner, Westerman, Heremaia Foster 2/3 5,008 Sky Sports Report
    2/9/12 Super League XVII 26 Bulls A Odsal Stadium W 70-6 Westerman, Foster (2), Manu (2), Houghton, Heremaia (2), Briscoe (3), Crooks, Lynch Foster 9/13 10,616 Sky Sports Report
    9/9/12 Super League XVII 27 Tigers H KC Stadium W 36-10 Manu, Briscoe, Horne, Houghton, O'Meley, Green Foster 6/6 11,607 - Report

    Player appearances

    FB=FullbackC=CentreW=WingerSO=Stand-OffSH=Scrum HalfPR=PropH=HookerSR=Second RowL=Loose ForwardB=Bench
    NoPlayer12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
    1 Wade McKinnon FB x FB FB FB FB FB FB x FB FB FB x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
    2 Will Sharp W x W W W W W W W W W W W W W W x x x x x x x x x x x
    3 Tony Martin C x C C C C C C C x C x x x C x x x x x x x x x x x x
    4 Kirk Yeaman C C C C C C x x x C C x x x x x C C C C C C C x x x C
    5 Tom Briscoe W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W FB FB FB FB W W
    6 Richard Horne SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO FB SO x x x B SO SO x SO FB SO SO x x x B FB FB
    7 Brett Seymour x SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH x SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH x x SH SH SH B SO
    8 Mark O'Meley P x B P P P x x x x x x B x x x x x x x x P B P B B B
    9 Danny Houghton H x H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H x x H H x H H H H
    10 Andy Lynch P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P B P B P P P
    11 Willie Manu SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR B SR SR SR SR SR SR SR
    12 Danny Tickle SR x SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR x x x x x x x B
    13 Joe Westerman L L B x x x x x x x x x x B B L L L L SR SR SR SR x SR SR SR
    14 Aaron Heremaia x H x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x B H H SH SH H B B SH SH
    15 Richard Whiting B SR B B B L B B B L L B SO SO x B B H SO L L x C SR x x x
    16 Eamon O'Carroll x x x x B B B B P x x x B B B B B x x x x x x x x x x
    17 Sam Moa B x P x B B P P x x x P P P P P P P P x x x x x x x x
    18 The Old Faithful x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
    19 Jordan Turner B C x B x B C C C C C x C C C C C C C C C C x C C C x
    20 Jamie Ellis x x x x B B B B SO B SO SH B x x x SO x x x x x x x x x x
    21 Reece Lyne x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
    22 Martin Aspinwall B B L L L x L L L B B x B B B B B B B B B L B L B B B
    23 Ben Crooks x W x x x x x x x x x C C C x C W W W W x x x C C C C
    24 Liam Kent x x x x x x x x B x B B x x B x x B x x x x x x x x x
    25 Liam Cunningham x B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
    26 Jack Briscoe x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
    27 Chris Green x B x x x x x x B x x x x x x x x x x x B B B B x B B
    28 Danny Nicklas SH x B B x x x x x x x SO x x x x x x B B x B B x x x x
    29 Laurence Pearce x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
    30 Josh Bowden x x x B x x B B B B B B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
    31 James Cunningham x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
    32 Lewis Brown x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
    33 Mike Burnett x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
    34 Jay Pitts x B x x x x x x x B B L L L L B B B B SR B B B B L L L
    35 Lee Radford x x x x x x x x x P P B x x x x x x x B x x x x x x x
    36 Matty Russell x x x x x x x x x x x x FB FB FB FB FB FB x x x x x x x x x
    37 Liam Watts x P x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x B P P P P P P P P
    38 Ryan McGoldrick x FB x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x FB FB SO SO SO SO SO x
    39 Tom Lineham x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x B W W W W x x
    40 Jamie Foster x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x W W W W W W W

    = Captain

    = Injured

    = Suspended

    Challenge Cup

    LEGEND
      Win
      Draw
      Loss
    DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttTVReport
    15/4/12 Cup 4th Giants H KC Stadium L 16-42 Briscoe (2) Tickle 4/4 8,327 - Report

    Player appearances

    FB=FullbackC=CentreW=WingerSO=Stand OffSH=Scrum HalfPR=PropH=HookerSR=Second RowL=Loose ForwardB=Bench
    NoPlayer4
    1 Wade McKinnon x
    2 Will Sharp W
    3 Tony Martin C
    4 Kirk Yeaman x
    5 Tom Briscoe W
    6 Richard Horne x
    7 Brett Seymour SH
    8 Mark O'Meley x
    9 Danny Houghton H
    10 Andy Lynch P
    11 Willie Manu SR
    12 Danny Tickle SR
    13 Joe Westerman x
    14 Aaron Heremaia x
    15 Richard Whiting B
    16 Eamon O'Carroll x
    17 Sam Moa P
    18 The Old Faithful x
    19 Jordan Turner C
    20 Jamie Ellis SO
    21 Reece Lyne FB
    22 Martin Aspinwall x
    23 Ben Crooks B
    24 Liam Kent B
    25 Liam Cunningham x
    26 Jack Briscoe x
    27 Chris Green B
    28 Danny Nicklas x
    29 Lawrence Pearce x
    30 Josh Bowden x
    31 James Cunningham x
    32 Lewis Brown x
    33 Mike Burnett x
    34 Jay Pitts L

    Playoffs

    LEGEND
      Win
      Draw
      Loss
    DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttTVReport
    16/9/12 Play-offs QF Giants H KC Stadium W 46-10 Briscoe (2), Foster (2), Watts, Heremaia, Lynch, Horne Foster 7/9 8,662 Sky Sports Report
    22/9/12 Play-offs PSF Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium L 12-24 Briscoe, Crooks Foster 2/2 7,323 Sky Sports Report

    Player appearances

    FB=FullbackC=CentreW=WingerSO=Stand OffSH=Scrum HalfPR=PropH=HookerSR=Second RowL=Loose ForwardB=Bench
    NoPlayerQFPSF SF GF
    2 Will Sharp x x
    3 Tony Martin x x
    4 Kirk Yeaman C C
    5 Tom Briscoe W W
    6 Richard Horne FB FB
    7 Brett Seymour SO SO
    8 Mark O'Meley B B
    9 Danny Houghton H H
    10 Andy Lynch P P
    11 Willie Manu SR SR
    12 Danny Tickle x x
    13 Joe Westerman SR SR
    14 Aaron Heremaia SH SH
    15 Richard Whiting x x
    17 Sam Moa x x
    18 The Old Faithful x x
    19 Jordan Turner C C
    21 Reece Lyne x x
    22 Martin Aspinwall L L
    23 Ben Crooks B B
    24 Liam Kent x x
    25 Liam Cunningham x x
    26 Jack Briscoe x x
    27 Chris Green B B
    28 Danny Nicklas x x
    29 Laurence Pearce x x
    30 Josh Bowden x x
    31 James Cunningham x x
    32 Lewis Brown x x
    33 Mike Burnett x x
    34 Jay Pitts B B
    35 Lee Radford x x
    37 Liam Watts P P
    38 Ryan McGoldrick x x
    39 Tom Lineham x x
    40 Jamie Foster W W

    2012 squad statistics

    No Nat Player Position Age Previous Club Contracted Until Apps Tries Goals DG Points
    1 Australia Wade McKinnon Fullback 30 New Zealand Warriors 2014 10 4 0 0 16
    2 England Will Sharp Wing 25 Harlequins RL N/A 16 3 0 0 12
    3 Australia Tony Martin Centre 33 Crusaders RL N/A 11 1 0 0 4
    4 England Kirk Yeaman Centre 28 Hull FC Academy N/A 18 11 0 0 44
    5 England Tom Briscoe Wing 21 Hull FC Academy N/A 30 22 0 0 90
    6 England Richard Horne Stand Off 29 Hull FC Academy N/A 22 7 0 0 28
    7 Australia Brett Seymour Scrum Half 27 New Zealand Warriors 2014 26 7 0 0 28
    8 Australia Mark O'Meley Prop 30 Sydney Roosters 2012 14 1 0 0 4
    9 England Danny Houghton Hooker 23 Hull FC Academy 2012 26 2 0 0 8
    10 England Andy Lynch Prop 32 Bradford Bulls 2013 30 3 0 0 12
    11 Tonga Willie Manu Second Row 31 Castleford Tigers 2012 30 12 0 0 48
    12 England Danny Tickle Second Row 28 Wigan Warriors 2012 20 9 80 0 196
    13 England Joe Westerman Loose Forward 22 Castleford Tigers 2014 18 5 2 0 24
    14 New Zealand Aaron Heremaia Hooker 29 New Zealand Warriors 2013 13 5 0 0 20
    15 England Richard Whiting Centre 27 Featherstone Rovers 2012 23 4 0 0 16
    16 Republic of Ireland Eamon O'Carroll Prop 24 Wigan Warriors 2014 10 0 0 0 0
    17 Tonga Sam Moa Prop 25 Cronulla Sharks 2012 15 2 0 0 8
    18 England The Old Faithful N/A N/A Hull FC 2012 0 0 0 0 0
    19 England Jordan Turner Centre 23 Salford City Reds 2012 25 9 0 0 36
    20 England Jamie Ellis Half Back 22 Leigh Centurions 2012 12 1 0 0 4
    21 England Reece Lyne Winger 19 Hull FC Academy 2012 1 0 0 0 0
    22 England Martin Aspinwall Second Row 30 Castleford Tigers 2012 26 0 0 0 0
    23 England Ben Crooks Centre 18 Hull FC Academy 2012 16 7 0 0 28
    24 England Liam Kent Second Row 18 Hull FC Academy 2012 6 0 0 0 0
    25 England Liam Cunningham Centre 18 Hull FC Academy 2012 0 0 0 0 0
    26 England Jack Briscoe Fullback 18 Hull FC Academy 2012 0 0 0 0 0
    27 England Chris Green Second Row 18 Hull FC Academy 2012 11 2 0 0 8
    28 England Danny Nicklas Halfback 20 Hull FC Academy 2012 8 0 0 0 0
    29 England Laurence Pearce Second Row 18 Hull FC Academy 2012 0 0 0 0 0
    30 England Josh Bowden Prop 18 Hull FC Academy 2012 7 0 0 0 0
    31 England James Cunningham Hooker 18 Hull FC Academy 2012 1 0 0 0 0
    32 England Lewis Brown Centre 18 Hull FC Academy 2012 0 0 0 0 0
    33 England Mike Burnett Second Row 23 Hull FC Academy 2012 0 0 0 0 0
    34 England Jay Pitts Prop N/A Leeds Rhinos - Loan 2012 22 0 0 0 0
    35 England Lee Radford Prop N/A Hull FC 2012 4 1 0 0 4
    36 England Matty Russell Fullback 18 Wigan Warriors - Loan 2012 6 0 0 0 0
    37 England Liam Watts Prop N/A Hull KR 2014 12 1 0 0 4
    38 Australia Ryan McGoldrick Fullback N/A Castleford Tigers 2012 8 1 0 0 4
    39 England Tom Lineham Wing N/A Hull FC 2012 5 4 0 0 16
    40 England Jamie Foster Wing 23 St Helens - Loan 2012 9 5 45 0 110

    = Captain = Injured = Suspended

    Out of contract 2012

    Players out of contract in 2012:

    2012 transfers in/out

    In

    Name Position Signed from Date
    Australia Brett Seymour Scrum Half New Zealand Warriors -
    England Andy Lynch Prop Bulls -

    Out

    Name Position Club Signed Date
    England Danny Washbrook Loose Forward Wakefield Trinity Wildcats -

    References

    Pre-Season

    Super League XVI

    Challenge Cup

    References

    1. "Bradford Bulls handed six-point deduction by RFL". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2012.

    External links