# 2020 Hull FC season

This article details the Hull FC's rugby league football club's 2020 season.

## Fixtures and results

Win Draw Loss
* All fixtures are subject to change

### Challenge Cup

| Date and Time | Rnd | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | TV | Report |
| 13 September 2020, 15:00 | 6 | Castleford Tigers | A | Totally Wicked Stadium | W | 29–16 | Tuimavave (2), Albert Kelly, Naulago | Connor (6) +1DG | 0 | BBC One | |
| 19 September 2020, 17:00 | QF | Wigan Warriors | A | AJ Bell Stadium | 4–36 | Fonua | — | 0 | | BBC Two | |

### Regular season

| Date and Time | Rnd | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | TV |
| 2 February, 16:45 | 1 | Leeds Rhinos | A | Headingley | W | 30–4 | Tuimavave, Naulago (2), Bowden, Shaul | Sneyd (5) | 19,500 | Sky Sports |
| 7 February, 19:45 | 2 | Hull KR | H | KCOM Stadium | W | 25–16 | Connor, Houghton, Sneyd, Griffin | Sneyd (4) +1 DG | 19,599 | Sky Sports |
| 16 February, 15:00 | 3 | St. Helens | H | KCOM Stadium | L | 18–32 | Tuimavave (2), Shaul | Sneyd (3) | 12,399 | — |
| 23 February, 15:00 | 4 | Wigan Warriors | A | DW Stadium | L | 12–26 | Swift, Griffin | Sneyd (2) | 12,005 | |
| 1 March, 15:00 | 5 | Catalans Dragons | H | KCOM Stadium | L | 29–34 | Fonua (2), Tuimavave, Shaul, Ma'u | Sneyd (4) +1DG | 12,003 | |
| 6 March, 19:45 | 6 | Wakefield Trinity | A | The Mobile Rocket Stadium | W | 27–26 | Fonua, Buchanan, Kelly | Sneyd (5) +1DG | 5,528 | |
| 12 March, 19:45 | 7 | Warrington Wolves | H | KCOM Stadium | L | 4–38 | Buchanan | — | 10,214 | Sky Sports |
| 9 August 2020, 13:00 | 8 | Salford Red Devils | A | Emerald Headingley | L | 18–54 | Kelly, Ma'u, Shaul | Sneyd (3) | 0 | Sky Sports |
| 18 October 2020, 15:00 | 9 | Castleford Tigers | H | KCOM Stadium | W | 48–6 | Naulago (2), Savelio, Connor, Faraimo, Houghton, Tuimavave, Ma'u | Sneyd (7), Connor | 0 | Sky Sports |
| 30 August 2020, 16:15 | 10 | Huddersfield Giants | A | Halliwell Jones Stadium | W | 31–12 | Kelly, Sneyd, Griffin, Brown, Fonua | Sneyd (5) +1DG | 0 | Sky Sports |
| 4 September 2020, 20:15 | 11 | Warrington Wolves | A | Emerald Headingley | L | 12–37 | Griffin, Tuimavave | Sneyd (2) | 0 | Sky Sports |
| 10 September 2020, 18:00 | 12 | Wakefield Trinity | A | Totally Wicked Stadium | W | 26–23 | Lane (2), Swift (2), Savelio | Connor (3) | 0 | Sky Sports |
| 24 September 2020, 18:00 | 13 | Salford Red Devils | A | Halliwell Jones Stadium | L | 22–28 | Shaul (2), Savelio, Lane | Connor (3) | 0 | Sky Sports |
| 1 October 2020, 19:45 | 14 | Castleford Tigers | A | The Mend-A-Hose Jungle | W | 32–28 | Scott, Johnstone, Satae, McNamara, Connor | Sneyd (6) | 0 | Sky Sports |
| 8 October 2020, 19:45 | 15 | Leeds Rhinos | A | Emerald Headingley | L | 22–40 | Fonua, Savelio, Brown, Griffin | Sneyd (3) | 0 | Sky Sports |
| 13 October 2020, 17:30 | 16 | Huddersfield Giants | A | Halliwell Jones Stadium | W | 18–16 | Naulago, Fonua, Faraimo | Sneyd (3) | 0 | Sky Sports |
| C–C | 17 | Catalans Dragons | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 October 2020, 19:45 | 19 | Hull KR | A | Totally Wicked Stadium | W | 31–16 | Bowden Naulago (2), Faraimo (2), Sao, | Sneyd (3) | 0 | Sky Sports |

### Play-offs

| Date and Time | Rnd | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | TV | Report |
| 13 November 2020, 19:45 | Elim | Warrington Wolves | A | Halliwell Jones Stadium | W | 27–14 | Faraimo (2), Satae, Cator, Connor | Sneyd (5) +1DG | 0 | Sky Sports | |
| 20 November 2020, 19:45 | SF | Wigan Warriors | A | DW Stadium | L | 2–29 | — | Sneyd | 0 | Sky Sports | |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Match Played behind closed doors, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
* ↑ After golden-point extra time
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 all games resumed behind closed doors, at neutral venues due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
* ↑ As a result of at least six Hull F.C. players testing positive for COVID-19, round 9 matches involving Hull F.C. and their opponents, Salford Red Devils, were postponed, and the fixture list was reversed for this round, with Castleford now set to play St Helens, whilst Wakefield will now play Catalans.
* ↑ Leeds were originally due to play Castleford, but Castleford were stood down on 7 October after three players tested positive for Covid-19 and six more ordered to isolate. This left Castleford with just 14 fit players to form a team, so now they will play Hull in Round 18 instead.
* ↑ Match postponed on 21 October after five Catalans players and two members of the coaching staff tested positive for Covid-19.
* ↑ Match cancelled after Super League meeting on 3 November rescheduled the play-offs and ended the regular season early.

## League standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PP | Pts | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | Wigan Warriors (L) | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 408 | 278 | 146.8 | 26 | 76.47 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | St Helens (C) | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 469 | 195 | 240.5 | 24 | 70.59 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Warrington Wolves | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 365 | 204 | 178.9 | 24 | 70.59 | Elimination semi-finals |
| 4 | Catalans Dragons | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 376 | 259 | 145.2 | 16 | 61.54 | Elimination semi-finals |
| 5 | Leeds Rhinos | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 369 | 390 | 94.6 | 20 | 58.82 | Elimination semi-finals |
| 6 | Hull F.C. | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 405 | 436 | 92.9 | 18 | 52.94 | Elimination semi-finals |
| 7 | Huddersfield Giants | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 318 | 367 | 86.6 | 14 | 38.89 | |
| 8 | Castleford Tigers | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 328 | 379 | 86.5 | 12 | 37.50 | |
| 9 | Salford Red Devils | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 354 | 469 | 75.5 | 16 | 44.44 | |
| 10 | Wakefield Trinity | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 324 | 503 | 64.4 | 10 | 26.32 | |
| 11 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 290 | 526 | 55.1 | 6 | 17.65 | |
* ↑ Where teams have the same win percentage, position is decided by points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).

## Player statistics

| # | Player | Position | Tries | Goals | DG | Points | Red Cards | Yellow Cards |
| 1 | Jamie Shaul | Fullback | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Bureta Faraimo | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Carlos Tuimavave | Centre | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Josh Griffin | Centre | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Adam Swift | Wing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Jake Connor | Stand-off | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Marc Sneyd | Scrum-half | 1 | 23 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Scott Taylor | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Danny Houghton | Hooker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Chris Satae | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Josh Jones | Second-row | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Manu Ma'u | Second-row | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Ligi Sao | Second-row | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Albert Kelly | Fullback | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Joe Cator | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Jordan Johnstone | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Masimbaashe Matongo | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Brad Fash | Second-row | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Jordan Lane | Second-row | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Josh Bowden | Loose forward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Andre Savelio | Loose forward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Mahe Fonua | Centre | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Connor Wynne | Fullback | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Liam Harris | Scrum-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Lewis Bienek | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Gareth Ellis | Loose forward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Jack Brown | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Cameron Scott | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Ratu Naulago | Wing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Kieran Buchanan | Wing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
* As of Round 6 (6 March 2020)

## 2020 transfers

Gains
| Player | Club | Contract | Date |
| Josh Jones | Salford Red Devils | 2 years | May 2019 |
| Adam Swift | St. Helens | 2 years | May 2019 |
| Mahe Fonua | Wests Tigers | 3 years | June 2019 |
| Manu Ma'u | Parramatta Eels | 2 years | July 2019 |
| Jordan Johnstone | Widnes Vikings | 3 years | August 2019 |
| Ligi Sao | New Zealand Warriors | 2 Years | August 2019 |
| Tevita Satae | New Zealand Warriors | 2 Years | August 2019 |
Losses
| Player | Club | Contract | Date |
| Cameron Scott | Leigh Centurions | Season Long Loan | January 2020 |
| Lewis Bienek | Leigh Centurions | Season Long Loan | January 2020 |