Much as I don't want to defend Sky pundits that Stevo comment related to the Bookies giving Wigan a 40+ point start. All the plaudits from Stevo, Eddie, Clarke, Carney & Wells were all for FC tonight and deservedly so. Closing comment was "well done Hull FC a moral victory tonight"

That was a real gutsy performance and regardless of the fact we couldn't quite manage the win despite losing Lineham early, Shaul with a hamstring & I think Abdul a couple of minutes from the end after a nasty tackle (legitimate) to the ribs from Flower, I am very proud in defeat tonight.

What kind of team we can put out against Hudds I don't know but hopefully the kids will grab the opportunity. I am against the joint academy and this just adds fuel to the fire after that performance, HKR must be rubbing their hands....

I guess we could have gone with a much more experienced team and got bummed 60 nil like rovers did

seems the Club Site got it wrong too, still what do they know?

Lee Radford commended his young Hull FC side after a brave performance last night against Wigan Warriors.

The Black and Whites took on title-challengers Wigan with six academy players and an average squad age of just 21 but almost snatched an unexpected victory.

Two late tries kept Hull in it until the death but they were eventually beaten 30-24.

You are right that Wigan's average age was only slightly higher but the difference is that most of Wigan's 'youngsters' are recognised first team players except for Gildart who was playing only his third game. I thought Hull played really well and weren't far from pulling off a win which would have been deserved. What really annoyed me was the patronising commentary from the Sky muppets. They were talking all the way through as though it was inevitable that Wigan were going to rack up a big score and that it was only a matter of time before Hull ran out of petrol. How wrong could they be!

To be fair to Stevo et al, they were singing our praises by the end of the match. Even Phil Clarke was calling for a knock on by Wigan earlier on which left me scratching my head. The first thing Jon Wells said on 80min was something like "hull fc...wow" or words to that effect