Exactly what Hull FC required. Injury disruption but solid wet weather rugby, massive away following and 2 points. Despite missing 3 frontline props, Shaul - Best player in the opening games and Talanoa.

Connor will be a miss but Shaul expects to be back for Leeds. Bowden ready soon apparently. Taylor one more game.

Connor out 6 weeks apparently.

I hardly think figures from 2012 or even 2015 are relevant to current times and its not a fallacy to say a regular Sunday Super League programme would not attract more away fans to grounds.
There is far more marketing now by the club to advertise and promote weekend games than in 2012 and 2015.
We are a well supported club when playing away but had the game against Huddersfield been on a Friday then possibly 500 would have traveled yet on Sunday over 2000 fans made the journey.
That revenue for Huddersfield is huge and also welcome to our club for those who purchased tickets from Hull FC.
Whilst Sky are in control it wont happen but get back to a regular Sunday Super League programme with one live match on a friday night and one live match at 18.00 on a Sunday and get the fans back into the grounds watching live instead of sitting at home in front of the TV watching SKY.

Yeh I agree about Friday , from what I've seen of Leeds in they opening away games , they've been a bit unlucky and played at a good intensity, poor against wakey, but will definitely be better Friday , plus Leeds always beat us , hoping for a good turn out and a big hull effort

You are in dream land.

Facts are facts, Sunday games do not boost attendances, especially in summer when families have far more options over how to spend their time than they did in the past.

You would have hoped so, give we are reckoned to have had over 20k fans at Wembley in both of those years, yet look at the 2018 average gate and it didn't increase materially.