Anyone making the long journey up on Saturday? Hopefully will be a start of a good partnership for both sides, we had a really good time when we played one another in the CC the other year with both sets of fans getting on so well & was just a great day. Dont expect any first teamers to be playing but im sure your U21's or whatever side ya send up will be a real handful and well drilled unit just like in previous years when we played Saints & Warrington

First I've heard of this game.

Anyway, can't personally but am going to the game against Salford the next day.

As TTID mentions it is to mark a new partnership between the clubs. Might adopt them as my second team - add an extra bit of interest to looking at the Championships scores.

Sounds quite patronising that - wasn't meant to.

I'm sure quite a few rovers fans will share this opinion, I'm hoping they do well myself.

That is one of my favourite away games in recent years, totally agree, we had a great laugh with your fans that day. Unfortunately can't see many making the journey up this weekend especially as we have a home friendly v Salford on the Sunday. I share others sentiments though, hope you go well this season.

Have huge respect for anyone who attends both.

Im sooooooooo tempted

Working on Saturday night so can't make the journey especially for an U21's fixture. I am sure a couple of fringe players will be playing as we are putting out I think 18 against Salford so could leave about 5 first teamers to come up there on the Saturday.

Really glad Rovers have got a partnership with a club that has the potential to bring through plenty of youth players. I wouldn't be surprised to see a couple of our young lads sent up there on loan through the season. Better standard than the youth games they play in week in week out.

The more the competitive the friendly the better for us with our local enemy Haven being the first propper fixture in the NRC the Sunday after

Yeah hopefully we can get one or two loan players from ya's because I feel one of two more additions and we can build on what I believe is a top 4 squad already

Match Off

Apparently both teams wanted to play but referee said it couldnt go ahead, complete joke after we were all told it was deffinately on this morning, hope no one from Hull made the journey up like your players who got there 60 minutes before it was called off

Quite unbelievable.

Why was it called off
The. Ref should have called it off earlier for both teams its a 8hr round trip at least but its a great shame for the players hope at some point it could be rezarranged

I was a bit sceptical at first about this partnership but last night at the Workington Town Vice Presidents evening Justin Morgan attended, with Chris Chester and four of the younger players, and he outlined what both sides were looking for from the partnership.

Town are starting up an Under 18 team this year in the hope that we can discover another Shaun Lunt and more and Justin said that HKR would give any young player a chance to go down to Hull and sample life in a full-time environment training with the professionals. He also extended the invitation to all our coaching staff to spend time with HKR to hopefully pick up good practices, etc. Justin also said that he would have no qualms about sending up a couple of HKR's younger players to gain experience in Championship 1.

For our part obviously any good youngsters we have or find HKR will be informed about and given the chance to look at and speak with the players. It all sounding promising and I know that at board level there is a genuine feeling of trust and commitment to the partnership.

I think the friendly against your junior and fringe players, that was unfortunately called off very late today, will become an annual event from what was said last night.

great idea

I know when we were in the NL's the sheer thought of having feeder teams was a none starter with us. However with the pretty much closed shop that is the Super League and thinking of players' futures not just a clubs success you have to ask is it the best idea all round to have partnerships? Obviously if all the young talent was immediately thrust from your ranks into ours it would really defeat the object however if with this dual contract scheme it can work from that perspective it deffinately seems like a great idea.

Only problem I can see is will the "big club" just let the other do all the running around or will both parties work equally hard at keeping the partnership going for years to come?! Only time will tell I guess.