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1649:Matty Smith
1633:Tom Lineham
1601:Sam Tomkins
1482:Hursey-Hord
1465: Inman
1332:Saltonstall
1200:TotalRL.com
825:'Hull Derby
612:Tom Lineham
1713:Categories
1666:Shaun Lunt
1625:Ben Crooks
1244:SL profile
1070:25 October
1048:7 December
1026:7 December
942:Sky Sports
861:References
803:Craig Hall
757:Castleford
733:Castleford
709:Castleford
705:Parramatta
687:Parramatta
683:Parramatta
569:Lee Crooks
557:Pontefract
551:Background
482:Ben Crooks
67:Pontefract
57:1993-06-15
22:Ben Crooks
1163:BBC Sport
1090:BBC Sport
1004:21 August
982:7 October
799:east Hull
696:team the
667:Doncaster
654:Hull F.C.
643:Doncaster
639:Hull F.C.
631:Hull F.C.
594:Hull F.C.
513:Hull F.C.
198:Doncaster
158:Hull F.C.
1518:Larroyer
1500:Campbell
1473:O.Davies
1458:C.Davies
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1386:Kavanagh
1341:Jouffret
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363:2019–22
247:2016–17
153:2012–14
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1431:Calcott
1368:O'Brien
1359:Tangata
773:in 2018
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609:winger
573:nephew
494:winger
490:centre
446:Total
417:2023–
334:(loan)
276:(loan)
120:Years
103:,
101:Centre
82:Weight
74:Height
1527:Boyer
1440:Tibbs
1413:Moore
1350:Keyes
952:5 May
753:Leigh
681:side
390:2023
305:2018
220:2015
123:Team
115:Club
1586:2013
1535:Finn
1207:2022
1072:2018
1050:2017
1028:2017
1006:2015
984:2008
954:2024
924:2022
898:2022
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449:234
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332:2018
274:2017
180:2014
175:184
105:Wing
51:Born
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737:NRL
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