We did play them in our first league game last season and a makeshift side, including Carl Miller on the wing, gave them a shock specially in the first half.
In addition to the likes of centre Maea David, Hull are bringing in two Kiwis in Alan Davies and Sean Higginson, both former Waikato players, as well as backrow Gary Acton and winger Danny Smith from Hull Ionians. However, the Kiwis aren't due to arrive until the end of September.
In all the Humberside outift have signed nine new players but only one featured at Morpeth so it will be very much the side we ran so close [20-26] at Brinkburn. They ran 40 poinst past the Northumbrians but the home side was missing quite a few of their regulars due to the fact that they are all farmers and they had to make hay while the sun shone.
Martin Todd will be unavailable for us but stand in Darren Thomas had an excellent game against Redcar scoring twice. Stu Bennett will also be missing as he has to work.
The winners will be at home to Tynedale.
Hull: Guy Martinson (capt), Matt Donkin, Julian Barkworth, Maea David, Leroy McKenzie, Carl Paterson, Darren Booth, Andy Fish, Adam Atkinson, James Ward, Richard Wilson, Steve Bates, Simon Smith, Kevin Bates, Richard Mackay, Neil Lyon, Johnny Johnson, Gareth Jackson, Sammy Anderson, Chris Kendra, Brad Hepi, Chris Tranmer.