Hull FC vs Catalans Dragons Preview & Prediction | 2024 Super League | League Stage

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The final match of the regular season takes place on Saturday as Hull FC face Catalan Dragons in what is not the most inspiring of matches to sign things off

START DATE/TIME: Saturday 21st September, 2024, UK – 3:00pm / Sunday 22nd September, AUS - 0:00am / Saturday 21st September, US ET – 10:00am / Saturday 21st September, US PT – 7:00am

HOW TO WATCH ON TV: UK - This match will be broadcast live on Sky Sports + / AUS - This match will be broadcast live on Fox League / US - This match will not be broadcast live

HOW TO WATCH ONLINE: UK - This match will be streamed on SkyGo / AUS - This match will be streamed on Kayo Sports / US - This match will be streamed on SuperLeague+

HULL FC FORM: FC AIMING TO AVOID WOODEN SPOON

It has been a miserable season for Hull FC and they will welcome the end of this challenging season. They will know following the Broncos match on Saturday what they have to do to avoid the wooden spoon. Whether they can achieve that remains to be seen but they will have to show more fight than they have done in recent weeks.

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CATALANS DRAGONS FORM: DRAGONS WILL KNOW THEIR FATE AFTER FRIDAY’S MATCHES

The Dragons season has floundered badly in recent weeks as they have contrived to drop out of the top six. They grabbed a win last week but it may well be too little too late and they will know their fate on Friday night after the results of the Leigh and Leeds matches.

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HULL FC TEAM NEWS: SEVERAL ABSENTEES BUT HOUGHTON RETURNS FOR SWANSONG

The headline for Hull FC is that Danny Houghton plays his final match before he hangs up his boots and the fans will surely turn out in force to wish the club legend a fond farewell. Ligi Sao, Jed Cartwright and academy half-back Callum Kemp also come into the 21-man squad. Liam Sutcliffe, Nick Staveley, Charlie Severs, King Vuniyayawa, Will Kirby, Brad Fash, Davy Litten, and Ed Chamberlain remain out injured.

21-MAN SQUAD: 3. Carlos Tuimavave, 8. Herman Ese’ese, 9. Danny Houghton, 12. Ligi Sao, 15. Jordan Lane, 16. Jack Ashworth, 19. Morgan Smith, 21. Will Gardiner, 25. Harvey Barron, 26. Lewis Martin, 27. Zach Jebson, 28. Denive Balmforth, 30. Matty Laidlaw, 31. Jack Walker, 37. Logan Moy, 45. Yusuf Aydin, 46. Tiaki Chan, 48. Jed Cartwright, 51. Leon Ruan, 54. Ryan Westerman, 55. Callum Kemp

CATALANS DRAGONS TEAM NEWS: TWO CHANGES FOR FRENCH SIDE

Steve McNamara has named his travelling party for the trip to Hull and they make two changes. Tom Johnstone and Guillermo Aispuro-Biche both come into the 21-man squad in place of Jordan Abdull and the suspended Arthur Romano.

21-MAN SQUAD: 1. Arthur MOURGUE, 2. Tom DAVIES, 4. Matthieu LAGUERRE, 5. Fouad YAHA, 7. Théo FAGES, 8. Mike McMEEKEN, 10. Julian BOUSQUET, 11. Tariq SIMS, 12. Paul SEGUIER, 13. Benjamin GARCIA, 14. Alrix DA COSTA, 15. Bayley SIRONEN, 16. Romain NAVARRETE, 17. César ROUGE, 20. Chris SATAE, 23. Jordan DEZARIA, 24. Tom JOHNSTONE, 29. Sam TOMKINS, 30. Guillermo AISPURO-BICHET, 33. Jarrod WALLACE, 34. Reimis SMITH

HULL FC VS CATALANS DRAGONS PREDICTION

This has been an underwhelming season for both of these teams and it will be interesting to see which side has the greater motivation in this final match of the regular season. Hull FC have been well and truly abysmal this year and it is proving hard to make a case for them in virtually any match this year. The Dragons are dependent on other teams on Friday night but one would still fully expect them to have enough quality to beat the hosts even if they have nothing to play for.

HULL FC VS CATALANS DRAGONS TIP: CATALAN DRAGONS TO WIN