Hull FC target loan move for Franklin Pele as Championship club lined up

Hull FC are working on another loan move that would see Franklin Pele spend some time in the Championship with York Knights. Hull Live understands that the club are keen for the prop to get some substantial minutes at a good level, and are hoping to get a short term deal done in the near future.

Pele has made eight appearances for Hull's first-team this season and has also turned out for the reserves on one occasion. He has missed four games through suspension this season, but has played the last five outings, with the last three seeing him come off the bench.

It's hoped that a brief move to the sport's second tier will pick up Pele's confidence, but most importantly, get him some bigger stints at a senior standard. He played sixty or so minutes for the reserves in a two-try showing at Warrington Wolves earlier this month, but saw around half of that time on the field in Sunday's Super League defeat at London Broncos.

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If the deal gets finalised, Pele would be the third new signing to head out on loan within the last week, with Jayden Okunbor and Liam Tindall currently at Bradford Bulls on short-term loans and poised to play in this weekend's Championship game against Sheffield Eagles.

York, meanwhile, host Halifax Panthers on Sunday, with Pele potentially getting a runout should his move be completed in time. Hull's reserves are also in action this weekend, hosting London at YPI on Chanterlands Avenue. The club have moved all of their remaining reserves and academy games this year to the grass pitch venue.

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