Making my SL debut for my boyhood club, just felt unreal - Kemp

RISING STAR REFLECTS ON HIS PART IN THE VICTORY OVER THE LEOPARDS

- By DAN TOMLINSON

Hull FC's plan wasn't to play their teenage Super League debutant Lloyd Kemp for around an hour of action - but sometimes things don't work out how you plan, and you have to adapt.

Up against Leigh Leopards on Saturday, Kemp did just that.

He adapted and he got his reward - getting his first taste of the big time and his own moment at the end, diffusing the ball into the south stand after a frantic last roll of the dice from the Leythers following the full-time hooter.

For Kemp, his second first-team appearance after February's club debut in the Challenge Cup capped the highlight of his career so far - one expected for big things.

A highly rated young player, Kemp, twin brother of Callum Kemp, is tipped to make his mark - but there's no immediate pressure.

Like many of Hull's rising youth components, he has time on his side, time to nurture and grow.