Pre-season so far as Pryce emerges as FC's key performer in tests

BLACK AND WHITES GIVEN CHRISTMAS BREAK AHEAD OF PHASE TWO

- By DAN TOMLINSON

Will Pryce has impressed in Hull's pre-season training RICHARD SELLERS/ PA WIRE

(RICHARD SELLERS PA WIRE)

Hull FC have broken up for the Christmas period after seven weeks of solid training.

Basing themselves at their University of Hull complex, the Black and Whites have been hard at work, even if it was a staggered start as players returned at different times.

In fact, it was a youthful contingent that started preseason on November 3, with more senior players returning in the weeks to follow.

By the end of the month, pretty much everyone had returned, with preseason unfolding exactly as John Cartwright told the Mail it would do back in September: in blocks.

Well that’s simple: rehab.