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It has been almost 23 years since Hull FC bowed their Super League to the Sheffield Eagles.

Under the guise of Hull Sharks, the blacks and whites won that day with a 34:24 win at Don Valley Stadium before 5. 200 spectators.

Steve Prescott made two attempts for Hull that day, while Graeme Hallas, Alan Hunte, David Stephenson and Glen Tomlinson also made ends meet.

But what happened next to Hull’s first Super League team? Hull Live takes a look.

The full-back made his Super League debut for Hull that day and it’s fair to say he made an impression with braces on.

He stayed with the Black and Whites for one more season before joining Wakefield Trinity before merging with Gateshead Thunder. But less than 12 months later, he was on his way back to the boulevard and joined Shaun McRae’s new look.

In 2003 he suffered a knee injury that would end his career. Unfortunately, he lost his battle with a rare form of stomach cancer in 2013.

After the code change, the Fiji international came to the boulevard in 1998 from Illawarra Steelers and gave the team an international flair.

Seru impressed in his freshman year with 13 tries in 25 appearances in all competitions, but like the entire team, he struggled in his sophomore year, scoring two tries and winning only one of the 17 games he was involved in. He left Hull at the end of the 1999 campaign.

The full-back had 189 attempts for St. Helens scored and arrived at the club fresh from an impressive British shirt against Australia.

While impressing on the pitch for Hull, his stint at the club lasted only one season, joining Warrington Wolves in 1999 before completing a brief stint in rugby union and Salford City Reds. He also trained in the youth department in Salford.

Hallas had played in the Super League with Halifax before moving to the Boulevard and had offered Hull an experienced option in the two and a half years he spent at the club.

However, he was another to leave prior to the merger and move to Hunslet Hawks in 2000, and was followed by a stint with Keighley Cougars before getting the chance to return to the Super League with Huddersfield Giants.

His playing career ended in 2003 after a year with York City Knights. In 2008 he was named Hunslet’s head coach, but his stint there lasted only two seasons.

The South African rugby union convert was a star for the London Crusaders after making the league. He also impressed at Workington Town before joining the Black and Whites in 1997.

After helping Hull promotion, he played 14 top division games before leaving East Yorkshire for Salford, where he spent two seasons.

The former man from Cronulla and St. George came to Hull in 1997 and helped his new team advance to the Super League.

The central defender played a crucial role for the club in the top division. In his last two years he played 46 games for the club before retiring at the end of the 1999 season.

Tomlinson won’t want to remember his time at Hull. The Scrum half broke its leg in two places in just eight games during the season, and Hull had to borrow Craig Murdock from Wigan in his place.

The Australian played for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in 1999 and 2000 before returning to Batley Bulldogs, where he previously excelled in his career.

The New Zealander joined the Boulevard from Auckland Warriors in 1998 and played 22 games in his first Super League season.

However, in 1999 he moved to Featherstone Rovers before spending time with XIII Catalan in France and Workington Town. After his retirement, Okesene stayed in Cumbria and coached the local amateur team, Ellenborough Rangers.

Hepi enjoyed two spells with Workington before joining Hull in 1998, but like many on this site, he didn’t stick around for long.

After making 17 appearances in a Hull shirt, he moved to Castleford Tigers. Short stays in Featherstone, Salford, Doncaster and Castleford followed. He spent some time as a coach at Gloucestershire All Golds, but resigned after a little more than one responsible season.

The prop had spent time with Widnes and Bradford Northern before joining with Hull in 1997, and they did well when the Black and Whites won promotion to the Super League.

After two seasons in the top division, however, he was dismissed by the club administrator Shane Richardson and moved to Rochdale Hornets.

Booth was one more step in the league of St. Helens to move to Hull. However, his spell on the boulevard was less successful.

He performed 27 times for Hull in 1998 and 1999, but stayed and became a teacher at a secondary school in the area.

Hull fans had seen Craven by the time the club made the leap to the Super League, and it’s fair to say he was a regular for his early years in the top division.

He was one of the few players to join after the merger with Gateshead and played for Hull until the end of the 2003 campaign.

The New Zealander impressed during his early days at Hull and helped the club move up before making the top division.

He joined Castleford Tigers in 2000 but returned to the Boulevard in 2001, where he made another 30 appearances but couldn’t do enough by the age of 30 to earn a new deal.

Stephenson joined Hull from Oldham but only stayed one season with the Black and Whites before moving to Rochdale, whom he would represent until 2003.

The former Leeds man joined Hull prior to the 1997 season under a player exchange deal with England international Paul Sterling. He spent four seasons with the Black and Whites before being fired in late 2000.

He joined Hull KR after leaving Hull before quitting the sport in 2002 to pursue a career in the fire department.

The prop came to Rovers after his release from Hull at the end of the 1999 season and spent the next five seasons there. Towards the end of his career, he was loaned to York City Knights.

Leatham was a regular for the Black and Whites in her first season in the Super League before taking a back row seat in his second season.

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