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Up the Cream

54 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -

Following Hull FC is easy, but being emotionally attached to them is a bloody nightmare.

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Episodes

Farewell

May 30, 2022 19:56 - 1 hour - 67.9 MB

The last ever episode of the Up the Cream podcast. Discussing Hull’s win over Wigan, Jake Connor, and why the club are in a good place. Enjoy, cheers, and farewell.

Moving Forward

May 17, 2022 16:39 - 1 hour - 71 MB

Hull’s defeat at St Helens, the potent pack, and getting past the limitations. Enjoy.

Setting the Platform

May 09, 2022 14:28 - 1 hour - 65.9 MB

Dan and Rich are joined by Jon Compton to talk about Hull FC’s start to the year, playing styles, and spine recruitment. Enjoy.

Perception

May 02, 2022 15:36 - 1 hour - 64.1 MB

Hull FC’s win over Toulouse, perceptions, the 80s period, and more.

The Dark Arts

April 25, 2022 17:14 - 1 hour - 61.3 MB

Hull’s gritty win over Catalans, finding some middle ground, and player snow globes. Enjoy.

Temperament

April 20, 2022 16:50 - 1 hour - 67.2 MB

Hull FC’s contrasting Easter weekend, the dismal Derby, a gritty win over Wire, youth direction, disruption and more. Enjoy.

Reality Sandwich

April 11, 2022 19:07 - 1 hour - 71 MB

Hull’s loss at Huddersfield, where this side are at, hooking dilemmas, and the Penrith Panthers blueprint. Enjoy.

Learning from Defeat

April 04, 2022 17:22 - 1 hour - 61.9 MB

Reaction to Hull’s loss at Wigan, Adam Pearson’s recent comments, money, TV stuff, and more.

Ticking Along

March 28, 2022 11:56 - 1 hour - 63.2 MB

Hull FC’s win over Sheffield, recent form, positivity, getting stronger, and kicking on. Enjoy.

Positivity - it’s infectious!

March 22, 2022 17:23 - 1 hour - 64.6 MB

Hull FC’s win over Huddersfield, banging the defensive drum, giving credit where it’s due, and more. P.s Ignore the crickets, they soon go away. Lol. Enjoy.

Dancing with the Fairies

March 14, 2022 18:06 - 1 hour - 69.9 MB

Hull FC’s sublime win at Leeds, the pack, the sublime talent that is Jake Connor, the dreaded word consistency, the opening round of the NRL, and more. Enjoy.

Attitude

March 07, 2022 18:25 - 1 hour - 62.9 MB

Hull FC’s loss at Castleford, poor attitudes, sticking with Hodgson, academy stuff, the NRL kick off, and more. Enjoy.

The Hodgson Revolution

February 28, 2022 16:05 - 1 hour - 82 MB

Don’t shout it too loud, but Hull FC were brilliant on Saturday. Here, we talk the win over Salford, Connor’s masterclass, Hodgson’s ethos, what’s he’s trying to do, head contacts, player protection, and more. A long one, but a good one. Enjoy.

Gentleman John

February 21, 2022 16:18 - 1 hour - 68.2 MB

Tributes to Johnny Whiteley (stop cutting onions), Hull’s defeat to St Helens, Gale’s red, Hull’s discipline, cap management, and more. Enjoy.

Start as you mean to go on (2.0)

February 14, 2022 18:21 - 1 hour - 63.7 MB

Hull FC are up and running thanks to a gritty win at Wakefield. It was grim, wet, and certainty not pretty, but it’s job done and two points. Cheers.

Bring It On (?)

February 07, 2022 14:29 - 1 hour - 69.2 MB

Super League is back, baby. Bring it on(?) You bet. A look at the competition this year with a Hull bias, obvs, plus stuff on team bonding and the NRL. Enjoy.

Up the Whipper Snappers

February 01, 2022 17:02 - 1 hour - 70.2 MB

Backing the Hull FC young’uns, some Brad Fash love, injury thoughts, and Michael Crocker in a King Cross cafe. Enjoy.

Pre-Season Procrastination

January 24, 2022 17:34 - 1 hour - 72.6 MB

Hear our thoughts on Captain Gale, the new City owners, Hull in Loughborough, Channel 4, the World Club Challenge, and loads more. 100% wisdom guaranteed. Enjoy.

Twenty Twenty Two

January 17, 2022 17:55 - 1 hour - 68.2 MB

What do we want to see from Hull FC this year? What do we need to avoid? Which players does it all fall on? What needs to improve? Find out this and more in our first podcast of 2022. Enjoy.

That’s A Wrap

October 18, 2021 13:25 - 1 hour - 70.9 MB

Hull FC season awards, reminding ourselves that it wasn’t all crap, plus some thoughts (and a rant) on Jake Connor and the England squad. Enjoy.

Grand Finals

October 11, 2021 16:08 - 1 hour - 62 MB

Hull FC in the off-season, Mahe Fonua’s departure, development, and the Grand Finals. Enjoy.

Making Amends

October 04, 2021 15:58 - 1 hour - 82 MB

How do Hull and Brett Hodgson get the most out of the current squad? What do they need to change? How can Jake Connor further improve? Former Hull player Paul Cooke joins Dan and Rich to give his insight into all that and more.

Wheeling and Dealing

September 27, 2021 13:14 - 1 hour - 59.9 MB

Pommy Rich speaks fluent French as we look at Hull FC’s contract renewals, rumoured signings, rumoured departures, and on the other side of the world, the NRL Preliminaries. Enjoy.

Glad All Over

September 20, 2021 12:09 - 1 hour - 60 MB

Hull FC’s loss at Wakefield, the second half of the season collapse, deep rooted problems, and more as we go into meltdown mode again. Sorry.

The Rant

September 13, 2021 16:16 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MB

Hull FC’s second half of the season collapse, Adam Pearson’s programme comments, and where we go from here.

Doom and Gloom

September 06, 2021 16:17 - 1 hour - 62.1 MB

The loss to Leeds at Magic Weekend was Hull’s seventh from their last eight games. Things aren’t good. And we don’t hold back again.

Cull FC

September 01, 2021 16:09 - 1 hour - 70 MB

Should they stay or should they go? A look at Hull’s current woes and where we go from here. Enjoy…

The City Is Ours

August 23, 2021 12:37 - 1 hour - 59.8 MB

Hull FC’s Derby win, squad options, Kiwi sorts and more. Enjoy.

Return of the Mac

August 16, 2021 11:07 - 1 hour - 59.9 MB

Hull’s defeat at Catalans, the signing of Darnell McIntosh, the hooker position, and finishing the season strong. Enjoy.

Squad Management

August 03, 2021 13:27 - 1 hour - 61.9 MB

Three defeats on the spin for Hull FC has really highlighted some holes. Here’s our thoughts. Enjoy.

Setbacks

July 26, 2021 16:10 - 1 hour - 60.5 MB

Reaction to Hull FC’s defeat at Huddersfield and Australia/NZ pulling out the Rugby League World Cup. Enjoy.

The Finish Line

July 20, 2021 11:31 - 1 hour - 59.3 MB

Will Super League complete the 2021 season? Hull are back, there’s no more restrictions, and how about a Yorkshire Cup revival as Dan and Rich put the rugby league world to right. Enjoy.

Rugby League ‘Masterplan’

July 13, 2021 11:56 - 1 hour - 75.7 MB

A look at promotion and relegation, the Magic Weekend, teams, structure, and the international game. Enjoy.

State of the Game

July 05, 2021 15:30 - 1 hour - 67.2 MB

A look at rugby league in 2021 and Hull FC’s Half Term Report. Talk about a contrast in emotions... Enjoy.

The System and the Process

June 28, 2021 16:39 - 1 hour - 67.4 MB

Hull FC’s effort-in-abundance win over Huddersfield, the international game, and club culture. Enjoy.

Disco Dancing FC

June 21, 2021 12:13 - 1 hour - 59.4 MB

Revelling in Hull FC’s twelve try masterclass at Leigh, and ranting about rugby league’s horrendous administration. Nothing changes. Enjoy.

Kicking On

June 14, 2021 14:10 - 1 hour - 65.1 MB

Hull FC’s win at Castleford, keeping our eye on the prize, England’s Origin, and more. Enjoy.

Theo, Josh, and Liam

June 07, 2021 13:10 - 1 hour - 63.3 MB

Hull FC’s cup defeat to St Helens, Josh Griffin’s injury, squad adaptations and more. Enjoy.

Closing The Gap

May 31, 2021 10:07 - 58 minutes - 54.3 MB

Hull FC’s defeat at St Helens, squad strengthening, and that 2005 semi final win. Enjoy.

Winning Ugly

May 24, 2021 09:41 - 1 hour - 61.5 MB

Incredible defence and work to do in attack - a look at Hull’s ugly, wet and stressful win at Leeds. Enjoy.

Reality Check

May 18, 2021 11:23 - 1 hour - 58.3 MB

Reaction to Hull FC’s defeat to Catalans, going too far with head contacts, and the battle against the SMC. Enjoy.

The Defensive Drum

May 10, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 64.2 MB

Reaction to Hull’s brilliant win over Wigan, the RFL’s cop out, the no dickheads policy, and more. Enjoy.

The Manner of Defeat

May 03, 2021 12:49 - 1 hour - 72.4 MB

A look at Hull FC’s loss at Wigan, Savelio’s racism claim, set restarts, TV stuff, and anything else we felt like ranting about. Enjoy.

The manner of defeat

May 03, 2021 12:49 - 1 hour - 72.4 MB

A look at Hull FC’s loss at Wigan, Savelio’s racism claim, set restarts, TV stuff, and anything else we felt like ranting about. Enjoy.

Mentality and attitude

April 26, 2021 11:04 - 1 hour - 65.7 MB

Hull FC’s win over Wakefield, banging the defensive drum, different attitudes, progress, sustainability and loads more. Enjoy.

Mentality and Attitude

April 26, 2021 11:04 - 1 hour - 65.7 MB

Hull FC’s win over Wakefield, banging the defensive drum, different attitudes, progress, sustainability and loads more. Enjoy.

All aboard the Lane Train

April 19, 2021 10:34 - 1 hour - 62.9 MB

Reaction to Hull’s draw with Warrington, looking at defensive improvements, the incredible display from Jordan Lane, Golden Point, rule changes and more.

Old Adages

April 12, 2021 10:49 - 1 hour - 62.8 MB

Hull FC’s win at Featherstone, the Iceman, the England squad, club identity, top versus bottom, and more. Enjoy.

Old adages

April 12, 2021 10:49 - 1 hour - 62.8 MB

Hull FC’s win at Featherstone, the Iceman, the England squad, club identity, top versus bottom, the Penrith connection and more. Enjoy.

Jake the Snake

April 05, 2021 10:49 - 1 hour - 62.8 MB

Reaction to Hull FC’s win over Salford, the slithering snake that is Jake Connor, and Brett Hodgson’s impact at the Black and Whites. Enjoy.