Hull FC interim head coach Andy Last has confirmed that the full-back starting role is Logan Moy’s shirt to lose, with high praise piled on the 20-year-old.
It’s been two years since Moy debuted with the full-back one of several academy players thrust into the squad during their torrid 2024 season, with Moy making 16 of his 30 Hull FC appearances to date during that campaign.
He’d spend time away from the club on loan in 2025 whilst also racking up 10 appearances for the Black and Whites but he’s now starting to find his feet as a starter amid the injury to Will Pryce, with Moy set for his fifth consecutive start.
Speaking mid-week in a presser shared to the club’s YouTube channel, Last was asked if it’s Moy’s ‘shirt to lose’, with the Hull FC boss agreeing: “Yeah, it certainly is. He’s played exceptionally well has Logan.
“I think the new rules have certainly suited Logan’s strengths. He’s very good at challenging the big blokes, who are slightly fatigued, down the middle of the field.
“He’s brave, he’s worked extremely hard under the high ball and he’s safe under those high balls. Although he’s a little bit shorter, he gets off the ground well and knows how to come up with the ball when challenged.
“He’s done a really really good job and he’s a good kid. He wants to get better and he’s constantly asking the right questions and he’s diligent in his preparation.”
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Last would admit that Moy’s trial by fire in 2024 was a case of too much too soon for a young player, as he explained: “He probably physically wasn’t quite ready but he’s got a big heart and he challenges players who are physically bigger than him with his tenacity and his energy, and the speed he goes at.”
That big heart and bravery was something Last would note again when asked if he could compare Moy to a Hull FC full-back of old, to which he offered two names.
Last pondered on the question before stating: “Bravery-wise, he’s like Motu Tony. He carries the ball back well, Motu wasn’t the biggest but very very brave.
“And one who was a close friend of mine, we unfortunately lost him to illness, is Steve Prescott. He’s of that mould, he’s not the biggest but brave, he gets on the end of things and supports well.
“If he has a similar sort of career to Precky then I think Logan will have had a very good career in the black and white.”
Such high praise won’t go unnoticed and that saw Last joke about what it may do for the 20-year-old, as he laughed: “He might be 10 foot tall by the time he comes out. He’s had plenty of praise, so hopefully we’ve got a giant at the back rather than a little David. We’ve got Goliath. Hopefully it has its desired effect.”
