Jordan Lane answers Hull FC culture question and shares impact of new environment

Jordan Lane has opened up on Hull FC's environment changes this pre-season, with the back rower believing that some subtle adaptations are bringing with them a better culture.

Such words have featured heavily when assessing what's gone wrong at Hull in recent seasons, but the environment changes made by director of rugby Richie Myler, which have coinsided with the new club hub at the university being fully completed, are beginning to have an impact.

They are nothing revolutionary, but more how a professional organisation is supposed to look, and added together, they are making a difference, with Lane, who took home the club's Player of the Year award after a strong 2024 season, noticing such changes. For the 27-year-old, the detail is clear to see, with training and the feeling around the group more professional as they look to right the wrongs of a disappointing year.

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"There's been a lot of running," Lane told Hull Live when asked about pre-season so far. "There's been a lot running more than in previous years, but the way that they have formed the days we're in is very helpful for us. We are in for longer periods, and the work that we are doing is tough.

"The on-field stuff is a lot of running and a lot of metres, then we'll go do an off-foot con session on a bike or a row. We've got wrestling sessions, and then we've got recovery and food in between. It's been good. I've enjoyed it.

"It's been a change, but the environment is so much better than what I've been used to, where we've got our own lockers, we're going for breakfast together, and we all sit and have dinner together. I haven't been used to that, as we never really had that when we moved to the university. It's been a breath of fresh air so far, and I'm really enjoying it.

"We're all together now. When we first moved to the university, we were here, there, and everywhere. We had to go to the other side of the campus just to eat food, and people would go at different times and sit in different areas.

"To people from the outside, it might not seem like a big thing, but when you add it all together and when you're together all of the time, that's where your togetherness starts, where your culture comes from, and all of that sort of stuff. I think it plays a massive part in what we take onto the field."

Culture is a big word at Hull FC, but Lane believes the side are better placed to answer that question now, referencing not just tweaks to how they operate at training, but with who has come into the club, with the likes of John Asiata and Jordan Rapana the latest to join training, not to mention new staff and coaches in Andy Last and John Cartwright.

He added: "We've had this question thrown at us plenty of times as players; what is our culture? It's hard to decipher and put into words what it is. But now, with all this and the takeover and the new coaches, players, and bringing certain people back, it all just seems to be clicking together now.

"The mood in camp is great. Sometimes you go into pre-season and some players' heads are down, but I've not seen that once yet. It has been tough, and usually you come in week three or four, head down, legs hurting, but when you're around a group of boys who have that same buzz together, the culture is there. That's it. We all lift each other up, and it makes the time together better."

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