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Hull FC: Crooks, Horne and Holdsworth could join cleared Ellis for cup

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HULL FC face a make-or-break day of training with the club currently not ruling out having a fully fit squad available for their Challenge Cup clash.

Hull head to France tomorrow with director of rugby Shaun McRae confirming only fully fit players will make the trip.

But, as it stands, McRae says nobody has been ruled out with Daniel Holdsworth, Ben Crooks and Richard Horne all being considered.

The potential availability of the trio would be a huge boost for the Black and Whites, who were last night celebrating captain Gareth Ellis being cleared of his striking charge against Huddersfield's Luke Robinson.

Coach Peter Gentle will see how Holdsworth, Horne and Crooks hold up at training before making a decision later today on who makes the trip.

"Nobody has been ruled out yet, but we won't take players on the plane with us who are not fully fit to play," McRae told the Mail.

"Daniel's calf injury is improving every day and like Richard Horne, he's working very hard with the medical staff to get himself right to play. We will see how the players progress today and then make a decision, but nobody is definitely out yet."

Crooks is understood to be the closest to making his return from an ankle injury that saw him miss out on the defeat to Huddersfield.

He was sporting a protective boot at Sunday's game, but had it taken off on Monday.

The in-form centre, who has scored seven tries in his last two appearances, took part in training yesterday with the club waiting to check today on how his ankle responds.

On the Ellis verdict, McRae said: "Having Gareth available is a huge boost. I was always really confident anyway. We felt we had a terrific case. We had a good hearing and we are delighted with the outcome."


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Hull FC: Crooks, Horne and Holdsworth could join cleared Ellis for cup


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