Richard Horne (born 16 July 1982) is the

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in League 1, and a former professional

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footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for

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and

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, and at club level in the

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for

Hull FC Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Hull play their home games at the MKM Stadium and compete in Super League, the t ...

, primarily as a or .

Background

Horne was born in

Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is a historic maritime city and unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Est ...

, Humberside. He is the older brother of the rugby league footballer; Graeme Horne.

Career

Horne made his début for Hull at the age of 16, and spent his entire career with the club. He has also played for

, and

. Horne played at stand-off half for Hull in the

2005 Challenge Cup The 2005 Powergen Rugby League Challenge Cup was played by teams from across Europe during the 2005 rugby league season. Hull F.C. won the cup defeating Leeds Rhinos in the final. Qualifying round First round Second round Third round F ...

Final victory against the

Leeds Rhinos The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home games at Headingley Rugby Stadium, AMT Headingley Rugby Stadium and compete in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby lea ...

. He set a Super League record of tries scored in succession by scoring tries in 13 consecutive games during 2006's

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. Hull reached the 2006 Super League Grand final to be contested against St. Helens, and Horne played at scrum half back in his side's 4–26 loss. On 27 October 2008, it was announced that Horne had signed a new three-year deal with Hull. On 17 January 2010, Horne played his testimonial match against neighbours,

Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers (often abbreviated to Hull KR) are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England. The club play home games at Craven Park, Hull, Craven Park and compete in Super League, the top tier of B ...

and

Hull F.C. Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Hull play their home games at the MKM Stadium and compete in Super League, the ...

won, 28–16 in front of a crowd of over 16,000 supporters, and former Hull player

Steve Prescott Stephen Prescott (26 December 1973 – 9 November 2013) was a professional rugby league footballer who played as a during the 1990s and 2000s. Prescott made his début for St Helens in 1993, and soon established himself as the club's first ...

paid tribute to Horne. Horne announced his retirement at the end of the 2014 season to become assistant coach to

Lee Radford Lee Radford (born 26 March 1979) is an English professional rugby union coach, and former rugby league player and coach. Since 2023 he has worked for Premiership Rugby club Northampton Saints as their defence coach. He previously worked in rug ...

alongside Chris Tuson &

Andy Last Andy Last (born 25 March 1981) is an English professional rugby league coach who is the assistant coach for the England national rugby league team and a former professional rugby league footballer. He is a former head coach of Hull FC and the C ...

. In June 2017 Horne was announced as the new head coach of

Doncaster R.L.F.C. Doncaster Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league, rugby league football club, based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. They play home games at the Keepmoat Stadium and currently compete in the RFL Championship, Champion ...

taking over from

Gary Thornton Gary Thornton is an English rugby league coach, and currently head coach of Rochdale Hornets. He has previously coached at Hunslet RLFC and Castleford Tigers U20s academy side from 2009 to 2012. in September 2022, he was announced as head-coach ...

who left the club in May.

References

External links

*(archived by web.archive.org
Richard Horne's Official Testimonial Website
*(archived by web.archive.org
2001 Ashes profile
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