Fash left Hull FC at the end of the 2026 season after 11 years in the first-team picture

Brad Fash is keen to build something at York Knights as he prepares for his first season away from Hull FC.

Fash spent 11 years in the first-team picture at the MKM Stadium, with the forward amassing over 200 appearances during that time.

Indeed, the 30-year-old has been a regular at Hull since making his debut in 2015, with head coaches Lee Radford, Brett Hodgson, Tony Smith and John Cartwright all ensuring he was an important member of their groups.

However, last season was Fash's last with the club, with the prop, in his testimonial year, leaving his hometown club upon the expiration of his contract.

He won't be going far though after penning a two-year deal with Mark Applegarth's York, who are preparing for their second year in Super League after impressing last time around and Fash believes the club can give him everything he needs to keep his career moving in the right direction.

"As soon as they came up I had my eye on them because I knew I wouldn't be staying at Hull and you have a look around at the local teams first," Fash told Hull Live. "I enjoy their style of play, Mash [Mark Applegarth] seems like a very good coach and everyone speaks well about him, and just the general care that seems to be going into the club at the minute.

"I think in terms of the up and coming teams, I think eventually they could be one of the big teams in the way it's set up and the way things are looking for the future. I want to be part of something like that, I want to help build something."

He added: "I knew quite a while ago that I wouldn't be staying at Hull at the end of the contract. Me and the missus had already had a chat about it and I fancied a change, I wanted a new team. I'd been there a long time and I wanted something pretty different."

Fash made a total of 203 appearances for the Black and Whites during his spell at the club and that puts him in a fairly exclusive club. In fact, it makes him one of just 11 players to have hit the double century mark during the modern era, with Danny Houghton, Richard Horne, Kirk Yeaman, Richard Whiting, Paul King, Ewan Dowes, Danny Washbrook, Paul Cooke, Tom Briscoe and Jamie Shaul the others.

"That [achievement] hit home during my testimonial because we had a lot of chats and discussions and my last dinner was the 200 club and there's only 11 players including myself who have played 200 games for the club since Super League started.

"I was a massive Hull supporter as a kid and it was always the goal to play for Hull. Once I got a certain number of years in the testimonial was a goal. That was a special landmark for me, it's something I'm proud of and my family is proud of."