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Daly Cherry-Evans will be a Hull FC player in 2027(Image: Getty)
Hull FC head coach Steve McNamara expects to be able to work with a complete Hull FC squad from the start of next month.
The Black and Whites got pre-season underway last Monday with McNamara and his new look coaching team taking training at the club's University of Hull training ground for the first time as they begin their preparations for the new season.
Jordan Swann, Bailey Hodgson and Connor Barley were the three new arrivals to train with the club last week and they'll be joined by Junior Pauga this week as McNamara's squad comes together.
The rest of Hull's recruitment haul will arrive in dribs and drabs over the next few weeks with Isaac Liu, Max Wood, Alrix Da Costa and Joshua Coric due to enter training this month.
The club added to their squad on Saturday morning with the addition of Josh Kerr from down under, but Daly Cherry-Evans is thought to be the last player set to arrive for pre-season.
Cherry-Evans' won the NRL Grand Final at the start of October and as a result, he isn't expected to join up with his new teammates until December.
"We'll have another couple next week and another couple the week after," McNamara told Hull Live. "They'll all be on deck by December 1.
"December 1 will be the last arrival date as it currently stands and that will be Daly. He'll have his break after going all the way to a Grand Final with the Roosters and he'll be across from December 1."
The Black and Whites will be four weeks into pre-season when Cherry-Evans arrives and right now, it's not certain how long he'll actually have with his new teammates before the season starts.
A Super League start date has not been confirmed just yet, with the fate of London Broncos needing to be finalised before fixtures and a format can be firmed up and released.
However, Hull are committed to being the opponents in Ryan Hall's testimonial in January and that may well be Cherry-Evans' only chance to play with his new teammates before round one.