Kirk Yeaman (born 15 September 1983) is a former English professional

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footballer who played all of his senior career for

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in the

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. An

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, he also previously played for

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, and has played his entire club football career to date with Hull. He made 374 appearances for Hull FC, hung up his boots at the end of the 2016 season after a stellar 15-year career with the club but came out of retirement in May 2018 to register for Hull F.C. due to the number of injury problems the club had.

Career

Yeaman came up through the ranks at Hull, a centre who was likened to

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and also a proven try scorer. He scored 17 tries at the end of the 2005 season and an impressive tally in 2006 that took him over the 20 try mark. Hull F.C. reached the 2006 Super League Grand final to be contested against St. Helens, and Yeaman played at centre in his side's 4-26 loss. His performances in 2006 saw him included in the Super League Dream Team. Despite some injuries, he was called up to the Tri Nations in Australia, playing in two matches. Yeaman signed a three-year contract extension with Hul

and he remained with the club until the end of the 2010 season. He was forced to rule himself out contention for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup squads#England, England training squad for the

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through injury. Yeaman has a

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winners medal after Hull beat Leeds 25-24 in the first ever August Challenge Cup Final, he was also a member of the Hull squad that reached the 2006 Super League Grand Final (losing to St. Helens) and was a double try scorer In Hull's 28-16 defeat also against St. Helens in the 2008 Challenge Cup Final at

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. In 2011, Yeaman was rewarded for his form with Hull F.C. by being called up to the England Squad along with wing partner Tom Briscoe for the Four Nations. He was also included in the Super League Dream Team, again along with Briscoe. At the start of the 2016 season, Yeaman made two appearances for

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as a dual-registration player. On 3 June 2016, a try against Widnes took Yeaman over the 700 point mark for Hull, consisting of 177 tries. Yeaman is only the second player in Hull's history to score 700 points without kicking a single goal. The late

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MBE is the other. He played in the 2016 Challenge Cup Final victory over the

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. Yeaman announced his retirement as a player at the end of the 2016 season. He is third on Hull's all-time try scoring list with 177; only Clive Sullivan and Ivor Watts are ahead of him. After retiring as a player, Yeaman joined the coaching staff at Hull. In 2018, Yeaman came out of retirement to play against local rivals

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in a 34–22 win at the

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. He left his coaching role in 2021 to start a career with the prison service.

Statistics

The table below shows a cumulative points and scoring records for Yeaman at the end of the 2013 Super League season.

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