Denive Balmforth loan explanation given as Hull FC aim to avoid same Jez Litten mistakeThe young hooker still has a future at Hull FC. View Image Hull FC hooker Denive Balmforth is spending the 2026 season on loan at York Knights. Litten has since gone on to become the best hooker in the British game. Jez Litten is a good example, they’re seeing the best of him at the moment at Hull KR. I’m not pointing fingers, but if he’d been loaned out and come back, then he might still have been here.”