We want to build from here and Justin will be playing for Leeds in National League One next season.

It's very different to the Grand Final, and it's 20 years since Hull were in the final, so it has all the ingredients for a great day-out.

We're disappointed at the prospect of losing him. We've reluctantly agreed to make him available.

In many ways we're replicating what happens in American sport, where players come through the local university. We've already got 71 live projects working with Carnegie, whether that's sending our players to them for further education or their students helping us in areas such as marketing, statistical analysis and IT.

It is obviously disappointing when a decision like this has to be made. We are not prepared to go into detail but the breaches were considered sufficiently serious to bring about this action.

It's a very proud day for players and fans when their team wins through to the final,