Hull FC coach Peter Sharp will give National League One Widnes Vikings ultimate respect when the two sides meet in the Carnegie Challenge Cup fifth round at the Stobart Stadium on Sunday (3pm).

The Hull boss doesn’t see this as an automatic passage in to the quarter finals, far from it and said: “Widnes is a good side and they are very well coached so we’re not taking anything for granted.
“We expect a tough, hard game and we know we will have to be on top of our game to progress to the next round of the competition.
“There is a lot at stake for both clubs. We felt we let ourselves down last year when we lost at home in the quarter finals to Catalans and we want to make up for that.
“I felt it was an excellent opportunity to get to within 80 minutes of the final. We now have a chance of making the quarters again and we don’t want a slip up this time around.