Hull Seahawks coach Matty Davies seeking consistency going forward
A FOUR-POINT weekend in NIHL National is always welcomed by Hull Seahawks’ head coach Matty Davies. Now he just wants his team to string a few of them together.
If there is one word which sums up the Seahawks’ 2025-26 campaign so far, it is that old favourite in most forms of sport: inconsistency.
The top three of Swindon Wildcats, Sheffield Steeldogs and Leeds Knights have all, at various times this season, been the opposite of Hull - their ability to put consistent winning runs together a big reason why they currently are where they are in the standings.
Leeds have posted the longest winning streak together this season with nine, the Steeldogs enjoyed an eight-game run and while Swindon have not reached such giddy heights, they have still put together five and four-game winning stretches.
By contrast, Hull’s best run was three games back in late October and Davies knows if they are to make any inroads into the 10-point gap that currently exists between them in sixth place and the top three, they have to start winning games more often and for longer periods.
Davies, who takes his team into back-to-back games against Romford Raiders this weekend believes he has the players capable of mounting a challenge to the league’s leading trio.
“Whatever happens around us doesn’t matter, we’ve just got to start winning games consistently and if we do that we’ll be alright,” said Davies.
“I’ve said all year that we’ve played really well in spells but then we have fallen off massively in the odd game, it’s about finding that consistency level.
The belief is in there, it’s just a matter of honestly just playing to the system and everyone being on the same page.
“If they play the way I want them to play, I know we’re going to win more games than we lose. It’s just about the players adhering to that way.”
The two previous meetings with Romford this season have resulted in convincing wins for the Seahawks and Davies is confident that can continue across both nights this weekend - the first of which is at home on Saturday (face-off 5.30pm).
“This year we’ve played them really well and had two big wins so, for me, it’s two games that I expect us to win this weekend,” added Davies, who added Beverley-born forward Jack Musil to his roster on Friday.
“Saturday, at home, we’ve got to come out big and put it on them and, if we do that, Sunday will be an easier game for us, I believe.”