ADAM Pearson and Neil Hudgell are sending the rivalry between Hull and Hull KR Tribal.
However, one thinks he is a pauper while suspecting the other wonders what he does!
The owners on both sides of the divide are behind a new sports bar called Tribal and are great friends, even though communication may be at a minimum in the build-up to today’s derby.
And Hull FC backer Pearson is in no doubt where he stands as the project in the Kingswood area of the city takes shape.
He said: “I’m a pauper in comparison to Neil. He probably just thinks I don’t do anything!
“We’re looking to open about the start of the next football season and there will be no black and white and red and white seating areas, everything will be a neutral colour!
“There’s not always been great relations between the clubs, so some may find it strange to see the owners working together.
“But we’ve managed to keep the rivalry separate, I think!”
It is not just off the field where friends are on opposite sides. Hull KR’s Maurice Blair is pals with Hull FC’s Albert Kelly, who is certain to get stick from the majority of the 12,000 crowd after swapping red and white for black and white after Rovers were relegated in 2016.
But Blair, 34, insisted: “This game is easier to prepare for than one where you don’t know any of your opponents. I missed the derby in the Championship.”
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