Minkin’s hat-trick is a perfect finale

By MALCOLM KNOWLES

Hull Ionians............47 Chester..................... 19
Ionians completed the season on a high with a comfortable home win.
It was a scintillating start from the hosts, with Jack Townend cutting loose to send Nathan Hill in for the opening try before Lewis Minikin produced another top-drawer score for a 14-point lead inside three minutes.
The hosts went on to add a further five tries, with Chester also claiming three.
But the attempt to play exhibition rugby fell flat, with a plethora of handling errors revealing that the game was actually a typical end-of-season affai...

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