By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield………………40 Hull Ionians…………33 HIGH-FLYING Sheffield were made to work hard for their ninth win of the season in a high-tempo game. In […]
■By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians…..25 Harrogate………23 HULL Ionians’ defence and the goal kicking of Lewis Minikin, on his 150th appearance, saw them gain victory over […]
■By DESMOND HICKIE Chester…………………39 Hull………………………. 19 CHESTER secured a bonus-point win with a strong second-half performance pulling away from a Hull side which lacked penetration, […]
■ By BEN JAYCOCK Over the moon: Otley’s Eddie Crossland EDDIE Crossland is enjoying a try-scoring battle with his cousin Josh McCoy in Ireland, but […]
By BEN JAYCOCK OWAIN Williams has stepped up to senior rugby this year and is flourishing at Preston Grasshoppers. The 19-year-old Manchester Met student has […]
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale………… 30 Hull Ionians…………24 WHARFEDALE had established a good lead by half-time, but a spirited comeback by Ionians made for a tense […]
By BEN JAYCOCK Hopeful: Wharfedale’s Robbie Davidson WHARFEDALE have endured an injury nightmare across their backline and despite coming into this weekend in fifth, No.10 […]
Preston G……………..45 Hull……………………….29 By TOM KELLY A COMMITTED display from Preston Grasshoppers helped secure victory over Hull. A quick double from Harry Holden and Jacob […]
By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians…………33 Sheffield Tigers…. 20 HULL Ionians deserved their bonus-point win with their creative play creating space, while Tigers took the route […]
■By RICHARD GORE Hull……………………….36 Sheffield ……………..38 SHEFFIELD secured the narrowest of victories to extend their winning streak to six games while Hull earned two bonus […]
■By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale…. 24 Hull……………….. 34 HULL ran out worthy winners of this well-fought contest even though the try tally was four-apiece. Dale could […]
■By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians…………32 Fylde…………………….35 FYLDE made a strong start with two tries in the first seven minutes by Ben Turner breaking blind from […]
■By TOM KELLY Leader: Lewis Minikin HULL Ionians fly-half Lewis Minikin was “absolutely gutted” come the end of last season after a tough campaign and […]
By RICHARD GORE Hull……………………….40 Billingham…………..26 HULL raced into a 40-7 half-time lead only to see a dramatic Billingham comeback make the final score closer than […]
By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes………..37 Hull Ionians…………25 LEEDS Tykes maintained their unbeaten start to the campaign with a dazzling attacking display to ultimately overpower a […]
By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians………… 30 Chester………………… 19 HULL Ionians’ strong defence proved the key to victory as they ground out a bonus-point victory over […]
By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes………..49 Hull………………………. 16 LEEDS Tykes maintained their unbeaten start to the season by racking up a near half-century of points in […]
■By RICHARD GORE Hull…………………. 18pts Hull Ionians……55pts THIS derby game was settled by half-time as a rampant Hull Ionians gave Hull a lesson in both […]
Hull………………… 12 Otley………………. 13 ■ By RICHARD GORE DESPITE scoring two tries to one, Hull were eventually undone by Otley’s scrum-half and kicker Joe Rowntree. […]
Hull Ionians…………27 Lymm……………………39 ■ By BRIAN NORMAN LYMM came away from Brantingham Park with the spoils after an entertaining clash against Hull Ionians yesterday. The […]
National 2 North BY BEN JAYCOCK LEEDS Tykes are embracing their big club mentality and heavy favourites tag ahead of the new season getting underway […]
By BEN JAYCOCK South Africa…..39pts England………….. 17pts EXETER Chiefs scrum-half George Newman scored a first half wonder try but England U18s ended their summer international […]
England overcame a shaky first half to score 17 unanswered second half points to beat an impressive Georgia 27-20 as Jonathan Pendlebury’s side now turn […]
Only Jersey Reds’ expulsion from the National Leagues kept Hull Ionians up therefore there’s only one new side in the North as newly promoted Harrogate […]
York RUFC have appointed former Great Britain rugby league star Graham Steadman as head coach. Steadman will replace long-term head coach Lee Denham at the […]
By BEN JAYCOCK Preview Division 1 Final Yorkshire v Kent Saturday, June 15. 3pm Touchdown: Garry Jones scores a try for Kent against Hampshire PICTURE: […]
Yorkshire……….26pts Lancashire ……. 13pts By LUKE JARMYN Euphoric scenes swept around Ionians ground as Lewis Minikin dashed over to score Yorkshire’s fourth try to send […]
Following Rotherham’s late run to secure the National Two North title, Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of our reporters to select The Rugby Paper’s Team […]
By RICHARD GORE Hull…………………37 Otley……………….36 ANOTHER immaculate goal-kicking display by Hull’s Reece Dean saw Hull win a thoroughly entertaining game. Otley were quickly into their […]
By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians…………94 Huddersfield……….26 HULL Ionians smashed the record books as they put a difficult season behind them to stay in National 2 […]
By NICK DOYLE Otley……………………..55 Hull Ionians…………34 AFTER conceding an early penalty by Lewis Minikin, an Otley cross-field kick saw Ben Dinsdale cross the line to […]
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield………………39 Hull……………………….14 SHEFFIELD put last week’s shock defeat at Ionians well behind them with a seven-try domination of midtable Hull. In their […]
By BEN JAYCOCK Fylde have failed to live up to last season’s second-place finish, with the Lancashire outfit languishing in fifth and hooker Ben Gregory […]
By EDDIE McATEER Wimbledon………….55 Worthing………………32 WIMBLEDON beat Worthing to take their relegation battle with Hull Ionians into the final weekend. The Dons took advantage of […]
Hull Ionians…………48 Sheffield……………… 14 By MALCOLM KNOWLES FEW could have seen this result coming. It was third top playing second bottom and, even though the […]
Hull……………………….39 Fylde…………………….36 By JOE SANTAMARIA HULL and Fylde served up a 75-point rugby banquet with Hull edging it in the last few minutes. An early […]
YORKSHIRE rugby won the 1987 County Championship with England inter nationals such as Peter Winterbotom, Rob Andrew and Rory Underwood. Yet Premiership ring fencing means […]