By RORY MORROW

Lymm........................ 31 Hull Ionians............ 30 LYMM earned maximum points as a fourtry display edged them past a spirited Hull Ionians side. Ionians’ Lewis Minikin opened the scoring with a penalty, swifty wiped out by a composed drop goal from Thomas Shard. Minikin, though, restored his side’s three-point lead with another penalty shortly after. Shard then accelerated away, converting his own try to put Lymm 10-6 up. But back came Hull Ionians, hooker Alexander Forth burrowing over, Minikin’s successful conversion making it a seve...