By MALCOLM KNOWLES

Hull Ionians............38 Billingham..............38 HULL Ionians and Billingham shared the spoils in a thriller. It was Billingham who dominated early when Ryan Foreman nudged a penalty. Peter Evans scored after Billingham returned a kick-chase, with Foreman converting. Hull Ionians pushed Billingham, Lewis Minikin cut a nice line to score. Minkin converted. A line-out then saw Mike Walton run through the I’s defence to score another converted try. Hull Ionians attacked the blindside, with Sam Pocklington scoring. Minikin converted. Ionians then scored...