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Latest News

/ 5 days ago

Tigers eager to spring surprise on derby night

SHEFFIELD Tigers have ringed December 19 in red ink as they aim to wreck arch-rivals Sheffield’s title bid in what he...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 2 weeks ago

Ionians show no mercy in thrashing

By TOM SANSOM Rossendale ...............0 Hull Ionians ...........53 ROSSENDALE were put to the sword by Hull Ionians, as the visitors ran...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 2 weeks ago

Hull denied by a late Ward penalty

By NEIL MORRIS Darlington MP .......27 Hull............................24 DARLINGTON Mowden Park were able to savour a hard-fought home win over Hull. The...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 3 weeks ago

Baker has the right ingredient to serve up a win

■ By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians.....26 Sheffield T.......27 SHEFFIELD Tigers were lifted by the return of Will Baker and James Norman...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 3 weeks ago

By George! Hedgley hurts Hull so hard

■ By RICHARD GORE Hull......................21pts Wharfedale..... 44pts HULL started the game with great confidence and ran into a 16-point lead after...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 4 weeks ago

Ionians impress but Otley offer hot contest

By NICK DOYLE Otley...................22 Hull Ionians.... 45 DELIGHTED HULL Ionians romped home with a seven-try success, at the hands of hosts...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 4 weeks ago

Tynedale show spirit of 66 to do Hall-Lyon proud

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale.................66 Hull............................26 TYNEDALE showed their collective team spirit in a slaying of hapless Hull. A try after only...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 1 month ago

Scunny go to Hull and back for first win

■ By RICHARD GORE Hull......................25pts Scunthorpe.......27pts DESPITE a late barrage from Hull RUFC, last-placed Scunthorpe held on to the slenderest of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 1 month ago

Mowden Park hold on tightly to upset Ionians

■ By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians............ 17 Darlington MP........36 DARLINGTON MOWDEN Park gained a deserved victory by taking their chances and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 month ago

Fylde’s new recruit Cassidy sets sights on improvements

■ By BEN JAYCOCK FYLDE’S new cross-code recruit Danny Cassidy feels there’s “room for improvement” despite a strong opening to their...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 2 months ago

Ionians hold on as Dale take it to the death

By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale.....30 Hull Ionians.....37 HULL Ionians headed home with the coveted points, as they clung on during a testing...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 2 months ago

Longmore inspires more joy for Macc

By TOM BARRY Macclesfield....41pts Billingham........19pts MACCLESFIELD continued from where they left off last week with their massive 66-26 win at Hull...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 2 months ago

Sheff up to speed in steady seventy

By SAMANTHA EMMA Sheffield.................. 71 Hull............................27 SHEFFIELD turned in a scintillating second-half performance to put Hull to the sword. Early on...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Positive start giving Grant confidence with the Dale

By BEN JAYCOCK Front runner: Tynedale fly-half Cameron Grant TYNEDALE fly-half Cameron Grant says confidence is high at Corbridge after the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Gleeson replaces Blackett at Bath

BATH have appointed former Warrington assistant coach Martin Gleeson as their new backs and attack coach to replace Lee Blackett who...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 2 months ago

Macc head back home winners as Hull suffer the blues

■By RICHARD GORE Hull.....................26 Macclesfield..66 MACCLESFIELD heralded a nine-try rout to inflict a 40-point winning margin, on the road to Hull...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 2 months ago

Holden holds his head for Ionians

■By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians............35 Tynedale................. 19 FOUR tries from player-coach Maliq Holden helped a headstrong Hull Ionians to a win...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 2 months ago

Centurion Dean has reasons to feel cheerful

■ By RICHARD GORE Hull.....................33 Billingham...... 24 HULL overcame a determined Billingham side, a 12-man injury list and an almost record...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Super Sam knows hard work holds key for Ross

■ By BEN JAYCOCK Striding out: Sale Sharks centre Sam Bedlow SALE Sharks centre Sam Bedlow balances Prem rugby with his...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 2 months ago

Celella leaves it late to seal win

■ By BEN MORRIS Scunthorpe............. 18 Hull Ionians............24 A LATE try from Alfredo Celella and Ben Smith conversion secured victory For...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 2 months ago

Super backs keep Fylde unbeaten

■By WILL JUDD Fylde.........................40 Hull............................29 THE Woodlands was treated to a home victory after Fylde secured a confident win largely due...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 2 months ago

End of game push from Ionians is too little, too late

■By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians............ 21 Sheffield..................32 SHEFFIELD came to life in the second half of a tough game to take...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Makin’s 400th cap highlights Ionians’ player first culture

■By CHRIS COLLYER Riding high: Hull Ionians second row Joe Makin HULL Ionians second row Joe Makin ran out for his...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 3 months ago

Browne sinks the hosts in a war of attrition

By RICHARD GORE Hull....................... 3 Preston G.......... 10 HULL slipped to defeat in a game they could have won, having three...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 3 months ago

Olivers’ army are on song for Macc

By HOLLY DAISY Macclesfield.......... 31 Hull Ionians............28 MACCLESFIELD edged out Hull Ionians in a close encounter. The hosts went into the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 3 months ago

Ionians celebrate top derby triumph

Hull Ionians......35pts Hull......................19pts ■By BRIAN NORMAN THE skill set and team work of Hull Ionians earned a bonus-point victory over the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 months ago

Super star Greg loving new bond of the brothers

By BEN JAYCOCK Lewis Double act: Greg Minikin AFTER hanging up his boots in rugby league at the end of last...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 3 months ago

Fontaine flies high to secure late glory for Dale

Hull..................... 18 Rossendale.....22 By RICHARD GORE NEWLY-promoted Rossendale’s ability to use turnover ball to release their pacy backs proved decisive in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 3 months ago

Hunt keeps cool to earn late draw

Fylde.........................22 Hull Ionians............22 By ALLAN FOSTER DESPITE having a decisive 19-7 lead at half-time, Fylde yielded to a gutsy second-half display...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 months ago

Sheffield hoping to go one step further this time

National Leagues preview National League Two North by Ben Jaycock SHEFFIELD continue to break club records, and the question to be...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 months ago

Tykes get in the mood as they put Ionians to the sword

By BEN JAYCOCK LEEDS Tykes laid down a serious pre-season marker with an emphatic 57–21 win over Hull Ionians, showcasing the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 months ago

It’s the people you meet that make the difference

MY LIFEIN RUGBY STEVE BODEN THE FORMER DONCASTER, LEEDS AND JERSEY HOOKER AND COACH, WHO IS NOW COACHING AT COVENTRY WHEN...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Dream Team

/ 5 months ago

Dream Team – Seremaia Bai Turagabec

SEREMAIA BAI TURAGABECI, THE LEEDS TYKES AND FORMER HULL IONIANS AND FIJI U20S FLY-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Bath heroes roll back the years to rule Premiership again

Bath boss Johann van Graan warned the Premiership there is more where that came from after his side finally ended their...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 6 months ago

Michael Cheika – ‘I’ve never seen refereeing like that in my life’

Dan Cole was binned for a late challenge on Finn Russell, and Michael Cheika claimed his side got no change off...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Peter Jackson: Mark Jones, the battler who fought for Neath, dies aged 59

When the original All Blacks dared to be the last Welsh team to go the distance with the New Zealand version,...

By Peter Jackson

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

10-try Yorkshire prove too good for Somerset

■By LUKE JARMYN Yorkshire ..........66pts Tries: Norman 3, F Crapper 6, 79, Hooper 28, 52, 56, Penalty 40, Mewburn 43, Parsons...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 months ago

Tykes and Sheffield combine to make the very best of our friends in the north

NATIONAL TWO NORTH DREAM TEAM THE BEST XV FROM 2024-25 AS VOTED FOR BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS Ben Jaycock canvassed the views...

By Ben Jaycock

Latest News

/ 7 months ago

Christian Wade will be a hit at Wigan Warriors – Andy Powell

By Ross Heppenstall Andy Powell’s time at Wigan Warriors was, by his own admission, no great success, but he has backed...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 7 months ago

Ace Millachip puts icing on the cake

Lymm........................70 Hull Ionians............28 ■ By ETHAN BENTS LYMM ended the season in scintillating style to hammer Hull Ionians. An 11-try rout...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 7 months ago

Bairstow’s late score snatches dramatic wins

Otley..........................45 Hull............................48 ■ By NICK DOYLE sA CONVERTED try right at the end saw Hull snatch a narrow victory in an...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 months ago

Preston hope Otley will do them a favour

By BEN JAYCOCK PRESTON Grasshoppers lock Ally Murray has urged his good friend Adam Malthouse, the Otley captain, to do his...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 months ago

Diamond blames system, not refs

By PAUL REES STEVE Diamond has called for more transparency over decisions made by match officials after being slapped with a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 8 months ago

Late Hobson try seals real thriller

By RICHARD GORE Hull............................29 Tynedale.................22 HULL produced their best second half of the season to pull off a dramatic win against...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 8 months ago

Ionians have no answer to Eddie

By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians............22 Otley..........................45 OTLEY’S determination and excellent tactical kicking for space by Eddie Crossland earned them a comfortable...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 8 months ago

Hull edge home in relegation battle to savour

By MARK GARRETT Harrogate.........26 Hull..................... 31 HULL took home the points in what could be a pivotal game in the National...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 8 months ago

Century of points in a classic match

By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians............53 Preston G.................52 A MATCH of eight tries a-piece, 105 points, won by a single point, with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 9 months ago

Minikin makes the hosts pay for slow start

nBy BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale..........28 Hull Ionians.....33 TYNEDALE paid the price for a woeful first half, and although they improved in the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 9 months ago

Archer on target as the Tigers triumph

nBy RICHARD GORE Hull...................... 21pts Sheffield T........29pts SHEFFIELD Tigers took the honours in a clash between two teams attempting to move...

By The Rugby Paper Team