Hull Ionians is a

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

club in the

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. The first team play in English rugby's

National League 2 North National League 2 North is one of three, level four leagues in the English rugby union system and provides semi-professional competition for teams in the northern half of England, the North. The remainder of England is covered by the two counte ...

, the fourth tier of the

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, following their relegation from

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at the end of the 2019–20 season. Their home ground is Brantingham Park, which opened in September 1995 and is in the village of

Brantingham Brantingham is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, about north of Brough, west of Hull and north of the A63 road. The 2011 UK Census gave the parish had a population of 370, marking a decrease from the 2001 ...

, which is off the

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between Brough and

South Cave South Cave is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately to the west of Hull city centre on the A1034 road just to the north of the A63 road. North Cave is approximately to the north-west ...

History

Hull Ionians was formed in 1989 by the merger of Hull and East Riding with Ionians. The club has played in the upper echelons of regional rugby throughout its history but in 2012–13 the club won

National Division 2 North National League 2 North is one of three, level four leagues in the English rugby union system and provides semi-professional competition for teams in the northern half of England, the North. The remainder of England is covered by the two counte ...

and were promoted to

for season 2013–14. They were immediately relegated back to National League 2 North but were promoted the following season, playing at the third level of English club rugby for the second time.

Honours

* North 1 v Midlands 1 promotion play-off winners (2): 2001–02, 2004–05 *

champions (3):

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

, 2014–15, 2018–19

Current standings

References

External links

Official website
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