Saturday October 19th sees Bishop's Stortford visit Brantingham Park for only their second visit. The previous matches between the clubs were in the 2017-18 season where Bishop's Stortford may have won both games but in both cases Hull Ionians picked up a loosing bonus point. Bishop's Stortford won a very close game at home 35-31 then won the return fixture 14-21. Both teams have had significant changes of personnel since then with only half a dozen players from each team playing in our last match against each other. Hull Ionians 2nd XV The Buccaneers are away at Abbeydale Park playing Sheffield 2nd XV.