Hull RUFC vs Billingham RUFC – Digital Programme

The digital version of our game day programme for our Third home game of the 2025/26 season with Billingham will appear here.

Today’s Visitors : Billingham RUFC

Today we welcome our visitors from County Durham to the Ferens Ground for our fifth league game of the season.

Billingham RUFC was formed in 1924 as the rugby section of the Synthonia Sports Club of the Synthetic Ammonia and Nitrates Company which later became Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI). The club moved to their present Greenwood Road ground in 1996 where a new clubhouse was built in 2000.

We have played Billingham on 12 occasions since our first meeting in season 2015/16 including the last two seasons in National 2 North since their promotion from Regional One North East at the end of season 2022/23. Last season we won the home fixture 40-26 at the Ferens Ground in September to gain our first win of the season but we lost the away fixture 34-17 in January when Ali Heard set a then new club appearance record on his 243^rd appearance for the club. The full list of our previous meetings is detailed below ;

2015/16              National 3 North               19 Sep 2015       Billingham 21-32 Hull

                                                                                9 Jan 2016          Hull 12-6 Billingham

2016/17              National 3 North               10 Sep 2016       Hull 30-17 Billingham

                                                                                10 Dec 2016       Billingham 7-38 Hull

2017/18              Northern Premier             21 Oct 2017       Hull 17-23 Billingham

                                                                                3 Feb 2018         Billingham 7-19 Hull

2018/19              Northern Premier             8 Dec 2018         Hull 49-7 Billingham

                                                                                6 Apr 2019          Billingham 7-26 Hull

2023/24              National 2 North               14 Oct 2023       Hull 40-24 Billingham

                                                                                17 Feb 2024       Billingham 24-30 Hull

2024/25              National 2 North               28 Sep 2024       Hull 40-26 Billingham

                                                                                18 Jan 2025        Billingham 34-17 Hull

Billingham arrive at the Ferens Ground sitting in 11^th place in the league having won 1 and lost 3 of their 4 games played, beating Wharfedale 21-16 at home and losing away to Preston Grasshoppers 46-24 and Fylde 37-11 before a 26-36 home defeat to Darlington Mowden Park last weekend.

We welcome the players, officials and supporters from the North East to our ground and hope they enjoy their visit.

Enjoy the game.

Stephen Hodgson

Club Historian