Fylde travel to Brantingham Park to take on Hull Ionians in both clubs’ final game of the 2025-26 season (ko 15.00). Ionians have had a very similar season to Fylde with rather uneven results albeit they are two places higher in the National 2 (North) and have amassed nine more league points.
This will be the 30th league game between the clubs over a period of 20 years. The Lancastrians hold the bragging rights, with 19 victories, 8 defeats and 2 draws, one of the latter (22-all at the Woodlands) on the opening day of the current season.
| Woodlands | Brant. Pk | |||
| 2005-6 | 35-35 | D | 25-24 | L |
| 2006-7 | 29-0 | W | 19-48 | W |
| 2007-8 | 17-10 | W | 8-24 | W |
| 2008-9 | 38-14 | W | 10-21 | W |
| 2009-10 | 35-9 | W | 27-17 | L |
| 2010-11 | 76-14 | W | 13-34 | W |
| 2015-16 | 35-38 | L | 26-36 | W |
| 2016-17 | 38-17 | W | 29-31 | W |
| 2017-18 | 12-14 | L | 33-14 | L |
| 2018-19 | 29-41 | L | 34-22 | L |
| 2021-22 | 28-12 | W | 45-36 | L |
| 2022-23 | 22-15 | W | 31-34 | W |
| 2023-24 | 45-17 | W | 14-36 | W |
| 2024-25 | 31-27 | W | 32-35 | W |
| 2025-26 | 22-22 | D |
Fylde make four changes in their starting line-up, three in the pack. Matt Garrod returns at lock and skippers the team, the 2nd occasion that he has had this honour given the absence of Toby Harrison and David Fairbrother. Two young players also return as James Sutcliffe starts at hooker and Man of the Match v Rossendale, Ashton Kasam-Sharples, is at flanker. Mike Walton moves to no 8 covering the absence of David Fairbrother.
In the backline, Adam Lanigan is on the left wing. A young and relatively inexperienced set of replacements includes prop Tristan Assad and Max Senior alongside Olly Trippier whilst in a 3/2 split between forwards and backs, Alex Gaughan and Alex Carson cover the backline.