The Royal Navy Senior XV starts the defence of the Commonwealth Cup 2012 on Sun 7 Oct with a difficult fixture against the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). RNZN have already dispatched the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) by a score of 13-41, sending a clear message of their intention to wrestle the Cup from the present holders the Royal Navy.
The fixture between the Kiwi's and the Royal Navy has always been a close fought affair with the RNRU holding the upper hand on results during the last 5 meetings (4 -1).
DoR Cdr (Andy) Kellett RN said of the selection ‘It was always going to be difficult call when selecting from a pool of very talented players' . He went on to say ‘We...
The U23's season progressed along its pathway to the Inter Service competition with another training weekend. The ultimate aim was a game against London United Hospitals, which was sadly cancelled due to the Hospital's lack of front row players.
Not perturbed by this minor set-back and with a positive attendance the players fully committed to a hard structured weekend of training. This gave the side the ability to work on the game plan briefed by head coach Capt (Scott) Ashley RM (Fleet), with the players working on the basic keys areas of handling, defence, set plays and the contact area.
Throughout the weekend Scott was supported on the pitch by WO1 (Billy) May RN (H...
US Portsmouth have entered the RFU O2 Ladies Tag league to get women playing the game. Training Starts this Sun 07 Oct 1030 until 1200 and Thur 11 Oct 6pm until 7pm all players, whatever standard welcome Anyone interested please see the link below for full details http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/unitedservicesportsmouth/news/calling-all-united-services-sh-686295.html
In terms of wins and losses not the best of weekends to be fair as all the teams lost out to Torquay.
The Devonport Service 1 st's were away in Torquay and ended up losing 33-26. Actually, it was a very close game that Services could so nearly have won.
Inside 10 mins the score stood at 3-10 to Services following a penalty from Matt Anstis and a try from flanker Dyan Cossey which was converted by Anstis. Torquay then scored a converted try to level the score and then pulled ahead with another try and a penalty, 20-10.
After the second half restart, Anstis was successful with a penalty kick, only for Torquay to add an unconverted try. This Services countered with a third Ansti...
