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HMS Monmouth left Devonport on a cold but clear morning on February 26 2007. At the time of sailing we had a fledgling rugby team that was only 17 strong with 6 of them having never played the game before. We had many rugby club meeting’s and stated our intentions for the nine months which were to play as much rugby as we could, develop as many players into the rugby fold and drink the odd cold pint of tiger or XXXX. Saturday the 17th of March saw us in Cyprus with our first game against the light blue of the RAF playing in Akatiri . We managed a squad of 19 players with 6 players never having played the game before and two of the front rows with only three games each. Due to the h...
