Paula Bennett-Smith an ever present player in the Navy Rugby’s Women’s team since their inception, had her 15 years of top quality contribution to rugby union recognised by the Royal Navy Sports Control Board, who made her their Sportswoman of the Year. Like Dave Pascoe, who was made Sportsman of the Year in 2013, Paula has captained the Royal Navy side and won the respect of her teammates and also that of her opponents.
During her first stint as captain, Paula delivered the Royal Navy Women’s first Inter Service victory, with an away win against the Royal Air Force at Newbury. Two years later the Royal Navy Rugby Union recognised her contribution to the ...
Not only did Devonport Services host a great Navy Cup Final on Wednesday evening but also they were presented with their prestigious Rugby Football Union Accredited Club award. Further club achievement was publically acknowledge when Kieran Leach was presented with a Royal Navy Rugby Union Valuing the Volunteer Award. On a night of doubles, Britannia Royal Navy College won the Navy Cup for the second time, match referee, Duncan McClement, became the first double recipient of the Admiral Royds Trophy. The Navy’s rugby referees award this trophy, to their referee of the year.
The RFU Accredited Club scheme is the RFU’s flagship programme for community rugby...
Royal Navy Rugby Union stalwart and former Physical Training Instructor, Bob Penfold MBE, has, this month been inducted into HMS Temeraire’s PTI Hall of Fame. Bob is the only former RNRU player to have achieved this honour and joins three others with rugby connections in Sean Cole (RNRU Strength and Conditioning Coach) and the Rugby League duo of Wayne O’Kell and James Barnes.
Still regularly seen on the touchline where both his sons, Rory and Michael, have represented the Royal Navy U23s, Bob is best remembered as an abrasive wing three quarter with pace and power. He made his Navy debut in 1981, which was an Inter Service winning year with a 15-12 win over the Royal Air ...
Two tries in the final game of the U23XV season, from openside Jack Basher, were enough to confirm him as the ninth recipient of the Brian Weeks Trophy. The trophy, in memory of former Royal Navy Rugby Union Life Member and RNRU Colts Chairman, Cdr Brian Weeks, is traditionally presented to the U23XV Player of the Year after the final match of the U23 season.
For Jack, 2014 will certainly be a year to remember. In August he won his first International Cap, for Malta, having earlier in the year debuted for the Senior XV. In September he travelled to New Zealand as part of the Commonwealth Cup squad before joining up with the U23s on his return and finishing the year w...
The Royal Marines built on their successful Medics challenge and scored an emphatic 61-0 victory over the Eastern Region in the third round of the Inverdale Challenge. With defeats away at Western and home to Northern, Eastern Region will be looking to build on their better second half performance if they are to mount any challenge to the Fleet Air Arm in their final game, which with a bye in round 4, will be on 14 th January 2015.
The Royal Marines have now firmly put the disappointment of their opening match defeat to the Fleet Air Arm at HMS Seahawk behind them. In their bye round they hosted the Pennisular Medical School at Plymouth Albion’s Brickfields ground i...
