RNRU Royal Navy Rugby Union

RAF v Army U23s The final round of the Inter Service U23 Championship was held at RAF Halton. Going into the match the trophy was still open to all three teams given various permutations. The pressure was on the Navy Officials to produce a faultless display so that it was the rugby that was the showcase and not the officials. The strong team was led by Lt Cdr (Dunx) McClement who was ably assisted on the touchline by Lt (Jane) Pizii and Simon Aldridge with Welshy Edwards keeping control of the benches and sin bins. For Dunx it was his first taste of Inter Service rugby as a referee, he has however more than proved himself by some very strong performances in the National Leagues North of...

Two Royal Navy Officials have been on duty during the Autumn International Series.  The first opportunity came to former CPO (SM) (Paul) Burton (Abbeywood) who is regularly in the limelight as an Assistant Referee in the Aviva Premiership.  He was selected to be the fifth official for the England Fiji match at Twickenham in front of a packed house.  His duties include ensuring that the substitutions, sin bins and blood replacements are handled in a timely and respectful manner; emotions can get extremely high when international caps are on the line.  Paul said of his experience "It is fantastic to be involved with high profile events and I relished the atmosphere...