The Royal Navy Rugby Union is pleased to announce the appointment of Capt A J Willis RN in the position of Northern Region Chairman. Capt Willis joined the Royal Navy in January 1983 and joined HM Naval Base Clyde as Captain of the Base and Captain HMS NEPTUNE in May 2013. Capt Willis has been involved in Rugby Union from an early age. He has played at local club level in both the UK and Australia as well as being a qualified coach and referee involved in UK South East Area Club Youth rugby. He has previously served as the Chairman, Naval Air Command Rugby. He is looking forward to raising the profile and improving opportunities for new and existing players and coaching staff. He is r...
On Wed 19 Feb at the Rectory (Kick Off 1900), the RN(W) will be facing Plymouth Albion Ladies. This match has always been a close and challenging fixture and the RN(W) are looking forward to meeting these rivals again. This match will be the final preparation for the RN(W) before they fly to Toulon to play the French Navy in March. RN(W) Head Coach, Lt Dominic “Bali” Salisbury (INM) said that the RN(W) has been blessed this season with a nice healthy squad and new talented players coming through. The girls on show tonight are literally playing to put their hands up for selection, not only for the French Navy, but for the eagerly awaited Inter Services games....
From the Chairman of Royal Navy Rugby Union : “I am delighted to announce that Commander Mark DELLER RN has been selected as the new Director of Navy Rugby, vice Commander Andy Kellett RN with effect from 4 May 14. Mark will take up his new position post the Army v Navy Game. On behalf of the RNRU may I offer Mark our sincere congratulations and wish him every success in his new post.” Captain Chris Alcock OBE RN
They say that time is a great healer but when the Navy team gather together in the changing room for the first match of the season against Oxford University the anticipation of the season ahead will not be able to fully erase the bitter feeling that a Twickenham defeat leaves. Their opponents tomorrow, Oxford University, have happier memories of their last Twickenham match, a well taken 33-15 in the 2013 Varsity match. However Oxford will appreciate a small measure of what the Navy went through at the end of last year having already met the Army this season. On their famous Iffley Road pitch, that had held up well to this wettest of rugby seasons, the Blues were able to take an early le...
5th Feb 2014 1415 Keyham
On a very blustery day in Keyham the Naval base hosted 42 CDO RM for their second meeting in the WRL. On the last encounter before Christmas Devonport fielded an understrength team with the Royals walking away with a 44-0 win. It looked like a similar game was about to take place with Devonport struggling for 15 players before the game. After a few late arrivals the game was underway with 42 very quickly realising this game was not going to be a repeat of the previous fixture. It took the first 15 minutes for both teams to settle down and play some nice rugby. A good solo effort by MNE (Troy) Gobey saw him open the scoring giving 42 the first points, the foll...
