Following hot on the heels of the single service senior sides the UK Armed Forces Rugby Men's Under 23s make their season debut this weekend in West London against Ealing Trailfinders Academy and the Royal Navy makes up over a third of the squad.
With their Inter Service Championship concluding in December the Under 23 season has moved onto the single services coming together to form the UK Armed Forces (UKAF) side for their first match since May 2019. Despite a campaign where they were edged by both the Army and the RAF, The Royal Navy makes up a significant proportion of the squad.
The players joined the camp at Aldershot, the home of Army rugby, on Wednesday and immediatel...
The Royal Navy Senior Men’s XV started their 2022 campaign at Veritas Park with a well-fought 33-17 loss to Taunton RFC.
This match was only the second time this Royal Navy side have played since the start of the pandemic and the first since their initial outing against the Cornish Pirates in September 2021. With an aim of building a squad for the annual Inter-Service Championships, the team will be pleased with their performance against the National League One Side.
From the start, the Navy showed their attacking intent with a perfectly placed kick and they had the first try-scoring opportunity of the game, but the Taunton defence managed t...
The Royal Navy Senior Men XV kick off their season with a visit to National 1 side Taunton RFC.
The senior XV have already had an outing this season after taking on Cornish Pirates in September but the match against Taunton marks the RN's traditional February start as they build up towards the Inter Service Championship and their annual encounter with the Army at Twickenham.
Taunton have been making excellent progress as a club and have established themselves as a steady National 1 side, having recently been promoted from National 2 South. The are also no stranger to some of the Royal Navy's players with 40 Cdo and RNAS Yeovilton only a short distance away. Currently Lt Jarrad Hayl...
The elder statesmen of the Royal Navy Rugby Union playing cadre, the Royal Navy Mariners, had their second (hastily re-arranged) match of the season. Gosport and Fareham RFC were the stand-in opponents as Northampton Police Service regrettably had to withdraw.
Two unanswered and fast tries from Gosport and Fareham caught the slow starting Mariners on the back foot and at 12-0 things looked ominous for the Royal Navy. However from then on the Mariners started to gain ground and were beginning to exert their own pressure whilst implementing Coach Andy Vance’s game plan. This led to Colour Sergeant Val Valermi sneaking across the line with a pick and go to make...
