The annual Royal Navy Rugby Union golf day was again hosted at the St Mellion International Resort. Last year’s grey skies were a distant memory as the Jack Nicklaus designed signature course was resplendent in the Cornish sunshine. Following the now customary warm up from Paul Barrington’s extensive repertoire of golfing tricks, eight teams took to the fairways to test themselves against a tough course, to reminisce over the season past and to strengthen the links that continue to drive Navy Rugby forward.
The chosen format, Texas Scramble, allows for a combination of strategy, camaraderie, skill, and heartbreak. The latter often being the case on some of the more difficu...
It was evident from the first match, at the 2015 Royal Navy Rugby Union Sevens, that Cdo Logs Regt RM were going to be the team to beat. Navy and Navy Sharks player, Ratu Vakalutukali, had brought a team that throughout the day blanketed their opposition with a smothering defence that forced turnovers. With ball in hand that had a blend of power and pace that ensured that they regularly found the opposition's defence weak points on the way to a number of high scoring victories and an eventual tournament win.
With a number of players held up by a serious road traffic accident, the 2015 RNRU Sevens, hosted once more at Weymouth RFC, had a delayed start. A deceptively c...
Heade Üllatuste Maa (Estonia, Country of Good Surprises)
Tēvzemei un Brīvībai (Latvia, Fatherland and Freedom)
The Royal Navy Rugby Union (RNRU) President’s XV will tour Estonia and Latvia, 19 Jun to 28 Jun 15, participating in two international games against the Estonian Barbarians and the Latvian National side, before taking part in the Estonian Rugby Football Union International Rugby Festival. The diverse competition will pit the President’s XV against Estonian National Team, French International Veterans Team and a UK Invitational XV.
With an aim of developing a new batch of players, the tour looks to raise the profile of the Presidents XV while at the ...
The Royal Navy Rugby Union would like to formally express our since congratulations to Brigadier Timothy BEVIS, a current serving Vice President, who was Appointed as a Commander to the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours List.
A very warm bright warm day heralded the 2015 Brighton Open Sevens Competition. Nominally Day 2 of the Brighton Sevens Festival – the social competition and party having taken place the day before. Now amongst the very last remnants of the tired party-goers, the open competition kicked into action. For the Navy Sharks this was a chance to build on their performance at Hartpury and begin to establish some real coherency in their Squad output. Operational commitments meant that the full TSG management were elsewhere deployed, and as such, Silivesi Buinimassi (Sharks coach) held responsibility for bringing the squad together and establishing the necessary playing routines. With Mano S...
