The Royal Navy Rugby Union 2018-2019 season gets underway very shortly, starting with the preparation for Under 23 Inter Service competition which will culminate in November.
The Royal Navy Rugby Union Under 23 team have a very impressive record, having been crowned Inter Service Champions for the past three years. As you can imagine the team are very keen to retain the title for a fourth successive year. The Assistant Director of Rugby, Lieutenant Commander Aidan Riley says "Our mission is to win the Inter Service competition and the key to success is to continually identify new players who can be trained and developed as the RNRU players of the future.&nb...
As the start of the 2018/2019 rugby season approaches the Royal Navy Rugby Union are delighted to report that RNRU Women's team member, Naval Nurse Alice Kightley, has been selected as the team captain for the Portsmouth Valkyries.
Alice has been playing rugby since 2006 and has been involved with the RNRU Women's team for the past 6 seasons. Alice received her first representative cap playing against Marine Nationale in 2015.
Alice is very highly regarded by both players and coaches and was voted Portsmouth Valkyries Forward of the Season. The newly promoted team have gone from strength to strength during the 2017/18 season, finishing as National Cup winn...
The teams travelled from far and wide to the glorious sands of Weymouth Beach. Ships, Naval Air Stations, Establishments and Royal Marines Units were all represented. The early part of the competition took the form of three groups, each consisting of 4 teams. At the end of the round robin of matches the group stages were won by the Fishery Protection Squadron, HMS Seahawk A and HMS Sultan. However, with all teams going through to the knock out stage there was still everything to play for.
Despite their early good fortune the Fishery Protection Squadron fell by the wayside in the second round of the knock out stage. The only other ship's team, from HMS Northumberland, made it through t...
