January is not just the start of a new year but a time that the elder statesmen of Royal Navy playing cadre dust off their boots.
The Royal Navy Mariners (over 35s) kicked off their season against HMS Queen Elizabeth today in Portsmouth. The fleet flagship have just come back from a long deployment where unfortunately minimal rugby was played but they still proved to tricky opposition.
However the Mariners used some of their old wily tricks at their disposal through their many years of play to gain a comfortable victory, finishing the game 45-5 ahead.
Like the other representative sides their season culminates against the Army in April.
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Royal Navy Rugby Union Current Vacancies - Assitant Director of Rugby, Women's Development Squad and Team Manager Women's Development Squad
Our Vision is: To be fun, relevant and successful, inspiring players, coaches, officials, volunteers, and spectators to enjoy rugby at all levels from mess deck to international, wherever the RN goes, reflecting all that is best in the Service.
The following opportunities are for application. The closing date for applications is Friday 21st January 2022. Full details including how to apply can be viewed at the links below.
Head Coach, Women's Dvelopment Squad – click here for details
The closing ...
The RNRU Chair, Captain Roger Readwin ADC Royal Navy, with his message to the Union for 2022.
First and foremost, to all our Royal Navy Rugby Family, I wish you all a happy and healthy 2022. I would especially like to recognise all those members of our family who remain forward deployed on operations and their loved ones at home at this time; our thoughts, gratitude and prayers are with you all, at what is always a challenging time. Equally, many of our family have been leaning in on the home front, supporting the NHS with the booster programme and providing wider help to civil authorities. Additionally, but importantly, it would be remiss not to recognise our wonderful NHS an...
Community Rugby values are shining through despite tough times as the Royal Marines and RN West have decided to play a friendly in lieu of their Round 5 of the Inverdale Challenge Cup.
RN West have conceded the match to the Royal Marines as a myriad of circumstances has decimated both sides. RN West were stripped of most of their first choice players and they felt that they would not be able to give the Royal Marines a competitive match. The Devonport centric side are contending with deployments to key units and players working from home in far flung corners of the UK. On the other hand the Royal Marine side that obliterated the Fleet Air Arm before Christmas is contending with the fa...
