RNRU Royal Navy Rugby Union

Winning her tenth cap, Charlotte Fredrickson will lead a strong Royal Navy Women’s team when they open their Inter Service account with a match against the Royal Air Force.  She will be keen to put the reversal away at Toulon behind her but also keen to get back to winning ways against the Royal Air Force where last season’s reverse halted a run of three consecutive wins.  Charlotte's second stint as Royal Navy Women’s captain has coincided with their most successful season to date but she knows her team’s challenge, against a strengthened RAF team, will require a top class performance; that will probably need to surpass the decisive win they recorded in...

Following their first defeat of the season, 17-15, to the Royal Navy Senior XV in March, the Richmond Vikings were out for revenge in the re-match, and revenge is what they got, winning 19-15 at the Athletic Ground. Kicking off in daylight, the conditions were good and the pitch soft after the short rain showers earlier in the afternoon.  The first ten minutes of the match were played in the centre of the pitch with some early pressure being applied by the Navy Seniors.  Richmond responded but it was the Navy who had the first opportunity to put points on the scoreboard with a penalty kick in the 14 th minute taken from 40 yards out.  Huntley kicked straight but lacked...