RNRU Royal Navy Rugby Union

Armed Forces Day was marked across the UK with events in many cities to celebrate servicemen and women. The National event was held in Guildford, Surrey which included a service at the cathedral, a military parade involving hundreds of Armed Forces personnel, veterans and cadets. The Combined Services Sports Control Board, along with the overall organisers had decided that a ‘Sport for All’ event would run in conjunction with this year’s event and each of the 3 Service Control Boards selected a number of sports to be represented, Royal Navy Rugby Union (RNRU) being one of them.  So in a far flung corner of Stoke Park the RNRU set up stall in company with th...

100 Days To Go ! The International Defence Rugby Competition 2015 (IDRC 2015) kicks off in 100 days time and to mark the occasion players from the three home teams came together on board HMS Victory. IDRC 2015 will pit twelve international teams of battle-hardened soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines against each other to determine the greatest Armed Forces rugby team on the planet.  Lieutenant Colonel Trevor Cottee, IDRC tournament director, said how much the teams from the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force were looking forward to hosting the teams from, amongst others, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and Japan: “All the teams are raring to go for this...