A Nelsonian view of Navy Rugby as seen through the camera lens.
The first ever Inter Service Championship rugby match to be played at the Twickenham Stoop was Royal Navy Women v Royal Air Force Women. Anyone who has followed the two sides in recent years would not have arrived with any … Read More
RAF Captain, Stu Philpott, lifts the Babock Inter Service Trophy The Emotion of Sport Twickenham Stoop hosted its first Inter Service Rugby Union match on Friday 20 April when the Royal Navy played the Royal Air Force in the second … Read More
Rob Bell scored a late try as the RAF secured the Inter-Services Championship title, beating the Royal Navy 31-21 at Twickenham Stoop. Two early Andy Byrne penalties gave the RAF a 6-0 lead, before Eldon Myers hit back to give … Read More
Following on from the success with providing first class imagary, digital distribution and technical support to Service rugby union, Alligin Photography have today signed up to provide similar services for Army Athletics. The agreement will give Army Athletics administrators and … Read More
It seems so long ago the 101st Army Navy Match but with barely 3 weeks to go until the 101st match I though I would share some images from what I feel is an exciting collaboration with a phiotgraphic artist … Read More
The 14th edition of Le Crunch was probably played in the best stadium atmosphere the series of matches has witnessed, surpassing the game of 2010 when it first moved to Stade Mayol. The Marine Nationale fed off this atmosphere and … Read More
One of the highlights of my photographic calendar is a biennial trip to Toulon to photograph the matches between the Marine Nationale and Royal Navy. These five photographs are my tribute to an eighth consecutive win for RCMN(F) in the … Read More
With the Royal New Zealand Navy (the cup holders) not travelling to the UK, the 2018 edition of the Navies Commonwealth Cup pitted the Royal Australian Navy against their hosts, the Royal Navy. Having first met in 1986 the Australian … Read More
The original image is from the recent Armee de Terre v British Army match played on the outskirts of Paris. Lee Crabb of Scrumpix Images was at the game on behalf of Alligin Photography and the Army Rugby Union and … Read More
It wasn’t just in Aldershot that an Army team had to over come terrible conditions. The Senior XV were playing the British Police at East London RFC and were also met with heavy driving rain and a quagmire of a … Read More