A Nelsonian view of Navy Rugby as seen through the camera lens.
For new Navy Women’s Head Coach, Dominic ‘Bali’ Salisbury, there could not have been a harder start to his tenure. A match against the experienced touring Australians at a time when a number of senior players were unavailable for selection. … Read More
When HMS Terrible and HMS Powerful landed their guns to help the besieged British Army at Ladysmith during the Boer War two modern day legacies were born. The first was Naval Field Gun which nurtured so many matelots with the … Read More
Owen Salmon, currently on deployment in Afghanistan, has been named as the Navy Rugby’s new head coach for the Senior XV. He fill the vacancy left by the departure of Ash Coates due to professional commitments. I will be writing … Read More
All images from Friday’s match against the RAF U23 are available here. – Two years ago Tom Davies was an influential member of the Royal Navy U23’s team that opened the 2010 Inter Service Championship with an away win over … Read More
The opening round of the 2012 Inter Service U23 Championship saw a tense win for the Royal Navy.
With most eyes focused on tomorrow’s opening game of the 2012 U23 Inter Service Championship it will not be just the emerging players of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force who sit in the changing room with a nervous … Read More
For Scott Ashley and Kai Blackett (far right), this season’s head coach and coach of the U23s respectively, the rematch against the RAF could not come to soon. The blustery afternoon, last year, at RAF Cosford no doubt holds some … Read More
On his first team debut for Bath, the Army’s Semesa Rokodugni lands man of the match in victory over Newport Gwent Dragons.
When I work in performance environments I am often asked about what drives success. Too many people are seduced in to looking for the answer in terms of infrastructure or money. The answer is people make success, people with a … Read More