Run Silent Run Deep – Answer

The capped Navy player who was also a full England International with the Chariots claim to fame is Captain Geoffrey Sladen DSO DSC Royal Navy.  He has been added to the Navy Great Players page and all his details can … Read More

Preparations Nearly Over

With less than a month before the Senior XV and the RN(W) play their French counter parts in Toulon and Navy Rugby hosting round two of the Inter Services at Burnaby Rd on Wednesday 18th April time for preparations is … Read More

Mirror Mirror – The Gauntlet Accepted

  Remember the Cambridge Game?  See Varsity Double for an image sequence of Navy winger Andy Vance being caught from behind.  Well the sign of a great sportsman is to rise to the challenge and last night he opened the scoring … Read More

First ‘Dream’ Team Selected

Mike Connolly’s Navy Rugby Select XV The first of the invitational dream teams has been selected and can be found on its own page @ ‘Royal Navy Invitational Select XV’.  The first side has been chosen by current Navy Mariners Head … Read More

First Defeat but Plenty to Build On

It was long night for the Navy team as once again this fixture provided the crowd with end to end excitement.  Both teams selected mix and match sides and neither team could break down each other’s defence for the most … Read More

Proud Heritage Answers

First of all great to see that the Mariners doubled up the Senior sides win on Wednesday night. You will see that the match report mentions the ‘dream coaching team’ of Mike Connolly, Dave Sibson and Doc Cox.  Some experience … Read More

Varsity Double

For only the second time in my Naval career (26 years since you ask) the Navy senior side competed the double over the Varsity Blues. If the home win over Oxford (10-0) @ Burnaby Rd was a stop start scratchy … Read More

Navy Rugby’s Link with CURFC

I have just added three more players to the Navy Rugby Great Players page.  They include Dan Parkes, third most capped player of all time, Spencer Brown who some corresponders believe is part of the answer I set below and … Read More

Round Two – Cambridge University

This week sees both the Senior XV and the Mariners continue their preparations for the 2012 Inter Services, their matches against the Royal Air Force and of course the culmination of the season, the Army v Navy match at Twickenham. … Read More

QBE Announce Winners of Pro Rugby Competition

More Success for HMS Sultan They say all good things come in threes. Earlier this season HMS Sultan reached the final of the Navy Rugby’s knockout cup, yesterday they won their regional head of Navy Rugby’s annual 10s competition and … Read More

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