The Royal Navy who are due to play Hawks at Old Anniesland on 18 May for the Craig Hodgkinson Trophy lost to the Army 25-39 last Saturday at Twickenham in the last round of the Inter Services Championship

Army v Navy and Inter-Service competitions (1878 onwards)
On 13th February 1878 the Officers of the Army played for the first time Officers of the Royal Navy at Kennington Oval. The Royal Navy won the match by a goal and a try to a goal.

Although an increased amount of rugby was played in the Services, no further matches took place between the Army and Royal Navy until 1907, after which the Inter-Service Championship was launched and has been played annually with the exception of during the world wars (1914-1919 and 1940-45) when the games were cancelled.

The Royal Air Force (RAF) became competition participants in 1920.

This article was originally posted on 7-May-2007, 14:25 by Hugh Barrow.
Last updated by Hugh Barrow on 7-May-2007, 19:36.