Image Gallery: May 2008
Army team takes on French
12 May 2008
The Australian Army Rugby Union (AARU) team took on the French Combined Services Rugby Team at ‘Stade Jules Ladoumegue’ in Massy, Paris.
The French were forced to request uncontested scrums with a final score of 27 to 16 reflecting a match that could have gone either way.
Whilst the French were victorious on the scoreboard the Australians won a moral victory, overcoming a vaunted French scrum and never giving up.
Members of the Australian Army Rugby Union (AARU) Team took time out of their busy Army careers to tour France and Germany.
The tour is aimed at enhancing the Australian Army's relationship with the French and UK Armies and to promote rugby as the premier international military sport. The AARU will be on show to an international audience as representatives of the Australian Army and as elite athletes. The tour provides an excellent opportunity for selected players to further develop their playing skills while building international relationships and enjoying a unique range of cultural and historical activities, including battlefield tours.
Foremost the AARU tour in Germany seeks to foster the Army key values of Courage, Initiative and Teamwork. At the completion of the European tour, the AARU team will complete in the Australian Services Rugby Carnival at the Royal Military College Duntroon, Canberra.
The Army play matches against the French Army, the French Combined Services and the British Army on the Rhine. The AARU also took time to remember their fallen comrades at the first ever Dawn Service held at the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux.
| 20080506adf8208022_016 Australian Army Rugby Union halfback, Captain Stephen Wright from Headquarters Combined Arms Training Centre, Puckapunyal, charges down the field during a game against the French Combined Services in Paris. (Date taken: 06 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080506adf8208022_040 Members of the Australian Army Rugby Union team watch on as a player with the French Combined Services team lines up for a conversion during the game in Paris. (Date taken: 06 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080506adf8208022_086 Members of the Australian Army Rugby Union team chase the ball during a line out at a match against the French Combined Services team in Paris. (Date taken: 06 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080506adf8208022_125 Australian Army Rugby Union Winger, Corporal Kieran Dan from the 1st Signal Regiment in Darwin, scores a try during a match against the French Combined Services team in Paris. (Date taken: 06 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080506adf8208022_217 Captain of the Australian Army Rugby Union team, Major Sean Kearns from the 1st Recruit Training Battalion, tries to break free of a tackle during a match against the French Combined Services team in Paris. (Date taken: 06 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080506adf8208022_282 Players with the French Combined Services Rugby Union team try to block a kick by Australian Army Rugby Union halfback, Captain Stephen Wright, 26 from Headquarters Combined Arms Training Centre, Puckapunyal, during a game in Paris. (Date taken: 06 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080506adf8208022_302 Members of the Australian Army Rugby Union and French Combined Services teams pose for a group photo at the completion of a game played at the Stade Jules Ladoumegue in Massy, Paris. (Date taken: 06 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080506adf8208022_338 Australian Army Rugby Union halfback, Captain Stephen Wright, 26 from Headquarters Combined Arms Training Centre, Puckapunyal, charges through a strong French defence. (Date taken: 06 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080506adf8208022_343 Australian Army Rugby Union second rower, Corporal Tim Glover, 26 from the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, reaches for the ball during a line out during a match against the French Combined Services team in Paris. (Date taken: 06 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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