Notts tangles with the Knights

The rugby side from “Notts”

The rugby side from “Notts” — HMS Nottingham — put last season’s premiership-winning Newcastle Knights to the test in Newcastle last month.

The green-garbed RN side joined the locals in a 6am game of touch football.

The session was to prepare the Knights for their tilt at the National Rugby League premiership, however the Newcastle side was later eliminated in a semi-final against the Cronulla Sharks.

Although the majority of the crew of the rock-damaged warship has returned home, a contingent of officers and sailors has remained in Australia to help the salvage crew.

RN public affairs officer, LCDR Simon Dalziel, provided our photo above showing the Nottingham lads with members of the Newcastle Knights.

 

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