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Navy pride of women’s rugby
Volume 50, No. 16, September 06, 2007 |
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POWER ON: Navy/ Air Force women beat Army women.
Photo: ABPH Jo Dilorenzo |
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Navy provided the women’s player of the tournament and had 12 players selected in the Australian Services Rugby Union women’s representative team at the end of the tri-Service championships in Canberra on August 18.
LSNPC Renae Woodward, of HMAS Cerberus, was named player of the tournament and captained the combined Navy/Air Force team which defeated Army 25-10 to lift the CDRE Mick Dunn RAN Cup from the defending champions.
Navy’s representatives are: LEUT Liz Quinn, LEUT Amanda Eddy, LSSTD Kim Thomson, MIDN Ashleigh Payne, LSCSO Cassy Van Rythoven, LSNPC Renae Woodward, LSCIS Nicky Palmer, LSEWT Rebecca Weaver, MIDN Sara Mooney, ABCSO Bethanie Keefe, SMN Rachel Ward, ABWTR Elizabeth Doran.
Navy also had 10 players selected in the men’s representative team. They are: AB Max Gunn, LS Jason Harrington, MIDN Peter Waring, AB Daniel Robertson, LS Matthew Hilyard, LEUT Dean Brown, LS Jason Cook, SMN Diri Nasalo, LS Damien Tanaka, AB Dave Harris.
Navy’s scoreboard from its three matches were: Army men 24 b Navy 21 (SMNMT Matt Lancaster (HMAS Tobruk), SMNATV Dominic Whittingham (816SQN), AB ATA Matt Lane (805SQN), tries; LEUT Dean Brown (HMAS Stuart) 2 penalty goals). Navy men 12 (LSSN Jason Harrington (MCD TG), LS ATA Jason Cook (816 SQN) tries; LEUT Brown 1 conversion) b RAAF 11. Navy/Air Force women 25 (LS Cassy Van Rythoven (HMAS Watson) 2, LACW Leonie Midgley, AB Catherine Scott, LS Kim Thomson tries) b Army 10. |
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