RNRL will welcome RAFRL to our Burnaby Road HQ for the first round of his years IS Series with the Senior Brothers out to avenge the narrow defeat last season at Belle Vue. That loss led to the Senior Mens IS trophy being decided on points, with Army RL beating RAFRL at Craven Park the Brothers regained the title last won in 2023.
Last season the RNRL Women scored a magnificent victory over the RAF to secure second place behind the ever strong Army Womens side. That victory was massive for the Wrenegades, not by the winning margin but more for reestablishing RNRL as a force to be reckoned within AF RL.
Our Academy Brothers had a mixed set of results last season losing to ARL at Burnaby Road before roaring back to beat the RAF at Belle Vue. This season then the Academy Brothers will look to a repeat of the 22 and 23 seasons and bring the trophy back to HQ!
Whilst our home fixtures follow the usual format the Army are basing their home fixtures at Heworth ARLFC on the outskirts of York details as follows

11th Sep – Royal Navy RL v Royal Air Force RL
Academy - ko 1300
Wrenegades – The Julia Lee Trophy - ko 1600
Seniors - The Dog Watch Trophy – ko 1900
Venue – USSG Burnaby Road, Portsmouth PO1 2EJ

25th Sep – Army RL Women v Royal Navy RL Wrenegades
Kick Off 2000
(to be preceded by an Army Masters fixture details tbc)
26th Sep – Army RL v Royal Navy RL
Army Dev v RN Academy – ko 1200
Army Seniors v RN Brothers The Jack Harrison VC Trophy ko 1400
Venue – Heworth ARLFC, Elmpark Way, Heworth, York YO31 1DX
www.heworthrl.co.uk

Sandwiched between our fixtures will be the RAF’s ‘home’ games against Army RL which will be played on Friday 18th September at Stanningley ARLFC in Leeds

Further details will be posted on our socials nearer the dates but your support as always will be very much appreciated especially for our fixtures against the Army!