Turf war at Twickenham

The 28^th April 2012 saw a record crowd of 65,302 head to Twickenham in the rain for what turned out to be as always, a great day out - the Army and Navy battling it out for the Babcock Trophy!

The day began at Kneller Hall with the Veterans and the Ladies matches. The final scores were Army Masters 19 – 6 Royal Navy Ancient Mariners and Army Women 41 – 5 Navy Women. Following these games the crowds headed over to Twickenham Stadium for the Combined Services U23 v Oxbridge U23 match which finished 16 – 22 respectively.

This year we were fortunate enough to be joined by over 100 members of the Military Wives Choir who kicked the main festivities off with two songs from their number one album and then were joined by the Band of the Coldstream Guards to lead the crowd singing the National Anthem.

For the Royal Navy the game started well with them scoring a penalty in the first couple of minutes. For the following 15 minutes the teams looked fairly evenly matched, then it all seemed to fall in place for the Army and there was no looking back.

The final score was 48-9 to the Army and the Babcock Man of the Match trophy was awarded to Semesa Rokoduguni.

The date for next years game is 27^th April, tickets will go on sale in November.

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Let us welcome you to Twickenham for what will undoubtedly be a dramatic and adrenaline fuelled day of rugby—and more.