Once again the Village Hotel in Portsmouth provided a great venue for the event which included a full night of entertainment plus raffles, auctions and of course the Players Awards for our fantastic 2022 season.

We were pleased to be joined on the night the dinner by representatives from our valued sponsors, NAAFI, Juniper Networks, QinetiQ, Royal British Legion, Fujitsu and Forces Mutual with many ex-players making the journey to Portsmouth including a ‘section’ of former Royal Marines!

The final total of money raised for the In Touch Charity is still being calculated but a massive thanks to all those who bought raffle tickets and bid at the Auction even if not successful
www.intouchrnrl.com

Although it was great to see so many faces from the history of RNRL we were missing our Ladies team the Wrenegades. A large number of the ladies are cross code players involved in the days Inter Services Rugby Union match against the RAF in Plymouth. However, the Wrenegades will celebrate their awards at the training camp in May as they prepare to face the Golden Ferns in their first outing of the season.

The 2022 season men’s Players Awards winners were as follows:
RNRL Presidents Award – Jase Steel presented by Mr John Goddard NAAFI Head Of Operations
Phil Waterhouse Award – Keith Humpleby presented by Mr John Goddard NAAFI Head Of Operations
Young Player of The Year – Brodie Lee Butler presented by Steve Lockton
Academy Players Player Of The Year Jointly Awarded – Connor Moore and Nathan Nunes Presented by Jase Steel
Seniors Players Player Of The Year – Johnny Griffiths (Unfortunately not able to attend)
Academy Man Of Steel – Joey Sugden presented by Dave Garner
Seniors Man Of Steel – Sean Houghton – presented by Steve Lockton and Jase Steel

Steve Lockton was presented with an original pen and ink image of one of his team talks from his time as our Head Coach as a thank you for his 20 years’ service with RNRL as player and coach. The image itself is a commission created by Indigo Zulu Ink www.indigzuluink.com with a percentage of the cost being donated to RBL by the artist.

All players from the triumphant Inter Services Seniors and Academy sides have been awarded Caps to mark the achievement, those present on the night received theirs with others to be distributed to players ships and units

Another fantastic evening to celebrate the 2022 achievements with our thoughts now focused on this years Inter Services Series in September