W - 10/11 - Season
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Season News
New Coach leads the New RAFRU(W) Way
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Croker took up a coaching position at his former club Richmond coaching the Women in the English Premiership. This opportunity led to his appointment as Head Coach for the London and |
South East Regional team and that same year joining the women’s Rugby Canada coaching staff for their tour of the UK.
After 2 years in the Women’s game Croker decided to turn his hand to the Men’s game where he worked at Henley Hawks and Cobham in staff roles before being offered Director of Rugby at Oakmeadians RFC. He did this successfully with two promotions in three years. During this period he was honoured to have coached the RAF U23’s to Inter Service Champions, have three successful years with the Combined Services U23’s and work with the RAF Senior set up under the guidance of WO Steve Worrell.
Croker has done a full circle now being appointed as the RAFRUW Head Coach and is enjoying the new challenge. Croker also enjoys cooking, spending time with his daughter Eloise and supporting his wife Emma who is part of the current England Rugby Women’s set up and English Weightlifting champion.
RAFRUW face the Army | |
 | 21 Apr 11 The RAFRU Women's Management have named their 22 to face the Army on Wed 20 Apr 11. Click here to view... |
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RAFRUW Beat the Navy | |
 | 13 Apr 11 The RAFRU Women's Squad have had a fantastic season to date, with great commitment from all involved. This was taken on to the field at Newbury RFC on Wed 13 Apr 11 and led to a 26 - 0 victory. View Photos... |
Players Represent in 6 Nations | |
 | 01 Jan 11 The RAFRU Women's squad have been going from strength to strength over the past few years, with a lot of hard work put in by all. All this effort is now starting to pay off with three of the squad being selected, this year, to represent their country at Rugby Union in the forth coming 6 Nations Tournament. Click here to view more... |
RAFRU(W) Dev Vs RLC | |
 | 09 Feb 11 RLC looked fit and fast and scored in 5mins. Though the RAF Dev put up a strong fight and bossed the set pieces RLC scored again at the 10 min mark. A combination of debateable ...view full article |
Womens 1st XV Vs OA´s | |
 | 06 Feb 11 The RAF made a good start and camped in the OA’s 22 area for the first 10 mins of the game. It didn’t however take long for OA’s to fight back. Click here to view more... |
RAFRU(W) Dev Vs RA | |
| | 19 Jan 11 The RAF Dev team kicked off the New Year on 19 Jan with a crunching match against the Royal Artillery, ably supported by the REME. The first five minutes were very equal with only careless mistakes relieving the pressure and leading to turnovers. Then, a period of sustained pressure was rewarded with a try... click here to view more |
Frozen Pitches cancel RAFRU(W) Games | |
| | 13 Dec 10 All RAFRU(W) Squad fixtures, during the week 06 - 12 December, unfortunately fell foul to the cold weather, with frozen pitches having the final say. The Development squad fixture against the REME is being rearranged for late February/March time and will be advertised as and when confirmed. |
Development Vs AGC | |
 | 23 Nov 11 With a jam packed training schedule and several players making their development debut the RAF (D) met at 1300hrs for their 3rd Development Fixture of the season at Aldershot against a well drilled AGC side. Click here to view the report. |
Development Side get First Strip | |
| | 10 Nov 10 The women’s Development side, introduced this year, is now looking the part thanks to their first strip. Click on the mini photo to enlarge. A first in the RAF women’s game, the development squad are competing hard in the Army’s Corps Tournament, with players demonstrating their ability and the squad acting as a great spring board for players, who want to move onto the Performance squad, with the chance of being selected for the Inter-Service Fixtures next April. Better photo coming soon. |
RAF Dominate Combined Services | |
| | 09 Nov 11 Eight RAF/RAuxAF women were selected to represent the Combined Services when they played the British Police at Aldershot on 9 November. With Muir, Slungaard, Williams, Redmond (vice captain) and O'Donnell starting the RAF were at the centre of the action from the off. They were later joined on the field by Wilkinson and Halworth. This is the largest proportion of the team that the RAF has ever provided – yet more evidence of the closing gap between the services and a good sign for this years Inter Service campaign. The final score was a convincing 19-5 win to the Combined Services with Redmond and Williams scoring and the boot of O'Donnell converting two out of three attempts. |
Performance Squad Tackle Saracens and Wasps. | |
| | 08 Nov 10 The transformation of the RAFRU(W) continued last week when the Performance Squad conducted a 5 day training session based out of Aldershot. By combining 2 fixtures, there was a greater opportunity to consolidate training and undertake fitness testing... Click here to view match report... |
RAFRUW Development Vs The Royal Signals | |
| | 27 Oct 10 After a blazing inaugural match, RAFRU(W) Dev had momentum on their side as they took to the field against The Royal Signals on 27 Oct in Aldershot... Click Here to view more... |
RAFRUW Development Vs Army Medical Service | |
| | 06 Oct 10 The RAFRU(W) Development team kick started their Corps Tournament journey on 6 Oct 10 at Aldershot; the weather couldn’t have been better for rugby, soft ground and glorious sunshine. Click here to view how they got on... |