After enjoying the Masters putting on a convincing display against a combined Lancashire and Greater Manchester police team at Thatto Heath on Friday night The Army's expectations were high going into Sunday as the Development, Women and Mens XIII's set to meet their Royal Navy counterparts at Craven Park.

First up were the Development XIII set to face the only Royal Navy team that were victorious in Portsmouth against the RAF a week prior. Knowing they had a tough match ahead of them against a strong team it wasn't long till the Royal Navy crossed the line and got off to an early lead. Dominating the first half the Royal Navy defence held the Army out whilst extending their lead to go in with a 16-point lead.

The second half started as the first half ended with the Army falling to continued pressure from a strong Royal Navy attack as they extended their lead to 0 - 22. The Army didn't give up though; eventually, the Navy defence buckled, allowing the Army onto the scoreboard. It was a case of too little too late though as the final whistle went with the scoreboard at 8-22 and saw the Royal Navy Academy lift the Inter Services trophy.

Next up it was the Women's XIII, a dominant force in Inter Services Rugby League they were looking for their 15th consecutive Inter Services title and they did not hang about getting points on the board. After less than 3 minutes of play, Zelah Yuill opened the account and the tries did not stop coming. Heading in at halftime with a 40 - 0 lead the game was all but over. The Royal Navy however refused to quit and the second half saw a much improved affair as they pressured the try line and tested the Army defence to its max. Proving they can defend as well as score tries, the Army women dug in, refusing to let the Navy cross the line and much to the delight of Head Coach Adam Coburn they held finishing the game 52-0 winners.

The final match of the day saw the Mens Senior XIII face the Royal Navy Senior XIII. After suffering a close defeat the to RAF the week prior the Royal Navy were very much on edge and it showed, a mistake early on gifted the Army great field position however an Army mistake wasn't far behind. The first few sets showed that both teams were looking to test each other and it really did look that the whoever mad ethe first mistake would lose the advantage. Unfortunately, it was the Army, struggling under a high kick that gave the Navy their first points. The theme continued, mistakes & a bit of luck going the Navy's way saw a kick bounce off the post straight off the post into a Navy hand as they got their second score.

With the scoreboard sat at 0 - 12 the Navy applied the pressure to increase their lead to 0 - 22 before the Army could strike back, Mitieli Vulikijapani powering over on the right hand side of a well timed pass from Mikey McDonald. The score 4 - 22 at the half.

The second half started with a bang as the Army came out all guns blazing, putting the Navy defence under pressure however they held their line keeping the Army at bay. After soaking up the pressure for almost 20 minutes the Navy moved up the field before splitting the Army defence scoring the first points of the 2nd half. It was another 10 minutes before the Army could answer back, Pita Moku taking advantage of a slow Navy defence to score on the left.

The score 8 - 28 with less than 10 minutes to go the Navy were keen to ensure they didn't let the Army stage a comeback secured the ball from their kick-off after another army mistake they were quick to score a brace of tries before a penalty ensured victory with a final score of 8 - 42