Swashbuckling Navy in warning to Army

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By ADAM ELLIS

Trophy pride: Ben Priddey, left, and captain Scott Makepeace lift the Wavell Wakefield Trophy

THE Royal Navy ended a three-year wait for victory over the Royal Air Force with a second-half shut-out torpedoing the Light Blues’ hopes of a comeback.
Three tries for Navy continued the team’s rise under the new leadership of captain Scott Makepeace as they won at Twickenham Stoop.
A fortnight on from a morale-boosting 47-3 demolition job on the French navy, they were on the board early with scrumhalf Gareth Rees’ penalty.
Andy Byrne cancelled out the advantag...

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