So long Randy!

One sad note from today - it was the final match for Randy, or should that be Randfield, Private R?

Confusingly one of two "Rosie R"s to join us at more or less the same time in the latter half of our first (2004/5) season, it was only at the start of this season that we managed to come up with something better than "Rosie - no that one!".

Rosie began in the U14s... until someone near the end of the season spotted that her sister, Jade, had got her birthdate wrong and she should have been in the U17s. Though Jade faded from the picture early in the second season, Randy stayed with us.

Always incredibly quick, for a long time tackling was not Randy's strong point... until mid-way through 2006 when we suddenly found ourselves with a totally different player. Retaining her speed she now combined that with the ability to bring anyone crashing down - and was deservedly selected for the county in September.

Tough, fast, fearless and confident Randy has made a terrific contribution to the team this season and now - just when is is playing better than ever before - she leaves us in two weeks time to start her six weeks basic training, after which... watch our world!

And watch out too whoever currently plays wing for the British Army XV - your days are numbered!