The Royal Marines’ 68–12 Win Over the New England Immortals

An archived report by Daniel Andruczyk records the Royal Marines defeating the New England Immortals 68–12 after leading 40–6 at halftime. Published on April 29, 2012, the report contains a scorer list that reconciles with the result, but it does not establish the exact match date, venue, formal fixture status, or identity of the opening scorer.

The available evidence does not establish it as an international match or as part of an officially sanctioned competition, so it is best treated as a source-qualified record from the Royal Marines’ wider United States visit.

Match record at a glance

Match detail	Recorded information
Final score	Royal Marines 68, New England Immortals 12
Halftime score	Royal Marines 40, New England Immortals 6
Conditions	Near freezing
Attendance	Approximately 100
Report published	April 29, 2012
Exact match date	Not stated
Venue and host city	Not stated
Fixture status	Not stated

The publication date belongs to the report, not necessarily to the match. No exact playing date is stated. The account describes conditions as close to freezing and estimates that approximately 100 spectators attended.

The report also provides no venue or host city. Although it places the game within a Royal Marines visit to the United States, it does not formally classify the fixture as an exhibition, tour match, or competition game.

Scorers and score check

The scoring summary lists 12 Royal Marines tries and two New England Immortals tries.

Team	Try scorers	Goals
Royal Marines	Kris Kirk; Steve Riley (2); Greg Mills (2); Richard Cadywold (2); Kai Stevens; Stretch Smith; Craig Mould (2); Joe Nakavuluvu	Richard Cadywold (10)
New England Immortals	Brian Lee; Shain Singleton	Derek Trehan (2)

Using four points for a try and two for a goal, the listed scoring reconciles as follows:

• Royal Marines: 12 tries × 4 points = 48; 10 goals × 2 points = 20; total 68
• New England Immortals: 2 tries × 4 points = 8; 2 goals × 2 points = 4; total 12

The calculation shows that the names and tallies in the archived scoring summary are internally consistent with the reported final score. It does not independently verify the historical result or establish the order in which the points were scored.

Derek Trehan is credited with two goals for New England, but the report does not provide a kick-by-kick breakdown. It is therefore not possible to assign either goal confidently to a particular try from the scoring summary alone.

How the match unfolded

The Royal Marines reached halftime with a 40–6 lead. On the halftime bell, according to the reporter’s narrative, Shain Singleton kicked the ball through and Brian Lee scored New England’s first try.

After the interval, the report describes a spell of more than 20 minutes in which the Immortals held out the Marines. During that period, Singleton scored New England’s second try and was credited with four points.

That is the extent of the dependable scoring chronology. The scorer list supplies the overall totals, but it does not reveal the complete sequence of the Marines’ 12 tries or Cadywold’s 10 goals.

The account also contains a corrupted passage concerning several New England attacking opportunities. Its intended wording is unclear, so it cannot support a reliable reconstruction of those attacks, any disallowed scores, or an additional point-by-point chronology.

What were the New England Immortals?

The New England Immortals were presented as a regional representative concept inspired by State of Origin, not as a single established club. For this concept, the report defined New England as the region north of New York.

The team drew representatives from four rugby league clubs:

• Rhode Island Rebellion
• Boston 13s
• New Haven Warriors
• Oneida FC

According to the report, the side was intended for American-born and developed players who had either been born in the region or developed their skills through one of its teams. This describes the broad representative idea, but it does not document a complete eligibility code, selection procedure, or administrative structure.

Nothing in the available account establishes that the Immortals competed in an officially sanctioned regional or interstate championship. The safest description is a State of Origin-inspired representative side assembled from the four named clubs for this recorded match.

Coaches, referee, and tour context

Robin Peers was identified as head coach of the New England Immortals. Richie Guy was listed as the Royal Marines’ player-coach, while Mik Shammas of NAMOA officiated as referee.

The report places the match within a wider Royal Marines visit to the United States. It says the Marines had previously defeated the DC Slayers during that visit, but it does not provide a complete itinerary or comprehensive set of tour results.

That context is sufficient to associate the game with the Marines’ visit, but not to determine its formal status. The evidence also does not support an assessment of the overall tour’s strength or significance.

What the archived record cannot confirm

All match-specific information available here ultimately comes from one archived report. No official match sheet or independent contemporary record is available in the supplied evidence to verify the result, scorers, participants, or chronology.

Several basic details remain unknown:

• the exact match date;
• the venue;
• the host city;
• whether the fixture was formally an exhibition, tour match, or competition game.

April 29, 2012, is the report’s publication date and should not be presented as the date on which the teams played.

There is also an internal conflict over the opening score. The narrative states that Matthew Callan registered the Royal Marines’ opening points within four minutes. However, Callan appears on the Immortals roster, is absent from the Marines’ listed try scorers, and is not needed for the scoring summary to reach 68 points.

The discrepancy could originate in the narrative, roster, or scorer list. Without another contemporary record, there is no sound basis for selecting an opening scorer or correcting one part of the report from another.

A purportedly complete roster or club-affiliation table would create similar problems without a directly checkable full transcription. The dependable record is consequently narrow but clear: the report gives the result as Royal Marines 68, New England Immortals 12, with a 40–6 halftime score, and its listed scorers reconcile arithmetically with those totals. The match date, venue, formal status, and opening scorer remain unresolved.