In the 1907-08 season it was played in December, and due to this anomaly the calendar year 1908 did not see an Army Navy match, while 1907 saw two.

[2] Originally only officers of both services where allowed to represent their services senior XV teams, and the fixtures where styled ‘Officers of the Navy’ v ‘Officers of the Army.’ in 1920 the fixture was re-styled ‘Royal Navy’ v ‘The Army’ and teams where to allowed to select their players from all personnel, including other ranks and ratings, to mark this change, the 1920 match was attended by King George V.[4] The 2016 Army Navy was the 99th in the series and the match saw a new record crowd of 81,323.

A further try for the Army (James Farrell) early in the second period saw them extend their lead to 26-7 with half an hour of the match remaining.

The Royal Navy staged the most remarkable of comebacks with tries from Gareth Rees and Rhys Dymmock-Williams either side of a penalty try to level the scores at 26-26 with 9 minutes remaining.

Royal Navy Number 8 completed a remarkable game which included a try, a yellow card and being named Man of the Match.

The match was notable in that the Navy had one man sent off in the first ten minutes of the game and the Army took advantage of their wing overlap to good effect.

[9][10] Due to the size of the fixture, some local residents have made criticisms, about the disorderly conduct of some supporters outside of the stadium.

A contemporary newspaper The Broad Arrow gave the following account of the match: A fine exhibition of football delighted the somewhat small number of spectators.

A band of naval spectators who had taken up their position beneath a white ensign mounted on the roof of a drag greeted this score with great cheering.

[13] The Army selectors made a generous contribution towards the Navy victory by selecting a Royal Artillery officer, R Bannatyne, as Team Captain.

The situation was further confounded by the fact that another Army player arrived late and missed a good part of the match.

The match was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington and was won by the Officers of the Royal Navy 15-14.

[30] In 2019 the Royal Air Force won their first Inter Service title ending the Army's 32 match unbeaten run.

[29] In 2022 the match was moved to Twickenham Stadium, home of England Rugby, and played ass a double header alongside the men.