Month: October 2013

OURFC are very sad to announce the death of Joe McPartlin in the early hours of this morning, when he died peacefully in a nursing home following a long battle with illness. Joe came up to Oxford in 1959 from Wimbledon College to read geography at St Edmund Hall. In his first year he played […]

Following the convincing win at Ealing last week, the Blues squad have enjoyed a much needed week without a fixture, however they have been far from idle with the coaches and strength & conditioners working them hard in preparation for a series of tough matches to come starting with the visit of Worcester this Sunday. […]

The Greyhounds season continues to be one of success with another high scoring win, this time against Southampton Medics by 71 points to 12. Team James Scaiffe, James Wisson, Michael Hannah, Steven Patch, Tom Reeson-Price, Chris Williams, Gus Jones, Graeme McGilchrist, John Davidson, Matthew Shorthose, Sam Arras, Philip Bell, Marcus-Alexander Neil, Sean Morris Subs Daniel Barnes (on […]

The following players have been selected for the Greyhounds v Southampton Medics on Saturday 26th October 2013. 2.30pm kick off at Iffley Road. Sam Arras, Daniel Barnes, Philip Bell, John Davidson, Michael Hannah, Gus Jones, Graeme McGilchrist, Sean Morris, Marcus-Alexander Neil, Steven Patch, Tom Reeson-Price, James Scaiffe, Matthew Shorthose, Chris Williams, James Wisson  

The Blues secured their second win of the season against Ealing Tralifinders on Tuesday night, based around a dominant first half performance when they ran in 24 unanswered points. The pack laid the foundation with a dominant showing in all aspects of their play – the set-piece was tight and they were aggressive in the […]

The Blues head to Ealing on Tuesday night looking to build on their encouraging second half performance against the Dragons last week and the Greyhounds comfortable win over Old Alleyanians on Saturday. There is still a bout of sickness doing the rounds which has ruled out Tom Reeson-Price and Captain John Carter is about a […]

The Greyhounds secured their second win of the season by 40 points to 10 with a strong performance again Old Alleyanians who included nine former Oxford players in their squad. Both forwards and backs played well and there were a number of quality tries scored, including a length of the field effort finished off by […]

A strong Greyhounds squad will face Old Alleyanians at Iffley Road on Saturday 19th October, kick off 3.00pm. A number of players are still pushing hard for Blues selection, with eight players included from the side that ran the Dragons close on Tuesday night. The side will look to build upon their comfortable win against […]

The Blues put visitors Newport Gwent Dragons through an almighty battle at Oxford’s historic Iffley Road ground, but the Dragons emerged from a damp and foggy evening with a thrilling 20-18 victory. Oxford more than matched their fully professional Welsh counterparts, keeping the visitors scoreless in the second half, and walked away with both pride and […]

The following players have been selected for the Blues v Newport Gwent Dragons – Home Friendly on 15 Oct 2013 Lewis Anderson, Oakley Cox, Edward Doe, Samson Egerton, Nick Gardner, Stuart Greeff, Fraser Heathcote, Jonathan Hudson, Dean Irvine, Matt Janney, Alexander Macdonald, Graeme McGilchrist, Marcus-Alexander Neil, Steven Patch, Will Rowlands, Matthew Shorthose, Ben Symington, Jacob […]