Month: February 2014

Seventeen very fortunate members of the current Blues squad had the opportunity to train against the England squad at Twickenham on Thursday morning, as Stuart Lancaster prepares the International team for the visit of Wales a week on Sunday in a decisive Six Nations encounter. The Blues squad under the guidance of head coach James […]

Wednesday night was blessed with some good weather for a change and the Blues and Penguins provided a feast of running rugby for the enthusiastic crowd who headed down to Iffley Road. The Blues came out of the blocks at break neck speed and were 21 points ahead in the same number of minutes with […]

The Blues host the Penguins tonight, Wednesday 26th February, in their penultimate match of the 2013/14 season and despite a number of key players being unavailable with injury or academic commitments, Captain Jacob Taylor (Keble) is able to call upon nine Blues in his starting XV. Due to the heavy rainfall experienced since the start […]

OURFC will once again be supporting ‘Against Breast Cancer’ for its match against the HSBC Penguins, the UK’s premier touring club, at Iffley Road on Wednesday 26th February, kick off 7.30pm. As part of the fund raising activities on the day, the club will hold an exclusive jersey auction of the one off Pink Jack Wills […]

Second year undergraduate Augustus Jones (St Catherine’s) has been called into the England U20’s squad for this Saturday’s Six Nations match against Ireland at Northampton Saints Franklins Gardens, kick off 6.15pm. Back row forward Gus who has already won two Blues, coming off the bench in 2012 and starting in 2013, is successfully juggling the […]

The Blues were due to conclude their 2013/14 season with a Town v Gown clash against London Welsh on Friday 14th March; however London Welsh now have a rearranged league match against Cornish Pirates on Saturday 15th March so will be unable to fulfill the fixture with the Blues. The good news is that fellow […]

OURFC are sorry to announce that the Blues match against the Welsh Crawshays Invitational side scheduled for this Wednesday 19th February at Iffley Road has been cancelled. The Crawshays Committee had to make a decision on Friday based on the weather forecast for Oxford at that point and erred on the side of caution, so […]

The weather conditions were always going to play a part in the outcome of this fixture as strong wind and occasional rain showers, blew for one end of the ground to the other, forcing most of the play into one end of the pitch in both halfs. The Navy took first advantage of the wind […]

The Blues travel to Portsmouth tonight for the their only away fixture of the term against the Royal Navy, after last weeks match at Bristol was cancelled. Tonight’s match will go ahead despite the recent heavy rain fall, as the Navy have an artificial pitch available in reserve if the main grass pitch is unfit. […]

The Blues were due to travel to play Bristol Rugby at Clifton RFC on Wednesday night, but because of the heavy rainfall the west country has been experiencing over the last three weeks the game has unfortunately been cancelled. The Blues next fixture will now be against the Royal Navy at Portsmouth on Wednesday 12th […]