Month: April 2014

On Saturday night at St Hilda’s College, 158 guests enjoyed a wonderful evening at the combined OURFC/OUWRFC Annual Dinner and Awards Night. It was particularly pleasing to see so many parents of players in attendance, showing their loyal support one final time having followed the teams at fixtures all around the country! The award winners […]

OURFC were saddened to hear of the passing in March of former player Gurth Hoyer Millar, who played hooker for the Dark Blues in the 1952 Varsity Match and went on to represent Scotland on the International stage. To read the full obituary, please visit the web link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10780550/Gurth-Hoyer-Millar-obituary.html

Tom Mitchell, former OURFC player and now England 7’s Captain, reveals a different side to himself as he looks forward to the IRB London Marriott 7’s on the 10th & 11th May. For the full story please visit the link below: http://www.rfu.com/news/2014/april/news-articles/170414_sevens_monster_reveal

Come along to the historic Iffley Road stadium, home of the Blues,  to receive expert coaching from Oxford University players and coaches. Enjoy a good fun but high quality training environment run by inspirational role models – both on the rugby field and in more curricular endeavours. WE STILL HAVE SPACE (LIMITED) IN ALL AGE […]

Ricky Lutton who gained three Blues whilst representing OURFC in 2007, 2008 and 2009 has just signed a new two year with Irish Provincal side Ulster. For the full story please click through the link below: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/27042731

The Oxbridge U23’s are playing the Combined Services U23’s as a curtain raiser to the Annual Challenge match between the Army and Royal Navy for the Babcock Trophy at Twickenham on Saturday 3rd May 2014, 12noon kick-off, with the main match at 3.00pm. Your support for this young Oxbridge team will be most welcome. Tickets […]

Saturday saw a perfect afternoon for rugby as OURFC took on Croatia in their final 15-a-side fixture of the season at Iffley Road. Whilst the fixture was in the middle of the Easter vacation, Oxford were able to put out a useful team with ten Blues in the starting XV with Croatia using this as […]

On Saturday 5th April OURFC will play the Croatian National team at Iffley Road, kick off at 2pm. Despite this ‘bonus’ fixture being in the middle of the University Easter vacation, head coach James Wade is able to call upon ten Blues in the twenty-three man squad, unfortunately Captain Jacob Taylor (Keble) is in China […]

On Wednesday morning OURFC were delighted to be able to host Padua College from Brisbane at Iffley Road as the first stop on their 2014 European U17 rugby tour. Having arrived at Heathrow at 6.00am, Oxford was a suitable first stop for the boys to stretch their legs and get a first taste of the […]