Month: November 2014

On Friday the 21st and Saturday 22nd November OURFC will host it’s first ever ‘Beer Festival’, making use of the Marquee in the grounds to host the event. There will be a choice of twenty-five different real ales and ciders, live entertainment and hot food. Entry to the festival will cost just £5.00 and will […]

Oxford University welcome the Major Stanley’s XV to Iffley Road on Wednesday afternoon for the 93rd annual fixture between these two sides. Oxford will be looking to put last week’s 9-5 defeat against Worcester behind them and try and extend their nine match unbeaten run against the Major Stanley’s XV. Traditionally it is the most […]

On Tuesday, the Blues narrowly lost 9 point to 5 in a tightly contested match against an unbeaten Aviva A League side Worcester Warriors on a dreary night at Iffley Road. With just one month to go until the 133rd Varsity Match, Oxford were looking for a good performance. However, a combination of poor weather and […]

Following an encouraging second half performance last week against Bristol, the Blues go into Tuesday’s game against Worcester buoyed with confidence. The game will take place on Armistice Day and the club will look to commemorate the 55 Blues that died in the First World War. As a mark of respect to all those who serve […]

The Greyhounds progressed to the quarter final of the Oxfordshire County Cup with a solid win against local club side Witney and will now host Oxford Harlequins on the weekend of the 24th/25th January. Try scorers fro teh Greyhounds were second row Johny Marsden (St Hilda’s), full back Kit Goodfellow (Keble) and replacement scrum-half Matt […]

SERVICES DAY – Blues vs Worcester Warriors (11th Nov KO 19.15) Oxford University take on Worcester Warriors at Iffley Road on November 11th, a 7.15pm KO. The game has been chosen for the OURFC Services Day:   FREE entry for all past and present servicewomen and men (Armed and Response Services) Royal British Legion Poppy Collection […]

The Greyhounds will be out for a spot of revenge at Iffley Road on Friday night when they host Witney RFC in the first round of the Oxfordshire County Cup. Back in February, Witney put an end to the Greyhounds Cup aspirations with a hard fought victory at Hailey Road, so the Greyhounds will be […]

Alan Peary writes an interesting article in this month’s edition of Rugby World on how OURFC Captain Jacob Taylor will be searching for that extra ingredient to achieve success at Twickenham in December. To read the full article, please click on the link below: http://www.rugbyworld.com/countries/australia-countries/varsity-match-taylor-banking-human-touch-oxford-seek-place-record-book/ 

There were fireworks on and off of the pitch as Bristol beat the Blues 34-31 in a thrilling game on Tuesday night. Oxford came up just short despite a spirited second half come-back which brought about a nervy end to the game for the hosts, but the game was ultimately won and lost in the […]

The Blues will look to build on their impressive victory against London Wasps two weeks ago as they travel away to Clifton RFC to face Bristol on Tuesday night. Oxford coach, James Wade, will want a repeat performance from his side and captain, Jacob Taylor, who put in a man-of-the-match shift to help earn his […]