Month: February 2015

Captain George Messum leads the side for the first time at Iffley Road as OURFC take on a strong Crawshays side on Wednesday evening, kick off 7.15pm. Fortunately Messum is able to call upon 14 Blues tonight, as the squad look to develop on the strong performance against the Army at Aldershot two weeks ago. […]

Oxford University fell to a 15-22 defeat against Welsh invitational team Crawshays despite an encouraging second-half comeback. The Blues looked to recover from a loss against the Army last time out but George Messum was unable to lead his side to victory in his first game as Captain at Iffley Road. Second-half tries from Sam […]

Oxford University Rugby Football Union (a Constituent Body of the RFU) is looking to appoint a Rugby Development Officer. The position was newly created in the summer of 2011 to foster and support the growth of rugby in the University. The successful applicant will report directly to the General Manager and will work closely with all […]

On Thursday, for the third time in six years, the Blues squad had the opportunity to train with the full England squad at their highly impressive Pennyhill Park training base. The first invitation was in November 2009 from Martin Johnson, then last year thanks to Head Coach James Wades contacts, the squad spent a morning […]

The Blues travelled to Aldershot on Wednesday night for their annual encounter with the might of the British Army who are in the early stages of their preparation for the 2015 Inter-Services Competition. Recently elected OURFC Captain George Messum (St Anne’s) took charge of the team on the field for the first time with a […]

George Messum (St Anne’s) will lead the Blues for the first time tonight (Wednesday 11th February) as official OURFC Captain, following his election in January against possibly the toughest opposition of the term, the Army at Aldershot, kick off 1915. George has been able to call upon twelve Blues from the Twickenham Varsity squad, for […]

OURFC players continuing to grab opportunities on leaving Oxford. Chris Davies (St Edmund Hall) who won two Blues as an undergraduate in 2008 and 2009 and is now working in the City, but playing for Richmond FC in National 1, has been selected for the England Counties XV. The team will take on Scotland on […]

Born: 29 May,1888 in Liverpool Died: KIA Kemmel, 10 January, 1915, aged 26 Regiment: 2nd Lt 1/10th (Liverpool Scottish) Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool) 166th (South Lancashire) Brigade, 55th (West Lancashire) Division School: Sedbergh College: Trinity Blues 1908, 1909, 1910 (Captain) Caps: Scotland – 15 Commemorated: Kemmel Churchyard, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (Sp Mem 13) German snipers were the scourge […]

We are disappointed to announce that Wednesday night’s match against the Royal Navy has been cancelled due to a frozen pitch. Despite the snow that covered the pitch on Tuesday having melted, the pitch remains frozen and with the Navy traveling up from the south coast an early decision was made to avoid them making […]