The former Wales and British & Irish Lions scrum-half Anthony O’Connor has died at the age of 81. Capped five times for his country, he captained Aberavon in the 1957/58 season. Born in Neath on 24th April 1934, and educated at Duffryn Grammar School, he went on to study at Bristol University and then read Research […]
Month: May 2015
Sam Egerton Joins England 7’s Squad
Sam Egerton arrived in Oxford in 2011 following a gap year, as a green yet exciting scrum-half, at a highly opportune time for him as Nick Haydon moved on and there was no natural successor to him at half-back. As was Sam’s way he was not slow to make the most of this opportunity and […]
Centrale 7’s Day Two Update
In the quarter final Oxford went down to a high quality France Universities side in the morning on day two of the Centrale 7’s. This meant they would face the Belgian National team once again, following yesterday evening’s drawn match. This time Oxford held on to win another very tight encounter 21 points to 17, […]
Centrale 7’s Day One
On Tuesday 19th May, OURFC will head to Paris for the Centrale 7’s tournament for the 11th consecutive year, under the guidance of Head Coach James Wade and Captain George Messum. The very first year the tournament took place in 2005, OURFC were victorious with a squad that included current Blues backs coach James Gaunt, […]
The Stand
Former Blue David ‘Taffy’ Rogers (@taffyrogers) is embarking on an exciting film project, after discovering his grandfather’s old journals in the attic… And he needs people to join him on the adventure! The Stand is a boisterous comedy drama set in 1957. The Llanelli Scarlets are about to open their new stand with a ceremonial match against none […]
Oxbridge 34 Combined Services 29
On Saturday 10th May an Oxbridge U23 side just lost out by 34 points to 29 to a typically committed Combined Services U23 side at Twickenham as the curtain raiser to the Annual Army v Navy Match. Try scorers for Oxbridge were hooker Oliver Coombe-Tennant (Cam), flanker Henry Rose (Cam), centre Henry Hughes (Ox), scrum-half Henry […]
Oxford Blues Go Head To Head In Wales!
In last nights annual encounter between the national student representative teams from England and Wales, three Oxford Blues went head to head in Caerphilly, with prop Ian Williams (Kellogg) representing Wales and hooker Nick Gardner (St Anne’s) and current Blues Captain George Messum (St Anne’s) pulling on the red rose of England. Bragging rights now […]
St Hilda’s Win College 7’s
St Hilda’s College only started to accept male students as recently as 2008 and only formed their own rugby club in 2010, so to win the Inter-Collegiate 7’s Competition on Sunday afternoon was a fantastic achievement for such a young college rugby team. Fifteen teams entered the competition but on the day unfortunately only twelve […]
Keble Crowned Cuppers Champions
On Thursday of 1st week, Iffley Road hosted a ‘Super Finals Day’ to conclude the 2015 Cuppers Competition and bring the curtain down on the college 15-a-side season for another year. In the main Cup Final, Keble stormed home to beat arch rivals St Edmund Hall by 37 points to 11 to record their 11th […]