OURFC would like to wish all our sponsors, partners, supporters and everyone else associated with this great club a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The link below is to video footage of the Blues in action in the Varsity Match through the years, prepared by the 2015 OURFC Captain George Messum – […]
Month: December 2015
OURFC Saddened By Death Of Jake Howard
John ‘Jake’ Howard passed away on the 11th December, 2015, and was remembered on Friday in a service in Brisbane. Jake coached the Oxford Blues squad in the 2007 season. Despite a loss under the author’s captaincy in the Varsity Match that year it was considered by many luminaries as the best year ever in Oxfords […]
Oxford Create A Piece of History
The Oxford men’s Blues wrote their own piece of history at Twickenham on Thursday afternoon when they won the 134th Varsity Match by 12 points to 6 and extended their winning streak to six and close the overall gap to just two behind Cambridge. After last year’s record margin of victory with a vintage display […]
Morgan Backing Historic Women’s Varsity Match
Nicky Morgan, the Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, will have to hide her background when she arrives at Twickenham Stadium on Thursday to watch the first women’s Varsity Match to be played at the home of English rugby. As the MP for Loughborough will be handing over the trophy […]
VARSITY MATCH RETURNS TO TRADITIONAL HOME ON THE BBC
For those of you who can’t make it to Twickenham on Thursday to see the action live, we are delighted to announce that you can watch both the Women’s Varsity Match and The Varsity Match live on the BBC. The women’s match will be accessible via the Red Button kick-off 11.30am, whilst The Varsity Match […]
Greyhounds & Whippets Enjoy Double Success
Wednesday afternoon saw the Greyhounds reclaim the 2nd Varsity Match Trophy in fine style after a two year hiatus, with an emphatic 50 points to 5 win over the Cambridge LX Club. On paper the Greyhounds looked to be a strong outfit with four Blues in the starting XV and so it proved as the forwards […]
2015 Varsity Match Squads Announced
Monday night at the Vincent’s Club saw the traditional team announcements for the various OURFC Varsity teams ;this year for the first time ever it included the Women’s Blues squad who play their Varsity Match at Twickenham as the curtain raiser to the Varsity at 11.30am. Unfortunately the Whippets will not have a Varsity Match […]