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 this year as Cambridge are not running men’s 3rd XV so will entertain a Bristol University side as a curtain raiser to the Greyhounds v LX Club at Iffley Road on Wednesday 2nd December.
Centre Henry Lamont, winning his fourth Blue, will lead the Blues out at Twickenham in the absence of OURFC Captain George Messum and he will be joined as a four time Blue by fellow centre Matt Janney and wing Henry Hughes, whilst prop Lewis Anderson sets a new Varsity record by gaining his sixth Blue.
Men’s Blues v Cambridge 2.30pm on Thursday 10th December at Twickenham
15 Matt Geiger St Catherine’s
14 Henry Hughes * Magdalen
13 Matt Janney * Oriel
12 Henry Lamont * New
11 Tom Stileman St Peter’s
10 George Cullen * Kellogg
9 Henry de Berker * Green Templeton
1 Lewis Anderson * Trinity
2 Richie Halpin Lady Margaret Hall
3 Ian Williams * Kellogg
4 Fergus Taylor * St Catherine’s
5 Andrew Grant Kellogg
6 Nic Roberts-Huntley Green Templeton
7 Will Wilson Keble
8 Fraser Heathcote * St Edmund Hall
16 Will Thornton Lady Margaret Hall
17 Hugo Lu University
18 Kieran Ball Trinity or James Scaife * Linacre
19 Graeme MacGilchrist * University
20 Will Thomas Wadham
21 James Faktor Kellogg
22 Andrew Abraham * Regent’s Park
23 Ed David St Hilda’s
*Denotes Blue
Travelling reserve Guy Fairburn Queen’s
Women’s Blues v Cambridge 11.30am on Thursday 10th December at Twickenham
15 Sophie Trott Wadham
14 Helen Potts Exeter
13 Emily Stone * Hertford
12 Helena Copley Keble
11 Melissa Grant Exeter
10 Catherine Wilcock * Wadham
9 Carly Bliss * St Edmund Hall
1 Sophie Behan St Edmund Hall
2 Anna Bidgood * University
3 Cecilia Peker St John’s
4 Leanne Robinson Keble
5 Elmarie van Heerden Lady Margaret Hall
6 Abi Willett St Hilda’s
7 Ellen O’Connell * St Anne’s
8 Jesse van der Grient * Green Templeton
16 Jessica Kempner Pembroke
17 Simisola Oyesanya Christ Church
18 Helen Lamb * Trinity
19 Sophie Taylor St Hilda’s
20 Caitlin McArdle Green Templeton
21 Ioan Harrop Green Templeton
22 Maria Lamont St Anne’s
23 Imogen Duffy Oriel
*Denotes Blue
Travelling reserve Rachel Wilcock Exeter
Greyhounds v Cambridge 3.30pm at Iffley Rd on Wednesday 2nd December
15 Will Dace Hertford
14 Ali Adams-Cairns St Edmund Hall
13 Jonny Philpott Worcester
12 Oli Shorthose St Hilda’s
11 Alex Corry Merton
10 Basil Strang * St Stephen’s House (Capt)
9 Tom Kershaw Worcester
1 James Scaife * Linacre
2 Will Thornton Lady Margaret Hall
3 Kieran Ball Trinity
4 George Vaughan Worcester
5 Johny Marsden St Hilda’s
6 Ralph Weir * Wadham
7 George Messum * St Anne’s
8 Jacob Goss New
16 Ed Hart St Edmund Hall
17 Dean Irvine St Catherine’s
18 Noah Miller St Peter’s
19 Hugo McPherson Lady Margaret Hall
20 Dan Radigan St Anne’s
21 Seb Haddock St Edmund Hall
22 Rory Trevalyn-Thomas St Hilda’s
23 James Bennington Lincoln
* Denotes Blue
Whippets v Bristol Freshers 1200 at Iffley Rd on Wednesday 2nd December
15 James Bennington Lincoln
14 Alex Grundmann Brasenose
13 Scott Geelan Keble
12 Henry Sturgess Hertford
11 Laurent Stephenson Wolfson
10 Tom Dyer St Edmund Hall
9 Seb Haddock St Edmund Hall
1 Dean Irvine St Catherine’s
2 Theo Gough St Peter’s
3 George Summerton Hertford
4 Valentine Taylor Exeter
5 Rob Oliver Corpus Christi
6 Sam Behagg New
7 Fraser Cheetham Hertford
8 Michael Price Lincoln (Capt)
16 Ryan Power St Hugh’s
17 Stephan Jensen Lincoln
18 Max Burgin St Edmund Hall
19 Joseph Murphy Lady Margaret Hall
20 Ravi Ghosh Exeter
21 Rob Balfour St Hilda’s
22 Ben Lyster-Binns Trinity
23 Daniel Soyode Christ Church