On a cold Wednesday afternoon the Greyhounds travelled to Cambridge to take on the LX Club, in the men’s 2nd XV Varsity Match looking to bring the trophy back to Iffley Road after their victory at home last year. The Grange Road pitch had succumbed to the frost and was deemed unplayable, but thanks to […]
Month: November 2016
Greyhounds Squad Announced To Take On The Cambridge LX Club
The Greyhounds have selected a strong squad to travel to Grange Road on Wednesday to take on the Cambridge LX Club, as they look to retain the Varsity Trophy they won at Iffley Road last December. The side will be Captained by six times winning Blues Lewis Anderson, who is unfortunately ineligible for the Blues, […]
Men’s Blues Squad Announced For The 135th Varsity Match
Captain Fergus Taylor announced his 2016 Varsity squad at the Vincent’s Club on Monday evening; a strong squad that includes eleven returning Blues in the starting XV and a further two on the bench. The good news for Taylor and Head Coach James Wade is the availability of Conor Kearns who returns from injury to […]
Richmond Defeat Blues In Their Final Pre-Varsity Fixture
The men’s Blues came through unscathed in their final fixture on Sunday afternoon before the 135th Varsity Match and despite the loss to a strong Richmond side Captain Fergus Taylor and Coach James Wade remain positive as they head into their final preparations before their date at Twickenham. The game was very evenly contested with […]
Colleges XV Secure First Win Of the 2016 Series
On a glorious sunny Friday afternoon at Iffley Road, the Oxford Colleges XV got the 2016 Varsity Series off to a winning start when they defeated the ‘Cambridge Lions’ by 17 points to 8. In the tradition of this fixture, first played in 1999, this was the Oxford team’s only outing as opposed to their […]
Colleges XV Squad Announced
Friday 25th November see’s the start of the 2016 ‘Varsity Series’ where the Oxford University RFC Colleges XV take on their Counterparts from Cambridge at Iffley Road. Last year saw the Oxford side beat Cambridge convincingly at Grange Road however the squad are under no illusions that this year will be quite as easy, Cambridge […]
Another Successful Day For OURFC
On Wednesday afternoon at the Marston Sports Ground, the women’s Blues secured their status in BUCS Premier South with a hard fought but deserved 21 points to 14 victory over Bristol University. With just one match to go, away at Cardiff Met next Wednesday afternoon, their focus for the next two weeks will be on […]
Wednesday Rugby
On Wednesday afternoon the women’s Blues will host Bristol University at Marston Sports Ground in their penultimate match before Varsity, as they look to build on the success of last week’s victory over the University of Gloucestershire. Kick-off is 2.30pm and entry is free. 1 Gwen Cartwright 2 Pat Metcalfe-Jones 3 Jenny Smith 4 Sophie […]
Worcester Ultimately Prove Too Strong for the Blues
On a wet night at Iffley Road, the men’s Blues played their penultimate match before the 135th Varsity Match at Twickenham in December, when they welcomed a strong Worcester side to Oxford. The wet conditions made handling and expansive rugby difficult, and it was the professional outfit who coped with the conditions the better and […]
Men’s Blues Squad To Face Worcester
The 135th Varsity Match is rapidly approaching and Captain Fergus Taylor and Coach James Wade have just two more matches to fine tune selection and implement the game plan they hope will allow the team to express themselves fully at Twickenham on Thursday 8th December. On Monday night they welcome their fourth Premiership opposition of […]