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 take his place amongst the replacements. Kick-off is 2.30pm at Twickenham Stadium, the home of English Rugby and tickets are still on sale from the club on 01865 432000 or ourfc@sport.ox.ac.uk
1 Kieran Ball * (Trinity) 2 Ed Hart (St Edmund Hall) 3 Joe Morris (St Edmund Hall) 4 Fergus Taylor * (St Catherine’s) Captain 5 Andrew Grant * (Kellogg) 6 Nic Roberts-Huntley * (Green Templeton) 7 George Blomfield (Kellogg) 8 Will Wilson * (Keble) 9 Henry de Berker * (Green Templeton) 10 Basil Strang * (St Stephen’s House) 11 Tom Stileman * (St Peter’s) 12 Alex Hogg (Keble) 13 Henry Hughes * (Magdalen) 14 Ed David * (St Hilda’s) 15 Matt Geiger * (St Catherine’s)
Replacements: 16 Will Thornton (Lady Margaret Hall) 17 James Scaife * (Linacre) 18 Hugo Lu (Trinity) 19 Jonathan Marsden (Christ Church) 20 Graeme MacGilchrist * (University) 21 James Beaufils (Jesus) 22 Tom Kershaw (Worcester) 23 Conor Kearns (Somerville)
Travelling reserve: Jacob Goss (New)