Friday afternoon/evening saw the conclusion of the 2017 OURFC preseason activities as both men’s and women’s sections hosted local rivals Oxford Brookes in trial matches at Iffley Road, followed by a ‘Whole Club Social’ to mark the end of four weeks hard work by all the players and coaches. With October and Michaelmas Term about to […]
Month: September 2017
Fixture Alteration – Richmond Step Up To The Plate
Very unfortunately, Gloucester have pulled out of the men’s Blues fixture next week, however we have managed to pick up replacement opposition in Richmond, but the fixture will be played away on Tuesday 3rd KO 1945 at Richmond FC, Twickenham Road, Richmond TW9 2SF. We are now also delighted to confirm that on Wednesday 11th October, the […]
US Tour Ends With A Superb Win
The 2017 Men’s Blues Tour finished in style with a superb victory against a strong Old Blue side containing five US Eagles, at Columbia University under lights on Friday night. Following an intense week of training, sightseeing and socialising the squad were tired but determined to finish the tour on a high and secure an […]
Tour Diary Part 3
Philadelphia is famous for many things. The more historically and culturally astute among us are, of course, aware of the city’s significance. From the middle of the nineteenth century Philadelphia was the second largest metropolis in the British Empire (behind London), and as a cultural and intellectual ‘hotspot’ the city naturally became an epicentre for […]
Men’s Blues Squad To Face Old Blue
Captain Conor Kearns has selected his final team of the US tour to face Old Blue in New York on Friday night and includes seven Blues in the starting XV. The squad will be looking to finish the tour with a 100% record on the field but are under no illusions as to the difficulty […]
Tour Diary Part 2
The second part of the OURFC Tour of the North East United States diary resumes after the Blues’ first match against Mystic River RFC. Having played a good first match, but one that highlighted some important work-ons, we headed into the week’s build up to the Collegiate All American match. A week that will took […]
Men’s Blues Edge Out Collegiate All Americans By Two Points
The touring party arrived in Philadelphia on Friday afternoon, following an intensive week of training, sightseeing and socialising at the three prestigious Ivy League Universities of Harvard, Yale and Princeton whose hospitality towards OURFC showed no bounds. Use of the excellent ‘athletic’ facilities at all three campuses, meant the squad were as well prepared as […]
Men’s Blues Squad To Face Collegiate All Americans Announced
Captain Conor Kearns has announced the team to take on the Collegiate All American XV at Talen Energy Stadium, Philadelphia on Saturday afternoon, KO 1415 (local time) in the second match of the Men’s Blues US Tour. He has been able to include eight Blues in the starting XV and a further two on the […]
US Tour Diary Part 1
The 2017 Men’s Blues tour to the US started off a little late, as Captain Conor Kearns had his Viva on the morning of departure, resulting in a 30 minute delay to the bus leaving Iffley Road for Heathrow. Fortunately our illustrious leader had built in some ‘contingency’ time and the party arrived in plenty […]
Oxford Blues Impress In Harlequins Preseason
OURFC have extra cause to celebrate the start of the new Tyrell’s Premier 15s league this week. Blues Jenny Smith and Patricia Metcalfe-Jones have spent the last two months training with Harlequins Women. The two front rowers, who earned their first Blues in last year’s Varsity victory at Twickenham, are hoping to continue the progress […]