Month: May 2018

On Friday 1st June, Iffley Road will play host to the RAF Centenary 7’s Tournament, games commence at 1pm with the final scheduled for approx. 8pm. The day will include food and drink vendors, a parachute display and a fly past – the latter two weather permitting. OURFC have a squad entered, with pool games […]

On Wednesday 23rd May the Women’s Blues will host University College London in a friendly fixture at Iffley Road, kick-off 6.30pm. Entry is free and there will be a BBQ and pitch side bar available from 5.30pm onwards, so why not come down and support the women in their final fifteen-a-side fixture of the season. […]

On Monday 14th May in the Pavilion at Iffley Road, members of the club met for the 2018 Annual General Meeting. After 17 years of dedicated service on the committee, the latter two as Co-Chair and then Chair, Kate Tiller stood down with John Webster taking over the Chair. John Webster (Oriel) won Blues in […]

On Saturday 28th April at St Hilda’s college more than 140 members of OURFC gathered to celebrate another successful season and to present the end of season awards. Congratulations to all the deserved award winners: Team of the Year                             OURFC Mixed Touch […]

It was perfect rugby weather as the Combined Services U23s ran out against an Oxbridge U23’s side at Twickenham Stadium for their annual fixture as the curtain raiser to the Army vs Navy fixture on Saturday 5th May. Both teams started strong in defence but errors in attack from both sides gifted possession back and […]

On Saturday 5 May, prior to the Army vs Navy the RFU marked the anniversary of Ronald Poulton Palmer’s death-on 5 May 1915. Poulton Palmer played 17 times for England, including against Wales in the first international at Twickenham in 1910, and was captain of the 1914 Grand Slam winning team.  He volunteered as soon […]

On Saturday 5th May an Oxbridge U23 side will take on the Combined Services U23’s at Twickenham as the curtain raiser to the Annual Army v Navy Match. This will be the 9th encounter between the two sides, with the results currently standing at 5 wins to Oxbridge and 3 to the Combined Services. This […]

The Greyhounds season concluded with a comprehensive victory over visiting Japanese touring side Gakushi Rugger 113 points to 10,  but despite the scoreline the match was played in great spirit with no quarter asked or given. On the day the Greyhounds just proved to strong in all departments for their much smaller opponents, but the […]