The Men’s Blues play their first match at home following their tour to Madagascar, when they entertain Eastern Suburbs from Sydney at Iffley Road on Monday 1st October, kick off 7.15pm. Captain Dom Waldouck has selected six returning Blues in the startling XV and one on the bench, as he and Head Coach James Wade […]
Month: September 2018
Blues Secure Victory in 2nd Tour Match
Following last weeks loss in the 85th minute to the Makis, the Men’s Blues were determined to level the ‘series’ on Sunday afternoon and finis the tour with a victory. As kick off time approached the temperature rose to 26 degrees, which was a concern for the Oxford players, but some hard work in the […]
Men’s Tour Diary Part 5
Friday evening saw the conclusion of the tour ‘Dance Competition’ as the three selected Troupes presented to the judging panel of James (Louis Spence) Wade, Tim (Len Goodman) Stevens and Frederic (Bruno Tonioli) Dumant. Each Troupe were required to perform an identical dance under the watchful eye of instructor Hery, the fact that each dance […]
Women’s Blues Tour Diary Part 3
Saturday 15th A slightly later wake up time was scheduled today as we weren’t heading to the gym. Instead a leisurely breakfast was followed by a team excursion to the park for some stretching and foam rolling. This was also a chance to check in with our training buddies and talk about how things had […]
Men’s Blues Squad to face Madagascar in the ‘2nd Test’
The Men’s Blues will be looking for an improved performance when they play the Madagascan National team in Antananarivo on Sunday 23rd September, kick off 3.00pm local time after last Sunday’s narrow loss in the ‘1st Test’. Captain Dom Waldouck has again selected a mix of youth and experience which includes just three returning Blues. […]
Men’s Tour Diary Part 4
A chilly Tuesday morning for an early gym session, but the boys cracked on whilst management watched the local Thai boxing boys and girls sparring. Rugby training followed in the National Stadium with specific ‘work-ons’ picked out from last Sunday’s game. The afternoon saw the coaching team and some of the players travel to the […]
Men’s Tour Diary Part 3
Game day – Sunday 16th September. We headed to the stadium where the majority of training has taken place thus far. The match against the national side was a curtain raiser for the “President’s Cup”, an annual fixture in which the two best club sides in Madagascar do battle, yet there were already some 25,000 […]
Men’s Blues Denied Historic Victory Over Madagascar With Final Play
On Sunday afternoon in front of a partisan crowd in excess of 25,000 the Men’s Blues played their first match of the 2018 Varsity campaign against Madagascan in Antananarivo, the first of two ‘Test Matches’ with the Malagasy National team. This was an historic first meeting between the two teams and another country ‘ticked-off’ in […]
Women’s Blues Tour Diary Part 2
So the girls woke up on Friday morning, went to the gym, played some rugby and then went to the beach. This is where the real roller-coaster begins. Sit down and buckle up because it is certainly a ride. We had just completed water recovery which the locals loved (nearly as much as us – […]
Women’s Blues Tour Diary Part 1
We started our preseason tour in Oxford, with a contact session on Wednesday evening led by Anna B – what a great way to get back into the groove of rugby after being apart for the summer. Once everyone had arrived we shared the stories of our summers over the wonderful dinner Nina had prepared […]