The Men’s Blues will play their opening game of the 2018/19 season when they play the Madagascan National team in Antananarivo on Sunday 16th September, kick off 1.00pm local time. Captain Dom Waldouck has selected a mix of youth and experience which includes five returning Blues and six making their OURFC debuts. A large, vocal and partisan crowd are expected at the National Stadium – so this will be a great test for the Blues as they start their journey towards the 2018 Varsity Match.
Starting XV:
1 A King (Keble) 2 J Navarajasegaran (Merton) 3 N Naude (Keble) 4 G Warr (New) 5 O Adams * (Lady Margaret Hall) 6 C Pozniak * (St Benet’s Hall) 7 S Miller (St Edmund Hall) 8 S Ridgway (St Anthony’s) 9 G Tresidder (Harris Manchester) 10 T Humberstone (Hertford) 11 P Haughton (Balliol) 12 D Waldouck * (Kellogg) 13 D Barley * (St Edmund Hall) 14 T Stileman * (St Peter’s) 15 B Ransom (St Catherine’s)
Replacements:
16 A Oswal (St Edmund Hall) 17 J Mash (Regent’s Park) 18 V Tang (St Hugh’s) 19 T Louveaux (St Peter’s) 20 R Jones (St Edmund Hall) 21 R Fraser (Corpus Christi) 22 S Haddock (St Edmund Hall)
*Denotes Blue