On some occasions things just go your way, and this was the case at Iffley Road on a windy Friday night when the Men’s Blues overwhelmed the Pacific Islanders RFC by 102 points to nil. The Islanders invitational side arrived in Oxford in good spirits, but these were dampened as star fly-half Nicky Little got […]
Month: October 2018
Men’s Squads Announced For A Busy Weekend Of Rugby
Blues v Pacific Islanders The Men’s Blues play their second home match of the term following their victory over Eastern Suburbs last week, when they entertain the Pacific Islanders RFC at Iffley Road on Friday 12th October, kick off 7.15pm. Captain Dom Waldouck takes a rest this week to cast his eye over the squad […]
Women’s Blues Lose To Exeter University
The Women’s Blues travelled to Exeter University on Wednesday afternoon for their first BUCS league fixture of the new season and despite the scoreline of 51 nil against them, were encouraged by the performance and can look forward to future games with optimism of retaining their place in BUCS Premier South and of success at […]
Women’s Blues Squad Announced To Face Exeter University
The Women’s Blues will travel to Exeter University on Wednesday 10th October for their opening BUCS League fixture of the 2018/19 campaign. Having played three warm-up fixtures during an intensive preseason period, the squad travel with confidence of putting in a good performance at one of the strongest teams in the league. Squad: Emma Bidiscombe, […]
1979 CUPPERS WINNING CHRIST CHURCH TEAM DONATE NEW KIT TO CURRENT TEAM
The members of the last Christ Church side to win Rugby Cuppers, in 1979, recently got together following an appeal from the 2018/19 college captain Eoin Simpkins to donate a new set of kit to the current squad. Bearing the strapline ‘Spirit of ‘79’ on the shirts, the kit was handed over last week by […]
Greyhounds Make It Two From Two
The Greyhounds secured their second win in five days when they overcame a resolute Brunel University side by 35 points to 20 on Friday night at Iffley Road. The guys now have the weekend off to recover and enjoy the final days/nights of Freshers week, before getting back into training on Tuesday as both the […]
Greyhounds Squad To Face Brunel University
The Greyhound play their second match of the new season at Iffley Road on Friday night when they entertain Brunel University, kick off at 8pm. This second game in the space of five days gives the coaching team a chance to cast their eye over more than 59 players in advance of the following weekend […]
Women’s Blues Lose Their Final Warm-Up Match
The Women’s Blues played their final warm-up match before their BUCS League programme begins on Wednesday 10th when they hosted Birmingham University at Iffley Road on Wednesday afternoon. With conditions perfect for running rugby both teams played with ball in hand and produced some fine passages of play which led to some fine tries. The […]
Women’s Blues Squad Announced To Face Birmingham University
The Women’s Blues host Birmingham University on Wednesday 3rd October, kick-off 4pm at Iffley Road in their final preseason friendly match before their BUCS league fixtures commence next week away at Exeter University. Following a successful tour to Barcelona and an encouraging win against Oxford Brookes last Friday evening, Captain Abby D’Cruz and Head Coach […]
Men’s Blues & Greyhounds Begin Home Matches With Victories
Monday 1st October was a perfect day for the Men’s Blues & Greyhounds to begin their home matches at Iffley Road and after two highly competitive games they both secured hard earned wins. The Greyhounds kicked off first against an Army Academy side preparing for the Inter-Services U23’s competition and despite being behind twice on […]