The Women’s Blues hosted an Invitational XV at Iffley Road on Wednesday evening as their final preparations leading into their Varsity Match next Thursday at Twickenham. Thankfully the rain stayed away and they were able to play some attacking rugby scoring 7 tries to come out winners by 39 points to nil. Scores T: Katie Collis, […]
Month: November 2018
Dogged Performance Sees Greyhounds Claim Victory
The Greyhounds produced a defensive display any team would be proud of to win their 14th of the last 17 2nd XV Varsity Matches at Grange Road on Wednesday afternoon by the closest of margins, 9 points to 6. Scrum half and Captain Andrew Abraham, a former Cambridge Blue scored all the Greyhounds points with […]
Whippets Claim Bragging Rights In Oxford Derby
On Tuesday evening at Iffley Road the Whippets ended their term in style with a satisfying 32 points to 10 victory of local rivals Oxford Brookes 2nds. Despite the wet and windy conditions the Whippets managed to play some fine attacking rugby building on what they had been doing in their previous games. The forwards […]
Oxford Colleges XV Start The Varsity Series With A Win
On a cold and wet afternoon at Iffley Road the Oxford Colleges XV retained the Varsity Trophy for a fourth year in a row when they beat their respective Cambridge counterparts by 27 point to 15. The home side dominated the first half as they racked up four tries to lad 27 – 3 at […]
Greyhounds and Whippets Squads Announced For Varsity and Oxford Derby
On Sunday evening at Vincent’t the Greyhounds and Whippets squads were announced the 2nd Varsity Match and Oxford Derby respectively. Following a successful Michaelmas Term the Whippets will enter the ‘Oxford Derby’ with confidence, but know full well that Oxford Brookes will bring their A game to Iffley Road on Tuesday evening, kick-off 5.00pm. The […]
Blues Squads Announced For Varsity
On Sunday evening at the Vincent’s Club, Abby D’Cruz and Dom Waldouck announced their squads for their respective Varsity Matches to be played at Twickenham on Thursday 6th December. Abby D’Cruz has named nine returning Blues in her squad as the Women’s Blues look to wrestle the Varsity Trophy back from Cambridge after last year’s […]
Men’s Blues Come Off Second Best To Richmond
The Men’s Blues played their final match before heading to Twickenham when they hosted a strong Richmond team at Iffley Road on Saturday afternoon, with the visitors winning an entertaining encounter by 33 points to 14. With the scores tied at 14 points all at half-time, Oxford made a number of changes at the interval […]
Men’s Blues Squad announced for the visit of Richmond
Captain Dom Waldouck has selected his final Men’s Blues squad for their last hit-out before heading to Twickenham for the 137th Varsity Match on Thursday 6th December, as they welcome a strong Richmond team to Iffley Road on Saturday afternoon. The starting XV includes five Blues with a further one on the bench. Final selection […]
Colleges XV Varsity Squad Announced
Varsity Match season kicks off on Tuesday afternoon at 2pm, when the respective Colleges XV’s of Oxford and Cambridge go head to head at Iffley Rd. Oxford have won the last three encounters and will not only be in no mood to let the cup go back to Grange Road on the Cambridge bus but […]
Women’s Blues Out To BUCS Champions Exeter
On Wednesday afternoon the Women’s Blues played their final BUCS League match before Varsity against last years Champions Exeter at Iffley Road. The Blues came out of the blocks fast and scored after just five minutes when scrum-half Georgia Ling spotted a gap following a strong catch and drive line out to scoot over from […]