On Wednesday afternoon OURFC will once again make history when the Women’s Blues face a Major Stanley’s XV for the first time, kick-off at Iffley Road 11.30am. This fixture will be a welcome distraction from BUCS league action when they face the invitational side which for this first encounter will be an all-OURFC alumni squad put together by former OUWRFC President Ellaine Gelman. The gates will open at 11am, with entry ranging from £3 to £10.

Women’s Blues:

1 Hazel Ellender * (St Cross) (Captain) 2 Anna Bidgood (University) 3 Esme Haywood (Brasenose) 4 Carla Schmidt (Balliol) 5 Katie Collis * (Lincoln) 6 Emily Cohen (Jesus) 7 Ailsa Clark (Worcester) 8 Hannah Cooper * (Worcester) 9 Sile Johnson (St Hugh’s) 10 Nina Jenkins (Keble) 11 Maddie Hindson (Keble) 12 Pat Metcalfe-Jones * (Christ Church) 13 Zoe Nunn (St Catherine’s) 14 Helen Potts * (New) 15 Clodagh Holmes (University)

Replacements:

16 Shekinah Opara * (Keble) 17 Jo Male (St Edmund Hall) 18 Melanie Onovo (Christ Church) 19 Phoebe Haste * (Trinity) 20 Meryem Arik (Somerville) 21 Connie Hurton * (Pembroke) 22 Siobhan Pebody (St John’s) 23 Maddy Ross (Balliol)

Women’s Major Stanley’s XV:

1 Sydney Sopher * (Bath) 2 Susy Rees * (Unattached) 3 Cecilia Peker * (Hampstead) 4 Affi Bunting * (Oxford Ladies) 5 Leanne Robinson * (Shelford & British Police) 6 Liz Richards * (Cullompton) 7 Charlie Willett * (Richmond) 8 Sophie Behan * (Rosslyn Park) 9 Tess Braunerova * (Richmond) Captain 10 Catherine Wilcock * (Preston Grasshoppers) 11Georgia Ling * (London Irish) 12  Johanna Dombrowski * (Wasps) 13 Katarina Martinovic * (Richmond) 14 Imogen Duffy * (Richmond) 15 Emily Stone * (Richmond)

Replacements:

16 Miranda Dechazal * (Shotton Steel) 17 Jess Wynter-Bee * (Old Bristolians) 18 Violet Smart * (Richmond) 19 Ann Cooper * (Broughton Edinburgh) 20 Honor Murison * (Unattached)

*Denotes Blue

Following the women’s match, the men will take on a Major Stanley’s XV marking a centenary since the very first match back in 1919. Kick-off is 3.45pm.

Please note because of the corporate luncheon event, there is absolutely no parking available at the ground, so please make alternative arrangements in advance.

Men’s Blues:

1 Euan Friend (University) 2 Josh Navarajasegaran (Merton) 3 Ben Parker * (Brasenose) 4  Calum Haggett (Magdalen) 5 George Warr * (New) 6 Sam Ridgway (St Antony’s) 7 Bertie Watson (St Edmund Hall) 8 Ryan Jones * (St Edmund Hall) 9 Jack Dalton (Keble) 10 Tom Humberstone * (Jesus) 11 Tom Stileman * (Christ Church) 12 Louis Jackson * (Oriel) 13 Nick Greenhalgh (Keble) 14 Rob Quinlan (Jesus) 15 Ed David * (St Hilda’s)

Replacements:

16 Barnaby Vaughan (Corpus Christi)  17 Conor Hennessy * (St Catherine’s) 18 Abhijeet Oswal (St Edmund Hall) 19 Piers Von Dadelszen (St Edmund Hall) 20 Tristan Louveaux (Regent’s Park) 21 George Messum * (Kellogg) 22 George Tresidder * (Harris Manchester) 23 David Wilkinson (St Edmund Hall) 24 Seb Haddock (St Edmund Hall) 25 Henry Hackett (Christ Church) 26 Pete Moore (Kellogg)

Men’s Major Stanley’s XV:

1 Lewis Anderson * (Littlemore) 2 Ethan Hunt (Gloucester) 3 Ed Prowse (Coventry) 4 Hugo McPherson * (Haywards Heath) 5 Fred Myatt (Oxford Harlequins) 6 Joe Gray (Gloucester) 7 Luke Sherriff * (Harlequins) 8 Chris Davies * (Richmond) 9 Dylan Munro (Harlequins) 10 Dan Lewis (Coventry) 11 Will Browne * (Richmond) 12 Sam Moorby * (RAF) 13 Jack Reeves (Gloucester) 14 Louis Beer (Coventry) 15 Tim Catling * (Old Whitgiftians)

Replacements:

16 Kieran Ball * (Chingford) 17 Greg Drew (Rams) 18 Fred Betteridde (Coventry) 19 Harry Jackson (Henley) 20 Finn Creighton (Coventry) 21 Rob Povey (Coventry) 22 Reece Dunn (Gloucester) 23 Conan Osborne (Jamaica 7’s) 24

*Denotes Blue