On Friday night OURFC said farewell to Sam & Seb and welcomed Jasper & Louis, as Men’s Teams Secretaries for 2020. January 2019 saw a duo elected as Secretary’s for the first time and following their successful year in office the formula has been continued this year. Jasper Dix and Louis Jackson are both second […]
Month: January 2020
Crawshays defeat Men’s Blues
A busy day of rugby concluded at Iffley Road with the Men’s Blues going down to a narrow loss to highly competitive Crawshays Welsh XV by 25 points to 19. The first 35 minutes were dominated by the visitors as there experienced forwards controlled possession and territory which led to them scoring three tries one […]
Double success for OURFC Women’s teams
On Wednesday afternoon at Iffley Road the Women’s Blues made it third time lucky as they secured a well deserved 27 points 18 victory over Cambridge in their penultimate BUCS League match. Next week they travel to Bristol University for their final league match. Full report to follow. Team Hazel Ellender, Ruby James, Shekinah Opara, Meryem […]
Women’s squads announced for Wednesday’s fixtures
Wednesday afternoon sees both the Women’s Blues and Panthers with home BUCS League fixtures, the Blues host arch rivals Cambridge whilst the Panthers welcome Harper Adams University. The Blues will be looking to make it third time lucky after a league loss at Grange Road and then an agonising last minute loss at Twickenham back […]
Men’s Blues squad announced to face Crawshays Welsh
To round off a busy day of OURFC rugby, on Wednesday night the Men’s Blues will host the Crawshays Welsh RFC – an invitational team pulled from Welsh qualified players, kick-off 7.15pm at Iffley Road. Last year the Blues managed to secure a hard earned 12 points to 7 victory and they will look to […]
Men’s Blues start 2020 with a win
The Men’s Blues started 2020 with an entertaining 33 points to 10 victory over Bristol University, and thus retained the Evans/Reeves Trophy for another year. After half an hour it didn’t look as though the Blues would record such as win as Bristol had forged a thoroughly deserved ten point lead with a penalty from […]
Panthers win but Blues lose
A mixed afternoon for OURFC Women’s teams saw the Blues put in a strong performance at Cardiff before going down by 12 points to 3, whilst the Panthers extended their wining running to five matches with a 31 points to 10 victory at Leicester. Blues Esme Haywood, Pat Metcalfe-Jones, Hazel Ellender, Shekinah Opara, Emily Cohen, […]
Men’s Blues squad announced to face Bristol University
On Wednesday 22nd January the Men’s Blues will host Bristol University in their first match of 2020 under the Captaincy of the newly elected George Messum (Kellogg). Last January the Blues travelled to Bristol and came away with a heard earned 14 points to 12 victory and they will be looking to start the new […]
Women’s Blues squad announced to face Cardiff University
On Wednesday afternoon the Women’s Blues return to BUCS League action with the trip west to face Cardiff University KO 1430 at Llanrumney, Mendip Road, Cardiff, CF3 4JN. Cardiff currently sit top of the league with a perfect 7 – 0 record, they beat the Blues 37 – 7 at Iffley Rd back in October […]
George Messum elected 2020 Men’s Blues Captain
On Monday evening the 2019 Men’s Blues Varsity squad met in the Pavilion at Iffley Road and after a long and rigorous process, George Messum was duly elected as 2020 Captain to replace the outgoing Ed David. George previously Captained the Blues in 2015 when they won a hard fought Varsity victory at Twickenham by […]