Dugald Macdonald who successfully Captained the OU Greyhounds to Varsity success in 2012, has been partly responsible for England’s recent success on the pitch, with Head Coach Eddie Jones using technology provided by Sportable, the company founded by Dugald and two colleagues. Sportable have developed and use technology to elevate the broadcasting experience and team […]
Month: November 2020
Relive OURFC v Australia from November 2001
On Sunday 4th November 2001, OURFC faced the touring Wallabies for the first time in 20 years at Iffley Road and the final score of 53 points to 27 in favour of the then current World Champions was slightly flattering , as the Blues were within three points with just 16 minutes left to play, […]
Oxwash wins prestigious industry award
Former OURFC player and DPhil student Kyle Grant, founded Oxwash in 2017 and this week industry experts CINET have awarded the company with the Global Best Practice Award 2020. Oxwash began with a mission to disrupt the laundry industry, and end the irreparable damage to the environment caused by traditional laundries. IN addition on Monday […]
Celebrating Black History Month with former Blue Ali James
Ali James who won two Blues for Oxford in the centres in 2004 & 2005 and then went on to serve as the OURFC Men’s Head Physiotherapist for a number of years, before joining Wasps tells his story in the link below: https://www.premiershiprugby.com/news/celebrating-black-history-month-with-ali-james-head-of-medical-services-at-wasps?fbclid=IwAR23GQH-7MTQCHDcn2vxACw9FJIWtn7fPzvxNUYngxf2Q_fjFq6JC7bIY3M
Live rugby at Iffley Road
On Saturday morning the OURFC Men’s senior squad held a four team Ready4Rugby tournament and despite the 40mph winds and horizontal rain there was plenty of attacking play on show. Each team played each other once in the round robin event, behind closed doors, and the ‘Jackson 10’ finished winners having beaten all three opponents. […]