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. […]
Category: Men’s Squad News
OURFC player doing his bit – Pt. 2
Fourth year medical student Josh Navarajasegaran (Merton) has been volunteering at the John Radcliffe Hospital since the country went in to ‘lock-down’. Josh been offering his services within the pharmacy at the hospital helping to deliver drugs & medicines for patients to all the wards around the hospital. So lots of walking around the hospital […]
OURFC player doing his bit
Somerville 5th year medical student John Aaron Henry who has won three Blues, is ‘doing his bit’ at these difficult times. Aaron is currently working alongside other Oxford University medical students, to help with work on the new corona-virus vaccine. As there is a pressing need for a vaccine as soon as possible, he and the […]
Greyhounds prove too strong for Yale
An OU Greyhounds XV proved too strong for the touring Yale University side in a rather one-sided contest at Iffley Road on Wednesday evening. Deposit the 88 points to nil result, the US University side enjoyed their experience of playing at the home of Oxford University Rugby and will take valuable experience home with them […]
Greyhounds squad to face Yale University
An OURFC Greyhounds XV will host Yale University on Wednesday evening at Iffley Road, kick-off 5pm. Yale are on a UK tour, having already played a Cambridge University side on Monday at Grange Road, before they head to London after their visit to Oxford. Yale University hosted OURFC in September 2017 when the Men’s Blues were […]
Men’s Blues v Croatia cancelled
Unfortunately the Men’s Blues fixture scheduled for Sunday 22nd March in Rijeka has fallen foul of the Coronavirus outbreak. Both OURFC and the Croatian Rugby Union are disappointed but will look to arrange fixture in season 2020/21 in due course.
Under 20’s squad announced for Varsity
The Under 20’s squad to face their Cambridge counterparts at Iffley Road on Saturday 7th March, kick-off 1.00pm has been announced. Whilst this is the fifth year of the Under 20’s Varsity Match, only three previous matches have been played at the 2018 match was lost to snow! Oxford are currently unbeaten in this particular […]
Under 20’s convincingly beat Bath
The Under 20’s completed their preparations for the 2020 Varsity Match with a comprehensive 66 points to 7 win over a Bath University Freshers side at Oxford Harlequins on Saturday afternoon. They scored ten tries, full-back Oscar Marriott-Clarke leading the way with four, captain Dan Stoller converted eight of them and added a try of […]
Under 20’s squad announced for visit of Bath University
The Under 20’s continue their 2020 Varsity preparations on Saturday 29th February when they host a Bath University Freshers side on the AGP at Oxford Harlequins RFC, Horspath Road, OX4 2RR, kick-off 12.30pm. Having lost away to a strong Cardiff Met side last Saturday, they will be looking for an improved performance and win to […]
Chinnor knock Greyhounds out of the cup
Chinnor Falcons progressed to the Oxfordshire County Cup final with a 21 points to 14 semi-final win over the OU Greyhounds at Iffley Road on Wednesday night. The visitors scored all their points in the first half and were ‘rugby-savvy’ enough to keep the students at bay for most of the second. Chinnor will now […]