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A naked charity calendar featuring the members of Oxford’s Women’s Rugby Football Club has proven popular. The first batch of calendars sold out almost immediately, and a second batch has arrived this week. The calendar is raising money for Mind Your Head, OUSU’s mental health campaign. The club has close ties with the campaign, and has […]
Continue ReadingThe captain of the Pembroke rugby team has stepped down in the wake of the ‘Free Pussy’ scandal, after his team was relegated to Division 3 with immediate effect by the Oxford University Rugby Football Union. In a meeting last night, the JCR was told that the OURFU had banned the Pembroke team from competing […]
Continue ReadingLondon Welsh captain Matt Corker talks Matt Gompels through his hopes for the GK IPA Championship campaign
Continue ReadingMiles Dilworth collates comments from around the university’s sports teams to review Michaelmas and Hilary Men’s Rugby Season Summary: The Blues ended the season with more defeats (9) than victories (6), but it is hard to judge their season based on results alone. Season Highlight: A stirring second-half comeback to beat Cambridge in the Varsity game […]
Continue ReadingTim Stevens reports on the Blues first victory over the Army since 2008
Continue ReadingThe last time these two sides met, less than a score separated them at the final whistle. Given the big game billing for the first round of Cuppers, ten tries and a gaping gulf in class was the chasm that allowed a rampant Keble side to progress to the second round. It is unlikely […]
Continue ReadingA dramatic second-half fightback from Oxford won them the 131st Varsity match, their third in a row, at Twickenham. Having won the previous two editions of the Varsity match, Oxford were narrow favourites to take the crown once again at Twickenham. John Carter’s side started the match on the defensive, with the Cambridge backs’ kicking […]
Continue ReadingMatt Handley reports on the rugby Blues’ 31 – 22 victory over Stanley’s A match steeped in history provided Oxonians with what they hope will be a glimpse of the not-too-distant future, as the Blues continued their Varsity preparations with a 31-22 victory over the invitational Major Stanley’s XV. Cambridge skipper Rob Malaney brought his […]
Continue ReadingChrist Church 0 – 36 Keble Wet, sodden, muddy and more fumbles than points scored. Conditions prevented an attractive game of rugby but Keble beat Christ Church in comfortable if scrappy fashion to finish top of their provisional league. The fans came in their droves as Keble started the game with four wins out of four and knowing that a win would seal their passage […]
Continue ReadingAs chill winds and broken boilers herald the arrival of November in Oxford, the return of international rugby to JCR TV screens across the university is a welcome ray of light in the afternoon gloom (so long as you can expunge any prospective Strictly-watchers from the room). The snappily-named QBE Autumn Internationals begin for England […]
Continue ReadingSam Jones was faced with a tough decision a couple of years ago. Excelling both academically and in rugby, he had to decide on whether to take the academic or sporting path. ‘I was always very keen on going to university and gaining a degree. I was leaning towards the conventional route and just doing […]
Continue ReadingBlues 15 (Tries: Lamont, Hudson; Conversion: Marr; Penalty: Marr); Russia 29 (Tries: Tsnobiladze, Temnov, Garbuzov, Simplikevich (x2); Conversions: Klyuchnikov (x2)) The men’s rugby Blues had plenty to be proud of after losing out to the Russian national team in a tightly-contested match at Iffley Road. When a university of 15,000 students takes on a country of […]
Continue ReadingJack Harrison wants to see an end to promotion to and relegation from the Aviva Premiership
Continue ReadingThey’ve trawled the college bars, the JCR TV rooms and the windswept touchlines to bring you the best sporting comment Oxford has to offer. Each week The OxStu Sports Team will chew over the big issues in the world of Oxford sport and beyond. Who knows — they may even talk about something other than football.
Continue ReadingOliver Elliott speaks with International and Blues rugby league star, Josh Halstead
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