Oxford University RFC

Oxford University RFC

Full name	Oxford University Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)	Blues
Founded	1869
Location	Oxford, England
Ground(s)	University Rugby Ground, Iffley Road
Team kit
Official website
www.ourfc.org

The Oxford University Rugby Football Club (Oxford University RFC or OURFC) is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.

History

Oxford University RFC was founded in 1869, fifteen months before the creation of the Rugby Football Union. The first Varsity Match was played in February 1872 in Oxford at 'The Parks', the following year the return game was played in Cambridge on Parker's Piece. In 1874 it was decided that the game be played on a neutral ground. Oxford, like rivals Cambridge, have supplied hundreds of players to national teams, and was key in spreading the sport of rugby throughout Britain as past students brought the game back to their home counties. The very first international player to be capped whilst at Oxford was Cecil Boyle, who represented England in 1873, one season before Cambridge University.

Notable former players

See also Category:Oxford University rugby union players

Gareth Baber J.M. Bannerman Stuart Barnes Onllwyn Brace Ian Buckett  England - Ernest Cheston Troy Coker Simon Danielli Dan Drysdale[1] Gareth Davies Rob Edgerton David Evans Walter Rice Evans Gwyn Francis

Billy Geen Phil de Glanville Jonathon hudson Simon Halliday Toshiyuki Hayashi Gary Hines David Humphreys Don James Vivian Jenkins David Kirk Nick Mallett Niall Malone Stan McKeen Prince Alexander Sergeevich Obolensky

Katsuhiko Oku Anton Oliver Ronald Poulton-Palmer Conway Rees Gareth Rees Alan Rotherham (IRB Hall of Fame inductee) Joe Roff Richard Sharp Brian Smith John Strand-Jones Kevin Tkachuk Victor Ubogu Ian Williams Derek Wyatt Brett Robinson Thomas Gubb

Current players

• Stan McKeen
• Jonathon Hudson

Recent OURFC Captains

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2004 David Lubans (St Annes)
2005 Andrew Dalgliesh (St Annes)
2006 Kevin Brennan (Linacre)
2007 Joe Roff (Harris Manchester)
2008 Peter Clarke (St Cross)
2009 Daniel Rosen (Worcester)
2010 Nick Haydon (University)
2011 John-Henry Carter (Kellogg)

See also

• The Varsity Match

External links

• Official website

References

• Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0713718382)

1. ^ Godwin, p127-8