23/4/10 - Club AGM - 2010-11 President and Blues Captain decided
The OURLFC AGM was held on Friday night, when the successful season was reviewed and plans for making next year even more so were discussed. The President for next year was also elected, and the Blues Captain announced.
The Club President for 2010-11 will be Brett Marshall (Queen's) and the Blues Captain Marcus-Alexander Neil (St. Hilda's). Hopefully they can keep the good work and progress of the club going.
1/3/10 - Varsity 18-man squad announced
Paddy Boyle and Dan Garbutt have today announced the 18 man squad for the Blues Varsity match - to be televised live on SkySports 3.
Ben Calverley (Brasenose)
James Batstone (Worcester)
Thomas Barker (University)
Marcus-Alexander Neil (St. Hilda's)
David Barrow (Jesus)
Ross Swanson (New)
Hugh McCormick (Lincoln)
Patrick Boyle (Lady Margaret Hall) - Captain
Joshua Venner (Wadham)
Joshua Halstead (St. Benet's)
Matthew Henshaw (Worcester)
Gregory Coates (Brasenose)
Brett Marshall (Queen's)
Jonathan Hawkins (Brasenose)
Oliver Nash (St. Hugh's)
Charles Thompson (St. Catherine's)
Paul O'Connor (Worcester)
George Dean (Keble)
18/11/09 - OURLFC hosts Martin Offiah 2009
On Wednesday of 6th week, OURLFC and Vincent’s Club were honoured to have legend of 501 tries Martin “Chariots” Offiah join them... Read more...
11/11/09 – Blues claim first win of season, and Maroons continue rich form
Oxford Blues 28-14 Northampton
Oxford Maroons 32-18 Brunel
10/11/09 - Varsity Date confirmed
The date for the 2010 Rugby League Varsity match live on SkySports has been fixed for Thursday 4th March. This gives Blues Captain Paddy Boyle and Head Coach Dan Garbutt just under 4 months to put the finishing touches on this season’s very promising squad. Confidence is high, as is competition and there will be some tough choices to be made in late February.
6/11/09 - Tour of Portugal announced
OURLFC is proud to announce the dates for this year’s pre-varsity tour as 7th-12th January. The club will be visiting Brown’s training camp in the Algarve, Portugal; a top of the range facility used by half of the Superleague clubs, the England rugby union side and professional and national football teams.
With the season underway and the squad beginning to gel, the annual trip abroad for warm weather training and bonding will be the perfect opportunity to hone skills and camaraderie before travelling to The Stoop in March.
30/9/09 - OURLFC Pre-Season Camp – Cheltenham 2009
After a long hot barbecue summer, rugby league players old and new converged on the Midland Hotel, Cheltenham for OURLFC’s first pre-season training camp. Read more...
16/05/09 - Annual Dinner
The following awards were made at the Annual Dinner:
Man of Steel - Pete Forster
Most Improved - Danny Soos
Man of Straw - Hugh McCormick
9/5/09 - Committee Changeover & AGM
Ben Calverley succeeds Jonny Hawkins as President, and Paddy Boyle has been announced as the Blues Captain for 09/10 by George Smibert. The rest of the committee has been decided as follows:
- Treasurer: Obi Agbim
- Fixtures, Training & Kit Secretary: Robin Talbot
- Player & Transport Secretary: Alex Duncan
- Media Officer: Jonny Hawkins
- Social Secretary: Greg Coates
12/03/09 - Blues and Half Blues Awarded for 2009
Blues’ Captain George Smibert has awarded the following Blues this year:
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Full |
Paul O’Connor (Worcester) |
Half |
Paddy Boyle |
05/03/09 - Maroons win convincing first Varsity, but Blues fail to complete double
Oxford URLFC Blues 4-20 Cambridge UARLFC Blues
Oxford URLFC Maroons 36-8 Cambridge UARLFC Cobras. Photos Here