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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 kitOfficial 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.
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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
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
External links
References
- Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0713718382)
- ^ Godwin, p127-8
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