[Written by Rebecca Syed Sheriff] I first saw a Laos women’s rugby team on a steaming hot day in Bangkok in February 2018. The most noticeable thing about them was that they played way beyond their size, had incredible team spirit, looked like they were having a much better time than all the drunken expats put together, and won the tournament. I had just started playing rugby again after almost two decades away - that weekend our team won the plate, I coached the Bangkok Lions to victory in...

Photo Credit: Nick Browning As the Men*s Blues prepare to face Trinity College Dublin, I sat down with Reed Prinsep, the first recipient of the Liddell Oxford Rugby Scholarship, to talk about his rugby career and his journey to Oxford and OURFC.   A native of Christchurch New Zealand, Reed began playing rugby at nine years old after his friends began transitioning from football into rugby; ‘rugby was always a part of my life’ commented Reed, but ‘I followed my mates into football until they...

[Written by Mel Morley, St John's College] In their penultimate BUCS Premier South fixture of the season, the Women*s Blues faced the University of Bath, with whom they last faced at home in October, securing a bonus point win but by our own admission leaving points on the field. With just the 4 point gap between these teams, a win here would go a long way to securing us a very respectable 5 th placed finish in a league littered with PWR level players and program backing. Sophie Shams (Blue...