Whippets (Men's 3s) [Written by Dougie McWilliam, Lady Margaret Hall] Varsity Day is an occasion that looms large in the OURFC calendar. Both squads had laboured together since September, from those biting 7 AM starts in November to the relentless rain at Horspath, all to prepare for the fixture that defines any season: C*mbridge. This year, the Dogs travelled to the newly installed Mumford Pitch at Grange Road, intent on establishing a new tradition of "shoeing" the opposition on their own...

The oldest rivalry in university rugby returns on  Saturday 28 February  as Oxford University and Cambridge University go head-to-head in the annual Varsity Match at StoneX Stadium. Chloe-Marie Hawley (#384) will lead her carefully chosen 23-player squad onto the (hopefully) sun-lit pitch of Stone X for a 12pm kick-off , whilst Jack “Hammo” Hamilton ( #1302) prepares his men to kick-off at 3pm .   Few fixtures in the rugby calendar carry the same weight of history and tradition as The...

[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...