Brian Smith gliding through Scotland and Lion Rob Wainwright during Varsity 1988, Twickenham Everyone at OURFC is saddened to hear of the passing of Brian Smith, Blue #910, who died on 12 August following a short illness. A wonder try! Brian Smith spots space in the backfield and dots down himself. Brian came up, or rather across, to St. Anne’s from his home of Queensland in 1988, to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Brian was educated at Brisbane State High School and Queensland...

The links between Oxford and Kobe rugby have been very strong ever since the Japanese company Kobe Steel started to look to recruit Oxford graduate rugby players from the late 1970s onwards. Reg Clark (1978-79) played for Kobe Steel from 1980 to 1983; he was preceded by Phil Woodhead (1975) and succeeded by Simon Wensley (1988), Ian Williams (1988), Mark Egan (1988-89-90) and David Henderson (1993-4) – the latter two both OURFC captains. During this period the 'Steelers' won 7 consecutive...

As we look toward the 2026/27 season, we would like to invite you to consider these opportunities for getting involved with OURFC across many different areas of our operations. OURFC is in an exciting time, growing in success on and off the pitch. We are adding an additional full-time member of office staff, taking us to five, to support our growing breadth of functions, and are recruiting for more coaching staff to further support our high-performing representational sides. Please see below...