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The 1889 Oxford University Rugby Union Varsity Match team. The University of Oxford 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 ...
The club was established in 1909 as "Oxfordshire Nomads RUFC". [1] The club wound up in 1919 after 18 members were killed in the World War I, but Oxfordshire recovered and were back to field two years later. [2] The club changed to "Oxford RFC" after a merger in 1948, [2] and moved to Southern Bypass, in 1951. [3]
Oxford Harlequins (Oxford Quins) Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Oxford, England.The men's 1st XV currently play in National League 2 East, a level 4 league, following their promotion from Regional 1 Midlands at the end of the 2023–24 season.
Iffley Road is the home ground of the Oxford University Rugby Football Club. [2] Many matches against international teams have been played at Iffley Road. Oxford University has played there against South Africa six times (1906, 1912, 1931, 1951, 1960 and 1969), New Zealand 5 times (1905, 1924, 1935, 1953 and 1963) and Australia 8 times (1908, 1927, 1947, 1957, 1966, 1975, 1981 and 2001).
Rugby union footballers who have represented Oxford University RFC Pages in category "Oxford University RFC players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 369 total.
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The country's longest-running series of varsity matches is played between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.In addition to the 1827 University Match in Cricket mentioned above, the first "Boat Race" in 1829 [4] the first "Varsity Match" (in Rugby Union) in 1872, [5] and the first "Varsity Game" (in Basketball) in 1921 were all contested between Oxford and Cambridge.
Oxford Rugby League was a semi-professional rugby league club based in Oxford, England.The club was formed in 2012 and joined League 1 in 2013, playing for five seasons before agreeing to merge with Gloucestershire All Golds following the 2017 season, resulting in both clubs exiting the league in order to form a new club, Bristol Rugby League, which intended to enter League 1 from the 2019 season.