Women’s Rugby

Cambridge Women’s Blues beat Bedford 34-0. After a bit of a sluggish start, the Women’s Rugby Blues began to fire on all cylinders midway through the first half. Following a series of forward punches, Jo Bradley ran it in to score. Good pressure allowed Amy Teal to run through and touch the ball down for the second try. The second half got off to a great start: Cambridge scored immediately after the kickoff as it was fumbled in front of the opposition line  and stolen by Keo Shaw, who then scored. The Blues continued as they had started with tries from number 8 Hannah Batty and Laura Britton. Bedford had a bit of a fight back midway through the second half, this time putting pressure on Cambridge’s line, but strong kicking from the Blues took advantage of the opposition’s inexperienced back three and quite frequently gained thirty to forty metres to ease the strain. Bedford’s best scoring opportunity ended with a Cambridge try, when Krish Mahbubani intercepted a flyhalf-centre pass, ran it into their half, and kicked ahead for Britton to pick up the ball and score her second.

BUSA X-Country

Last Saturday, Cambridge’s Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Teams travelled down to Bath for the annual BUSA Cross Country Championships, especially competitive this year as it was coupled with trials for the World Championships.

Despite injuries, the Men’s and Women’s Blues both came in solidly in 8th place with particularly strong personal races from Owain Bristow, Charlotte Forbes and Andy Bell.

England call for Cambridge Blues

After their recent Varsity success, four Cambridge Rugby players have been selected to the squad for the England Students side in preparation for their game this Saturday against Spain. Centre David Tibbot, scrum half Ross Blake and hooker Joe Clark all started in December’s triumphant Varsity encounter with Oxford at Twickenham.  They are joined by Cambridge flanker Tom Malaney, who started the match at Twickenham on the bench.  Malaney is one of several England University squad members returning from last year’s successful team.  Clark and Tibbot have both previously won caps at U.18 and U.21 levels respectively.  The same squad is scheduled to play to further matches against France; one in later Febuary and another in March, at Cahors and Oxford respectively.  The Blues match against Crawshays’ XV scheduled for Wednesday was canceled, due to adverse weather conditions.  The next Blues game takes place next Wednesday and is against the Royal Air Force.