Cambridge University Captains Lara Gibson and Charlie Amesbury have announced their squads to take on Oxford in the annual Varsity Match clash at Twickenham on Thursday 7th December. The women will kick off at 11.30am, while the men's fixture will commence at 3pm.
Women's Captain Lara Gibson has been able to name 12 returning Blues in her squad and Men's Captain Charlie Amesbury has named 8 players with Varsity Match experience, including loosehead prop Will Briggs, who will be making his seventh appearance. Information regarding tickets can be found here.
2017 Men's Squad
1. William Briggs (Magdalene, Medicine) *
2. Andrew Burnett (Jesus, Law) *
3. Jonathan Dixon (Downing, PhD in History) *
4. Nick Koster (Queens’, MSt in Social Innovation)
5. Andrew Hunter (St Edmund’s, Land Economy) *
6. Matt Watson (Corpus Christi, Medicine)
7. Stephen Leonard (Emmanuel, Medicine)
8. Buchan Richardson (Selwyn, MPhil Management)
9. Chris Bell (Girton, History)
10. Mike Phillips (Emmanuel, Medicine) *
11. Henry King (St Catherine’s, Engineering) *
12. Jake Hennessey (Trinity, Modern and Medieval Languages)
13. Archie Russell (St Edmund’s, MPhil in Technology Policy)
14. Ollie Phillips (Queens’, Executive MBA)
15. Charlie Amesbury (Queens’, MSt in Social Innovation) *
16. Miles Huppatz (Downing, Geography)
17. Will Dean (St John’s, Natural Sciences)
18. Sam Troughton (Robinson, PhD in Material Sciences)
19. Henry Rose (Jesus, Veterinary Medicine)
20. Tyler Hammond (Queens’, MBA)
21. James Elms (Magdalene, Classics)
22. George Griffiths (St John’s, MPhil in Real Estate Finance)
23. Rory Triniman (Hughes Hall, PhD in Pharmacology) *
2017 Women's Squad
1. Jenny Orriss (St Catharine's, Chemical Engineering)
2. Jess Gurney (Newnham, Medicine) *
3. Tamsin Banner (Girton, Veterinary Medicine) *
4. Alice Elgar (Girton, Veterinary Medicine) *
5. Laura Nunez-Mulder (Emmanuel, Medicine) *
6. Fiona Shuttleworth (Pembroke, Veterinary Medicine)
7. Chloe Withers (Fitzwilliam, Medicine) *
8. Emily Pratt (Emmanuel, Natural Sciences)
9. Kate Marks (Murray Edwards, History) *
10. Clare Donaldson (Clare, Earth Sciences) *
11. Bluebell Nicholls (King's, Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic)
12. Mary Coleman (King's, HSPS) *
13. Lara Gibson (Lucy Cavendish, Veterinary Medicine) *
14. Sophie Farrant (Emmanuel, Veterinary Medicine) *
15. Alice Middleton (Lucy Cavendish, Medicine) *
16. Emma Pierce (St Catherine's, Theology) *
17. Sam Chan (Churchill, Medicine)
18. Georgina McCoig (Downing, Law)
19. Jacqueline Bramley (Girton, Veterinary Medicine)
20. Charlotte Spruzen (Queens, Natural Sciences)
21. Jenni Shuttleworth (Churchill, Veterinary Medicine)
22. Rebecca Graves (Girton, Natural Sciences)
23. Lucy Gimson (St Catherine's, Veterinary Medicine)
* Denotes Blue