Oxford University Rugby Team Give Merchiston a Try!

Oxford University Rugby Team Give Merchiston a Try!

As part of their Scottish tour, Oxford University Rugby team are visiting Merchiston Castle School, coaching the School rugby teams and giving them a valuable insight into rugby life.

The team will be visiting Scotland from 17 to 28 September with a match against Scottish team, ‘Gael Force', on 23 September.

Merchiston are honored to welcome the team along with their Director of Rugby, Steve Hill.  The visit to the School will include helping with the coaching of rugby teams, and also visiting the boarding houses to talk about the Oxford experience.  The team has a wide variety of experienced players, including Oliver Tomaszczyk, a former pupil of the School.

The visit will offer boys at Merchiston the opportunity of coaching with International players, including Captain, Daniel Rosen, who addressed the whole school at assembly this week.  The team will also make use of the School sports facilities for their training, and watch Merchiston play some of their rugby fixtures.

There is a breadth of rugby talent at Merchiston including 1st XV coach, James Boyd, who coached the Oxford University side to victory at Twickenham, in last year's Varsity Match, along with Brendan Mckerchar, the new Director of Rugby at Merchiston, who has gained 2 rugby blues.  He commented: "I feel this is a fantastic opportunity for the Merchiston boys to see that it is possible to marry academia and sport at a very high level.  The boys will not only get coaching from the team, but access to their expertise and advice".

The Oxford University Rugby team will be visiting Merchiston Castle School throughout their time in Scotland, you are invited to attend a photo call on Thursday 24 September at 4pm at Merchiston Castle School rugby pitches, when the team and Merchiston's 1st XV rugby team will be training and available for comment.

For more information on Merchiston visit www.merchiston.co.uk for more information on Oxford University Rugby Team visit www.ourfc.org