Fell's men on revenge mission

Lock Will Fell will lead the Oxford University side into their Under 21 battle with Cambridge at Twickenham on Thursday, 8 December (kick-off 11.30am).

Cambridge were comfortable winners of last year’s game, 20-5, to end a run of seven successive defeats in the fixture. Fell is one of five survivors from the Dark Blues’ starting line-up and there is another from among the replacements.

Full back Dan Levene, centre Dylan Jones and scrum half Charles O’Halloran will all be seeking revenge behind the scrum, while prop Matt Powell, No 8 Ben Girling (replacement last year) and Fell are the returning forwards.

Fell’s men have had a great build-up to their Varsity Match, winning all bar one of their nine games, a 19-17 defeat to theLondon Irish Academy. Their last outing saw them beat the touring Austrian club side, RC Douna Vien, 103-0 with 17 tries.

Oxford University Under 21

15        Daniel Levene               St Peter’s                   HurstpierpointCollege 

14        Sam Wareham              Christ Church              Reading Blue Coat       

13       Oscar Vallance               St Edmund Hall           DulwichCollege          

12        Dylan Jones                 Oriel                          Radyr Comprehensive

11        John Harkness             Keble                         Pate’s GS        

10        William Dace               Hertford                      St Bartholomew’s        

9          Charles O’Halloran       Regent’s Park               Reading School           

1          Joe Mason                  Christ Church                KCS Wimbledon         

2          Daniel Barnes             Keble                          Exeter School  

3         Matt Powell                  St Edmund Hall            HamptonSchool          

4          Matthew Craggs          Keble                          Aylesbury GS  

5          William Fell (Capt)      Somerville                   Perse   

6          Duncan Bucknell         Keble                         King Edward VI GS, Chelmsford

7          Henry Hughes            Magdalen                   Peter Symonds College

8          Ben Girling                Hertford                     Norwich School          

Replacements

16       Andrew Mather            St Edmund Hall             Williamwood HS         

17        Duncan Littlejohns      St Edmund Hall             Latymer           

18        Richard Russell          Lady Margaret Hall        Whitgift           

19        Tom Reeson Price      St John’s                      Eastbourne College      

20        Matthew Shorthose     University                     RGS Guildford

21        Philip Bell                  Exeter                         Fettes College 

22        Chris O’Halloran         Worcester                    Reading School           

23        Owen Jones               Somerville                   Leeds GS