University of Cambridge Sport

Another historic occasion was the inclusion of the women’s Cuppers finals at Grange Rd., between the men’s finals. All present
agreed this added to the event and made Cuppers day an excellent feast of rugby.
Ed ‘Moo’ Kalman has signed a one-year-deal with Scottish club Borders for the start of the 2006 – 2007 season.
Having joined Whitecraigs RFC when he was eight years old, Ed played for the club for about ten years. He then went on to
represent Glasgow Schools and played for Cambridge University in this year’s Varsity Match.
He also represented Durham University whilst studying towards a degree in physics.
David Akinluyi has signed a two-year contract to join Northampton Saints at the start of the 2006/07 season. Nigerian-born
winger Akinluyi, who scored one of the five tries in Cambridge’s Varsity Match 31 – 16 win over Oxford in December, is
currently studying engineering at Christ’s College.
Northampton Saints RFU Academy has recruited current undergraduate Cambridge Blue Joe Ansbro into its senior ranks for the
2006/07 season in order to train and develop whilst still playing for the university. The Glasgow-born outside centre was
educated at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire before studying natural sciences at Robinson College.
Finally success for the Rugby Club was acknowledged with the ‘Blues’ side named as the Hawks’ Team of the Year, following
their performance in the 124th Annual Varsity Match. This was a fantastic achievement as there had been a number of strong
team performances over the year from the Goldie Boat, the Blues Rugby League and also Blues cricket sides.
Sportsman of the Year
This was awarded to the Light Blues number 6, Nic Alberts (‘04 – ’05), who also won ‘Blues’ in cricket and athletics, over the
past 12 months.
Representative honours
England Universities XV, Ed Calman, Joe Clark, Andrew Clements (trial)
Professional rugby contract with Northampton Saints RFC, David Akinluyi
Cambridge University Women’s Rugby
Union Football Club
www.srcf.ucam.org/cuwrfc
President: Kosnatu Abdulai, St John’s
Captain: Hannah McNelly, New Hall
Secretary: Elizabeth Cooper, Sidney Sussex
Varsity Match
Tigers 12 – Panthers 0
Blues 7 – Oxford 35
Varsity this year was a bitter disappointment but has renewed our ever strong determination and commitment for this year’s
match on the 10th of March, to be played at home. In the first half of the Varsity Match, Cambridge appeared to struggle and
by half time the score was 30 – 0. However, the girls did not let this dampen their spirits. Instead they showed great
determination to get back into the game and put some pressure on the Oxford players. Despite a try scored by Jen Hawkins and
converted by Kirsten Sibbit, this was not enough to come back and win. We also suffered a number of unfortunate injuries. The
final result was 35 – 7 to Oxford. They scored six tries with one conversion and one penalty.
On a more positive note, the Tigers, our second team, won 12 – 0, with Liz Riley scoring both tries from full-back.
Club Report
Last year saw a mixed season for the women’s rugby team. Despite a great success in both our leagues, finishing top of our
BUSA table and in second position in the RFUW Eastern 3 league, we were unable to beat Oxford in the Blues Varsity match.
The Tigers, our second team were victorious, but the first team loss was a disappointment after an otherwise successful year in
which all our players trained extremely hard.
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