Closely fought game in December won by the College XV 22-17

Youth and stamina prevailed on December 10th, 2009, when an OP Under-21 XV lost to the College 1st XV in a tightly-contested match on Bowden. Watched by the majority of the school (including pupils and teachers) as well as a few OPs, a strong College XV that had  lost only a couple of matches during the school term eventually ran out winners after some excellent forward and back play.

Jack Muggridge (05-08),a former captain of the College 1st XV, organised the OP side. He was delighted to report later that he had had 20 players to select from and put out "probably the strongest team we could have picked." He adds: "It was particularly good to see the fixture played as the last two seasons the game had been cancelled due to lack of interest and weather issues."

The OP rugby squad currently comprises the following OPs:
2006 leavers - Will Hughes, Olly Johnson & Josh Reece. 2007 leavers - Olly Huson, Tom Altman, Simon Jewell, John Symons, Ben Lawton & Jeff Joseph. 2008 leavers - Sean Flynn, Tommy Alexander, James Groves, Dotun Awarni, Tola Awarni (did not play vs the College), Conor Brown, Tom Bishop, Sam Hewick & Jack Muggridge. 2009 leavers - James Paterson & Olly Walgren (who did not take part in the fixture vs the College but played in the autumn tournament).

Any other young OP (under 21 age limit at the start of next season) who would like to play for the OP XV in 2010-11 should email Jack Muggridge at jmuggers@yahoo.co.uk