Windsor have only played OXFORD on two previous occasions winning both matches.
Changes to the front row forced by Billys RED card last week gives Matt Warren a chance to step up and get additional experience at Tighthead, Nick will return at Loosehead. The rest of the team remains as per last week. The bench rotates with a number of players getting a chance to earn a cap this season.

LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT OXFORD RFC
The club was established in 1909 as "Oxfordshire Nomads RUFC".[1] The club wound up in 1919 after eighteen members were killed in World War I, but Oxfordshire recovered and were reformed two years later.[2] The club changed to "Oxford RFC" after a merger in 1948,[2] and moved to Southern Bypass, in 1951.[3]
During the seventies the club were known as Oxford City RFC and competed in the 1971–72 John Player Cup which today is known as the Anglo-Welsh Cup.[4] Their most famous player was arguably Michael James Parsons known as Jim Parsons who was capped by England four times in the 1968 Five Nations Championship, after joining Northampton Saints.[5] In the 1988–89 Pilkington Cup they did well to progress to the third round but were then drawn away to four time winners and England's leading club at the time Bath, which resulted in an 82–9 hammering.

The club runs two senior teams and a colts. The 1st XV currently play in the Counties 1 Southern North which is a level 7 league in the RFU league pyramid. The 1st XV was relegated from BBO Premiership in the 2019–2020 season, Oxford 1st XV competed in Tribute BBO 2 North level 9 in the 2021–22 season which is now known as Counties 3 Tribute Berks, Bucks & Oxon North. In the 2021–22 season, Oxford RFC 1stXV became champions beating local rivals Faringdon RUFC winning 17 out of 18. The RFU changed league structure in the 2022–23 season which meant following promotion we were put in Counties 2 Tribute Berks, Bucks & Oxon North (Formerly BBO Premiership). We unfortunately lost out on promotion to Oxford Quins 2nd XV in the 2022–23 season where we finished 2nd out of twelve teams, and again we finished 2nd out of twelve teams being pipped to promotion by High Wycombe in the 2023–24 Season.