Magdalen College JCR Information

Magdalen made a valiant effort against Keble's firsts in Rugby Cuppers on Saturday. While Magdalen did manage to put out a full side of 15 men, we only had 27 and a half boots, and Babak "Gentle Giant" Sarani had no choice but to borrow a pair from Keble. We would have had 29.5 boots, but James "keep lad culture out of rugby" Yeomans forgot to bring the pair that he'd borrowed from Babak. As it turned out, Keble not only had more boots but also far more subs than Magdalen. Despite their claim that fifteen members of the team were out because of injury, Keble managed to bring out about thirty men and a handful of pom-poms for the bench to cheer on the starters. Magdalen managed to hold Keble to only two tries in the first fifteen minutes, but injuries began to plague the team, and we were down to only eleven by halftime. At this point, Keble decided that they couldn't take any more punishment, and we called it off. While we hadn't really expected to beat the Keble side, which trains twice weekly and just won the top division of the league, the defeat might've felt a bit better if we'd scored at least 3 points.