12/06/2026
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T1 Rugby Bicester Rugby Union Football Club
Celebrating five years of Bicester Rugby’s mixed adult non-contact!
On Monday evening (1st June 2026) Bicester Rugby Club’s T1 Rugby squad embraced the cooling light rain and continued their weekly fitness run about, executing dynamic running lines, dazzling ball handling skills and scoring thrilling tries. Then afterwards, enjoyed a social drink in ‘The Kitchen & Bar at Whitelands’ to mark having played non-contact Rugby Union at Whiteland’s Sports Ground for the last five years.
Craig Morley - founder of Bicester RFC's Mixed Adult non-contact offer:
"We started touch rugby at Bicester RUFC five years ago, initially supported by seed funding from Cherwell District Council. We were also proud to be the first club to adopt T1 Rugby after a successful trial.
We play all year round – only breaking for major holidays – and regularly attract great numbers. It is the perfect way to keep playing when your body no longer fancies the full-contact game, but it has also proven a brilliant gateway for complete beginners. Our players range from veterans and current contact players to total newcomers. It has built skills, boosted fitness, and created a fantastic, welcoming team spirit where enjoyment is the ultimate goal."
Richard Havers - member:
"5 years of Bicester [non-contact] rugby has massively improved my health and fitness, and gets me out of the house regularly away from the wife and kids. Long may it continue…
Jack Murphy - member:
"[Non-contact] rugby has allowed me to take my game to the next level. The likeness to contact and free flowing game has helped me in game situations, fitness and also socially.
Paul Radford - member:
"This has probably been the longest I've ever played at the same rugby club! Five years of laughs, run outs, great fun with a like-minded bunch of people, and keeping fit. Long may it continue."
Fancy coming along and giving it a try?
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