Thursday, 5 December 2013

Oxford University women"s rugby team pose nude for charity calendar


  • Female team stripped down to just rugby boots and socks

  • Raising money for Mind Your Head, Oxford’s mental health campaign



By

John Stevens




PUBLISHED:


16:46, 2 December 2013




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UPDATED:


18:21, 2 December 2013



They have imitated the success of their male counterparts on the field.


And now Oxford University women’s rugby team are copying the boys by posing for their own naked calendar.


With only strategically positioned hands to maintain their modesty the players leave little to the imagination.


Line out: The Oxford University Women


Line out: The Oxford University Women’s Rugby Football Club (OUWRFC) present their first ever naked calendar which features current members of the team on the pitch, in the gym, in the library, and around Oxford


Captain Tatiana Cutts, 25, tackling teammate Danielle Yardy, 23, by the river


Captain Tatiana Cutts, 25, tackling teammate Danielle Yardy, 23, by the river



The female team stripped down to just their rugby boots and socks for the black and white photographs taken around the city.


Tatiana Cutts, 25, who tackles teammate Danielle Yardy, 23, by the river in the September photograph, said it was ‘mostly hilarious, really very cold, and absolutely worth it for such a good cause’.


The law PhD student at Keble College, who lectures undergraduates part time and is the club captain, said: ‘It was a bit nerve-racking at first but after a minute it was good fun and great for team bonding.


‘We were lucky it was a sunny day, but I was still absolutely freezing in the picture. We ended up in the river twice, it was utterly miserable.’


Miss Cutts, who is from Tavistock, Devon, and went to Devonport High School for Girls, dismissed the idea that the calendar is distasteful. ‘What we’re doing is celebrating strong women,’ she said. ‘These girls are athletics, these are their body shapes, and they should be celebrated.’


Posing up: The female team stripped down to just their rugby boots and socks for the black and white photographs taken around the city


Posing up: The female team stripped down to just their rugby boots and socks for the black and white photographs taken around the city



Good sports: The girls described the day as


Good sports: The girls described the day as ‘mostly hilarious, really very cold, and absolutely worth it for such a good cause’



The women’s rugby team, who have the motto ‘Back Yourself’, decided to pose for their own calendar after previously helping to sell the men’s calendar.


Club president Elizabeth Dubois, from Dartmouth, Canada, who is studying for a PhD in Information, Communication and the Social Sciences at Balliol, said: ‘We saw the success of the men’s calendar last year and while were helping to sell them at matches people said “if it was your team in the pictures, we would buy one”.


‘Playing rugby is certainly an opportunity to build skill and physical strength, but it is also a chance to release stress, form a social support structure, and feel welcomed.


Charitable: Calendars are £10 each with £1 from every calendar sold going directly to Mind Your Head, Oxford


Charitable: Calendars are £10 each with £1 from every calendar sold going directly to Mind Your Head, Oxford’s mental health awareness campaign



‘With this calendar the club hopes to highlight the inclusiveness of women’s rugby.


‘When you play women’s rugby people have a stereotypical image of you and we wanted to confront that. We have girls of all shapes and sizes, and studying all types of academic subject.’


The calendar features current members of Oxford University Women’s Rugby Football Club on the pitch, in the gym, in the library, and around Oxford.


It is being sold for £10 to raise money for Mind Your Head, Oxford’s mental health awareness campaign.


To visit the calendar website click here.



 








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Magnas Noland,


North London, United Kingdom,


1 day ago


I can coach rugby…?!





tateroifeyo,


Dedza,


1 day ago


We tell girls like Miley that they dont have to be naked to make it, and then all over, we see both men and women posing naked for a calendar. So what are young girls and boys supposed to believe? I mean, every week there is a naked calendar out. Can someone please please create a dressed calendar? Or a tea cups calendar? Just a series of different coloured tea cups. I dont mind if they are the same design. Hell, I dont mind if they are the same colour. Just something other than another naked one. And oh boy, those are really flabby bums





Brian,


Belfast,


1 day ago


The good thing about these calendars is they actually show real people, instead of airbrushed fakery





Lara,


London, Algeria,


2 days ago


Its unoriginal and a bit desperate looking





Sapper764,


Epsom, United Kingdom,


2 days ago


Women rugby players, what next? Don’t tell me.





fedupreigate,


Reigate,


2 days ago


Think we’ve all had enough of these types of calenders – saggy bottoms are so last year





LGA1987,


brighton, United Kingdom,


2 days ago


What a lovely selection of lovely bottoms.





Rocker,


Uk,


2 days ago


oh another topless calander!……how very original





eblue,


London, United Kingdom,


2 days ago


Don’t you have to be intelligent to study into Oxford? Because when it comes to raising money for charity they annually do the naked calender stunt…it’s like there’s a vacuum of imagination and creativity.






Jack Toff,


Chuffington, United Kingdom,


2 days ago


How jolly.



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