Thursday, 5 December 2013

Women"s rugby team 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:


12:11, 3 December 2013




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UPDATED:


12:15, 3 December 2013



The autumn internationals have just finished, but rugby fans will be eagerly anticipating the first day of 2014 when they can place this calendar on their walls.


Oxford University women’s rugby team are copying their male counterparts by posing for their own naked calendar – with only strategically positioned hands to maintain their modesty.


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


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


Tatiana Cutts, 25, who tackles team-mate 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.


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’



‘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.’


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.


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



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.


‘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.


Here


Here’s how it’s supposed to look! The autumn internationals have just come to a close



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To visit the calendar website click here.



 








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Brit_In_LA,


Los Angeles, United States,


1 day ago


I am hoping for an early bath!





faris,


montreal – Canada,


1 day ago


Seriously?





jimbo,


wirral, United Kingdom,


1 day ago


How original. Is it for charidee?





dww25,


Norwich,


1 day ago


Nice to see some real women!





Marvsta,


Bulawayo, Zimbabwe,


1 day ago


Really????





MaxFM,


somewhere over the rainbow, United Kingdom,


1 day ago


Wow – they have to be one of the best looking female rugby teams I’ve ever seen!





lanny,


Peebles,


1 day ago


Who doesn’t love a naked hooker :)





Basher Baker,


London, United Kingdom,


1 day ago


What an eyeful for the front lifter in the line out! And well done girls for raising money for a very good cause.





andy,


sydney,


1 day ago


Wow, two naked-lady fundraising calendars in one day for the DM – netball and rugby. When I was younger, I spent most of my time trying to get their clothes off – It now seems to be something of a challenge to persuade them to keep them on.





Brewer,


London,


1 day ago


Nice photos keep em coming ;-)



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