FRASER Heathcote will get a late chance to push for Varsity Match selection when Oxford University host Loughborough University at Iffley Road tonight (7.30).
Heathcote, who won a Blue as a back-row replacement in the 2013 Varsity Match, has been out injured since the Dark Blues’ victory over Wasps on October 20.
But he is added to the squad for tonight’s rearranged match after original opponents Northampton pulled out.
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Hooker Nick Gardner and wing/full back Ed Doe also return for Oxford’s final pre-Twickenham home game, while prop Dean Irvine comes in.
Oxford University: from Irvine, Scaife, Gardner*, Williams*, Wisson*, Western, MacGilchrist*, F Taylor, Reeson Price*, Heathcote*, Jones*, Messum, Thomas, J Taylor* (capt), Hughes*, Janney*, Macdonald*, Doe*, Cullen, Egerton*, Strang, Lamont*, Goodfellow, de Berker. * denotes Blue.
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