Monday, January 23

Post rugby life

As it turns out, by some strange twist of fate I have slipped through the cracks and been offered a place at Oxford University to read Politics, Philosophy, and Economics. An administrative error on their behalf I imagine. Therefore it appears that Sarah and I will be heading to the UK in June of this year at which time I will begin reading lots of... those... things.... with um... lots of words... in them.... thingys.

We are very excited about the opportunity and hope that some will have an opportunity to come and visit us there, all will be welcome of course.* We will be at Harris Manchester College which I was disappointed to read is the newest College at the University.... founded in 1786. Matter of perspective really.

*Disclaimer: excluding Harry, Amy, Millie, and Vinnie
Posted by at

5 comments:

Glenn & Sue said...

Jake and i believe that the following should also be considered for exclusion;

Grant, Andrew (after his taxi comment), and Lizzy (subject to a good HSC report)

10:08 pm
damian said...

congrats joe, it will hurt biggles bad when you are not only a better rugby player but also a better academic. all the best. i do have to ask, is the annual oxford v cambridge game at twickers on the cards?

10:39 pm
grant said...

Good on you, Joe. Oxford may possibly be the nicest town I've ever visited. I had a longish chat at your wedding with Bret Robinson's wife (who, from memory, was taller than me, but I may have been reclining on the floor at the time I was talking to her). Excellent outcome to an already distinguished life and I'm sure you'll be visited by MANY Roffs in your residence there, hopefully myself included. To brief yourself thourougly, check out the Harry Potter movies - the Hogwarts' dinner scenes are all filmed in one of the Oxford colleges' dining rooms (tragically, not the college you're entering). Don't take any notice of Glenn's exclusion list - Andrew was only joking and Lizzy may end up studying there with you.

11:11 pm
Anonymous said...

Yes, am hoping to play the Varsity match, which will be on the first Tuesday of December this year, it is stilled played at Twickers and still draws a big crowd. That said I, nay we, are looking forward to rugby being secondary on the priority list.

5:32 pm
daniel said...

I'll help you christen the new place if you like. After all, I'm only a hop, skip and jump away.

1:54 am

Post a Comment