NZ captains for Oxbridge match

Two New Zealanders will lead the Oxford and Cambridge University XVs for their annual match at Twickenham in December.

Fraser Gemmell, of Auckland, has been appointed at Oxford and Otago's Duncan Blakie received the same honour at Cambridge.

Both are loose forwards.

Gemmell, 24, the son of 1974 All Black halfback Bruce Gemmell, moved to Oxford in September last year under a Major Stanley Scholarship to study for a master of philosophy degree in geography.

Shortly after, he was selected to play for the famous university in their narrow defeat of Cambridge.

He has represented Auckland at under-19 and under-21 levels, and was a member of the Auckland University club's premier side.

Blakie, 26, has had considerable experience with Otago and the Highlanders. He has also played for the New Zealand Academy XV.