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27th October 2013
01:02pm GMT

According to The Independent, one member of the team was told:
“Please bring a positive pregnancy test. This task shall be ongoing until you succeed.”
The controversial email was sent to nearly 50 male students.
“We fear that the rugby committee do not seem to have grasped the seriousness of their offences, and will shrug this off as an overreaction of a female-led JCR committee” said Pembroke JCR president Rebecca Howe, speaking to Oxford student newspaper Cherwell, which broke the story.
“The captain and [former] social secretary will be issuing an apology to the JCR, and plans to speak about the issue at our next JCR meeting. A constitutional motion to introduce measures to formally sanction each club or society wishing to be affiliated with the JCR is being considered. We will also reconsider the JCR’s contribution to the funding of PCRFC if this behaviour continues.”
A statement issued by the rugby club said: “Pembroke Rugby Club accepts that the emails circulated earlier this week about our proposed Crew Date were entirely misguided and represent a serious case of poor judgement.”
Master of Pembroke College, Dame Lynne Brindley, said: “Pembroke College condemns these irresponsible and disrespectful comments, as well as the apparent nature of the planned event, in the strongest possible terms.”
Kim has since stepped down from his position on the club’s committee.