The Woodpeckers were a combined Oxford and Cambridge touring rugby team, founded in 1948 by Colin Figures while at Pembroke College, Cambridge.
The team colours were a 'woodpecker'-green shirt, grey shorts and green hose.
As well as Colin Figures, other members of the team included former Guardian rugby union correspondent, David Frost.
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