Oxford are the Boat Race's defending champions, and have won the event five times in the last seven years.

They are regarded as underdogs for the 2007 race, as their crew contains only one oarsman with prior experience of the gruelling event, Robin Ejsmond-Frey.

However, the Oxford squad contains experienced internationals, with Croatian Ante Kusurin and Michal Plotkowiak, who should become the first Pole ever to compete in the event.

Oxford have won the Boat Race 73 times in total, leaving them five adrift of Cambridge's tally. As far as dark blues are concerned, the golden period of the race came between 1976 and 1992, when they won on 16 out of 17 occasions. The most famous of these victories came in 1987 when they overcame a mutiny among their crew to triumph. 

For more information on the Oxford squad, go to www.theboatrace.org