The Rugby League Varsity Match is an annual rugby league match between
Cambridge University
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and
Oxford University
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
. The first Varsity match took place on Sunday 26 April 1981 at
Craven Cottage
Craven Cottage is a football ground in Fulham, West London, England, which has been the home of Fulham F.C. since 1896.According to the club'official website The ground's capacity is 22,384; the record attendance is 49,335, for a game against M ...
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Past winners
See also
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Student Rugby League The University and College Rugby League (UCRL), formerly known as ''the Student Rugby League'', is the organisation which administrates university and college rugby league football in the United Kingdom, on behalf of the Rugby Football League and B ...
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University Sporting Blue
A blue is an award of sporting colours earned by athletes at some universities and schools for competition at the highest level. The awarding of blues began at Oxford and Cambridge universities in England. They are now awarded at a number of othe ...
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The Varsity Match
The Varsity Match is an annual rugby union fixture played between the universities of Oxford University RFC, Oxford and Cambridge University R.U.F.C., Cambridge in England. The event began in 1872 with the first men's match, with interruptions ...
References
External links
Official Rugby League Varsity Match websiteCambridge University RLFC websiteOxford University RLFC website
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Recurring sporting events established in 1981
Rugby league in England
Sport at the University of Oxford
Sport at the University of Cambridge
University and college rugby league
Oxbridge sporting rivalries
Oxbridge
March sporting events
Rugby league matches