The Rugby League Varsity Match is an annual rugby league match between
Cambridge University
The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III of England, Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world' ...
and
Oxford University
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. The first Varsity match took place on Sunday 26 April 1981 at
Craven Cottage.
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
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The Varsity Match
The Varsity Match is an annual rugby union fixture played between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England. The event began in 1872 with the first men's match, with interruptions only for the two World Wars. Since 1921, the game has ...
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