UniSport Australia (UniSport) is the national body of university sports in

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. They are responsible for the Australian team at the

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events.

Competitions

UniSport Nationals

The UniSport Nationals is the flagship multi-sport competition of UniSport. It is held annually in Australia, with forty-three Australian universities participating in the competition. Since its inception, seven universities have won the overall champion title;

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public university, public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania. One of Australia's six sandstone universities, it was one of the ...

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University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public university, public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state ...

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Monash University Monash University () is a public university, public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. Named after World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the ...

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University of Queensland The University of Queensland is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. Founded in 1909 by the Queensland parliament, UQ is one of the six sandstone ...

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University of Technology Sydney The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public university, public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1988, though its origins as a Institute of technology, ...

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University of Western Australia University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Crawley, Western Australia, Crawley, a suburb in the City of Perth local government area. UW ...

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University of Wollongong The University of Wollongong (UOW) is an Australian public university, public research university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, approximately south of Sydney. , the university had an enrolment of more than 33,000 s ...

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Nationals Snow

The Nationals Snow is the main multi-sport competition for sports played on snow.

Indigenous Nationals

The Indigenous Nationals is the main multi-sport competition for

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Leagues

University Basketball League

It was planned to create the University Basketball League (UBL) for 2020 but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The UBL resumed for the 2021 season.

Women's Uni 7s Series

The Women's Uni 7s Series established in 2017 is the main Rugby sevens league for women in Australia.

University Rugby League 9's

In 2019 the first edition of the University Rugby League 9's was held. Both the men's and women's division won the University of Newcastle.

References

External links

* {{UniSport Sports governing bodies in Australia