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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 and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 1889 Oxford University Rugby Union Varsity Match team. The University of Oxford RFC was founded in 1869, fifteen months before the creation of the Rugby Football Union. The first Varsity Match was played in February 1872 in Oxford at 'The Parks', the following year the return game was played in Cambridge on Parker's Piece. In 1874 it was ...
The country's longest-running series of varsity matches is played between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.In addition to the 1827 University Match in Cricket mentioned above, the first "Boat Race" in 1829 [4] the first "Varsity Match" (in Rugby Union) in 1872, [5] and the first "Varsity Game" (in Basketball) in 1921 were all contested between Oxford and Cambridge.
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During the seventies the club were known as Oxford City RFC and competed in the 1971–72 John Player Cup which today is known as the Anglo-Welsh Cup. [4] Their most famous player was arguably Michael James Parsons known as Jim Parsons who was capped by England four times in the 1968 Five Nations Championship , after joining Northampton Saints ...
Oxford Harlequins (Oxford Quins) Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Oxford, England. The men's 1st XV currently play in National League 2 East , a level 4 league, following their promotion from Regional 1 Midlands at the end of the 2023–24 season.
England: 3rd — [32] [33] 6 November Tonga: Twickenham Stadium, London 69 3 2021 Autumn International: Win England: Courtney Lawes: 4th — [34] [35] 13 November Australia: Twickenham Stadium, London 32 15 Win England: Owen Farrell 3rd Cook Cup [36] [37] 20 November South Africa: Twickenham Stadium, London 27 26 Win England: Courtney Lawes 3rd ...
Iffley Road is the home ground of the Oxford University Rugby Football Club. [2] Many matches against international teams have been played at Iffley Road. Oxford University has played there against South Africa six times (1906, 1912, 1931, 1951, 1960 and 1969), New Zealand 5 times (1905, 1924, 1935, 1953 and 1963) and Australia 8 times (1908, 1927, 1947, 1957, 1966, 1975, 1981 and 2001).