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The Welsh Varsity is an annual sporting event contested by Cardiff University and Swansea University, usually in early April.The sports contested include rugby union, hockey, cricket, squash, badminton, lacrosse, rowing, golf, basketball, football, American football, ultimate frisbee, netball, volleyball, fencing and an array of other sports.
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.
The side compete in the annual Welsh Varsity Match against Swansea University RFC, the biggest varsity game outside of Oxford – Cambridge in the UK.The match is the highlight of the university sporting year and is played at alternating high-profile venues including, Liberty Stadium in Swansea, Cardiff Arms Park and the Millennium Stadium.
Swansea University Rugby Football Club is a Welsh amateur rugby union club based at Swansea University, Swansea. It competes in the BUCS Rugby Union Super Rugby League as of the 2021/2022 season. The club has experienced major success, winning the UAU Championship six times and the BUSA Championship twice.
The regions have been reasonably successful in the United Rugby Championship, with Welsh teams winning on 6 separate occasions. The Ospreys are the most successful Welsh team in the history of the league with four titles, a record that was eventually shared and then surpassed by Leinster. The Scarlets have won the league twice, most recently in ...
Welsh rugby starts another week in crisis with the future of head coach Warren Gatland up for debate.
Sports. Weather. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. ... Talking points as Welsh rugby welcomes URC return. Matt Lloyd - BBC Sport.
Rugby union and Wales' national team hold an important place in Welsh culture and society. Sport historian John Bale has stated that "rugby is characteristically Welsh", and David Andrew said that "To the popular consciousness, rugby is as Welsh as coal mining, male voice choirs, How Green Was My Valley, Dylan Thomas, and Tom Jones". [145]