Three in a Row
AFTER OXFORD HAD made it three wins in a row, with a desperately close 9-6 victory over their Cambridge opponents, the reactions of the main protagonists amply demonstrated that there is still a place for the Varsity Match in the modern world of professional rugby.
Sport: Twickers Treble for Battling Blues
TO QUOTE THE Duke of Wellington, that was "a damned nice thing; the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life". Oxford's 9-6 victory over Cambridge in the showdown at Twickenham left Oxford celebrating their first hat-trick in thirty years and Cambridge dreaming of what might have been.
Sport: Player Ratings
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Sport: Whippets Give Dark Blues Varsity Double
WITH ROW UPON row of Twickenham's green seats gazing down at them, Oxford's U21 side produced a brave and clinical performance to seal yet another Varsity match triumph.
Sport: No Fairy Tale Ending For Shrek's Centaurs
A CHANGED CENTAURS line-up travelled to the West Midlands on a gloomy Wednesday afternoon at the end of a hard Michaelmas Term. They were met by a pitch which was more reminiscent of a scene from the Battle of the Somme, than the well-kept surface of the University Parks of which they have become accustomed.
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Sport: Sporting Thoughts
THIS IS WITHOUT a doubt the best Premiership season since the format was introduced ten years ago. Not only could any of five teams realistically win the title, eight teams are at risk of being relegated. So, what the hell is going to happen?