Rugby League Varsity Match
The Rugby League Varsity Match is an annual rugby league match between Cambridge University and Oxford University. It is played at Twickenham Stoop in London, England, usually in the first week of March. The 2010 match took place on Thursday 4 March. Oxford, the winners of the match, received the KJ Lee Trophy which was donated by the father of a former Oxford player. The 2011 Match took place on Thursday 3rd March, 2011 at 7:30pm, and was won 60-16 by Oxford.
The Varsity Match is one of only three varsity events to be televised and is shown live on Sky Sports. The Varsity Match is currently played at the Twickenham Stoop in front of about a thousand travelling supporters and a television audience of around 85,000.
Dan Garbutt is the Oxford head coach and Brasenose College's Ben Calverley the Oxford captain.
The first Oxford versus Cambridge University match took place in 1981. The varsity match has 'discretionary full blue' status.
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