
Light Blue victories at both the Varsity Rugby Match and The Boat Race
Light Blue victories at both the Varsity Rugby Match and The Boat Race
It was an exceptional weekend of sport between ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆÄª and Oxford University which saw ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆÄª win five out of six sporting fixtures. The Light Blues won the 141st men’s Varsity Rugby Match on Saturday, followed by The Boat Race on Sunday where ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆÄª won the 77th Women’s Race, the 168th Men’s Race and both Reserve races.
¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆÄª University RUFC men’s team dug deep at Twickenham on Saturday 25 March to deny Oxford a hat-trick of victories. The ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆÄª Light Blues, led by Jamie Benson, took the match 15-10 to extend the winning head-to-head record in the fixture to 65-62.
The following day, The Boat Race was dominated by ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆÄª, who comprehensively won all four races along The Championship Course on the River Thames, London.
The ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆÄª Women’s crew took victory by four-and-a-quarter lengths, making it a sixth straight win for the women's team.
The men’s crew held off a late charge from Oxford to win by just over a length for their fourth victory in the past five races.
¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆÄª lead the rivalry 47-30 in the women's event, while ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆÄª men have won 86 times to Oxford's 81.
¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆÄª University RUFC women’s were defeated in the Varsity Rugby Match for the first time since 2016 with a 31-12 loss against their Oxford counterparts at Twickenham. They had racked up wins in 2017, 2018 and 2019 before last year’s meeting between the rivals ended in a first ever draw, meaning ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆÄª successfully defended the title.
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