RUGBY UNION - 2011 Varsity Match

Thursday 8 December 2011

In front of 30,000 at Twickenham, Oxford beat Cambridge in the Varsity Match for the second successive year.

Will Kane's converted try and a penalty from Cassian Bramham-Law put Oxford 10-3 up after Steve Townend's boot had given Cambridge an early lead.

The Light Blues levelled through a converted penalty try before a Bramham-Law penalty and Karl Outen's score from a driving maul made it 18-10 to Oxford.

Another penalty from Bramham-Law and a converted try from fly-half Tom Mitchell ensured a Dark Blue victory.

Of the 130 Varsity matches so far Cambridge have the upper hand having triumphed 61 times to Oxford's 55, with 14 encounters ending in a tie.

Oxford Univ: Hudson; Morris, Perkins, Turner, Bramham Law; Mitchell, Egerton; MacDonald, Oliver, Kane; Outen, Evans; Asbun, Mather, Carter.

Replacements: Guinness for Turner (74), Janney for Bramham Law (66), O'Donavon for Egerton (78), Anderson for MacDonald (41), Connor for Oliver (73), Durward for Evans (68). Not Used: Law, Direen.

Cambridge Univ: O'Toole; Loudon, Guinness-King, Cook, Stevens; Townend, Blake; Briggs, Murdoch, Brown; Kururangi, Annett; Martin, Malaney, Allen.

Replacements: Thomas for Cook (65), Cushing for Townend (65), Hunt for Blake (74), Cobb for Brown (78), Young for Annett (68), Wolfe for Malaney (72). Not Used: Cowan, Austin.

Ref: Dave Pearson (RFU).