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The Varsity Match

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The Varsity Match is an annual rugby union fixture played between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England. [1]

98 relations: Alastair Hignell, Albert Freethy, Andrew Bibby, Anton Oliver, Anton van Zyl, Australia national rugby union team, Ben Woods, Blackheath, London, Bob Egerton, Brian Smith (rugby, born 1966), British and Irish Lions, Cambridge University R.U.F.C., Canada national rugby union team, Chris Laidlaw, Chris Sheasby, Clive Norling, Damian Hopley, Dan Vickerman, David Humphreys (rugby union), David Kirk, David Quinlan (rugby union born 4 January 1978), England national rugby union team, Flanker (rugby union), Fog, Gareth Davies (rugby player, born 1955), Gareth Rees (rugby union), Gary Hein, Gavin Hastings, George Rowland Hill, Gerald Davies, Glenfarclas distillery, Harvard–Yale football rivalry, Ian Williams (rugby union), Jack Wills, Jamie Roberts, Joe Ansbro, Joe Roff, Kennington, Kensington, Kensuke Iwabuchi, Kevin Tkachuk, Lehman Brothers, Marcus Rose, Mark Denney, Mark Ranby, Mark Robinson (rugby union, born 1974), Marsh & McLennan Companies, Martin Purdy, Mike Gibson (rugby union), Nate Brakeley, ..., New Zealand national rugby union team, Nick Mallett, Nomura Holdings, Oliver Tomaszczyk, Onllwyn Brace, Oxford University RFC, Oxford–Cambridge rivalry, Parker's Piece, Paul Ackford, Phil de Glanville, Pol Roger, Poulton's Match, Queen's Club, Rectory Field, Rhodes Scholarship, Rob Andrew, Rob Wainwright (rugby union), Rugby Football Union, Rugby union, Rugby union in England, Rugby union positions, Scotland national rugby union team, Simon Amor, Simon Danielli, Simon Halliday, Simon Holmes (rugby union), Stan McKeen, Stuart Barnes, Stuart Moffat, Sunday Star-Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Oval, The Scottish Varsity, Tony Underwood, Toshiyuki Hayashi, Troy Coker, Twickenham Stadium, Tyrone Howe, United States national rugby union team, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University Parks, Varsity match, Victor Ubogu, W. P. C. Davies, Wales national rugby union team, Water polo, Will Johnson (rugby union, born 1984). Expand index (48 more) »

Alastair Hignell

Alastair James Hignell CBE (born 4 September 1955 in Cambridge) is a former English rugby union international and cricketer, and broadcaster.

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Albert Freethy

Albert Freethy (27 April 1885 – 17 July 1966) was a Welsh rugby union referee and first-class cricketer.

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Andrew Bibby

Andrew Bibby (born 24 October 1980 in Sydney) is an Australian actor who played Lance Wilkinson on the Australian soap opera Neighbours in 1995, 1996–2001 and in 2005.

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Anton Oliver

Anton David Oliver (born 9 September 1975) is a retired New Zealand rugby union player.

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Anton van Zyl

Anton van Zyl (born 23 February 1980) is a South African rugby union footballer.

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Australia national rugby union team

The Australia national rugby union team, nicknamed the Wallabies, is controlled by Rugby Australia.

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Ben Woods

Benjamin Woods (born 9 June 1982) is a retired rugby union player who played for Newcastle Falcons and Leicester Tigers as an openside flanker.

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Blackheath, London

Blackheath is a district of south east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Lewisham.

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Bob Egerton

Robert Henry "Bob" Egerton (born 6 March 1963) is a former Australian international rugby union player who won nine caps for the Wallabies in the space of 13 weeks in 1991.

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Brian Smith (rugby, born 1966)

Brian Smith (born 9 September 1966) is an Australian rugby union coach and former rugby union and rugby league player of the 1980s and 1990s.

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British and Irish Lions

The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team selected from players eligible for any of the Home Nations – the national teams of England, Scotland, and Wales – and Ireland.

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Cambridge University R.U.F.C.

The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, sometimes abbreviated "CURUFC", is the rugby union club of the University of Cambridge.

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Canada national rugby union team

The Canada national rugby union team (Équipe du Canada de rugby à XV) is governed by Rugby Canada, and play in red and white.

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Chris Laidlaw

Christopher Robert Laidlaw (born 16 November 1943) is a New Zealand politician and former rugby union player, Rhodes Scholar, public servant, diplomat and radio host.

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Chris Sheasby

Chris Sheasby (born 30 November 1966 in Windsor, Berkshire), is an English former international rugby union player, Eagles legend, commentator and coach.

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Clive Norling

Clive Norling (born April 1950) is a former Welsh international rugby union referee.

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Damian Hopley

Damian Hopley (born 12 April 1970) is a former rugby union player for London Wasps and England.

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Dan Vickerman

Daniel Joseph Vickerman (4 June 1979 – 18 February 2017) was a professional rugby union player.

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David Humphreys (rugby union)

David Humphreys MBE (born 10 September 1971) is a retired rugby union player.

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David Kirk

David Edward Kirk (born 5 October 1960) is a former New Zealand rugby union player.

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David Quinlan (rugby union born 4 January 1978)

David Quinlan (born 4 January 1978) is a retired Irish rugby player.

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England national rugby union team

The England national rugby union team competes in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales.

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Flanker (rugby union)

Flanker is a position in the sport of rugby union.

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Fog

Fog is a visible aerosol consisting of minute water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth's surface.

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Gareth Davies (rugby player, born 1955)

William Gareth Davies (born 29 September 1955) is a former and British and Irish Lions international rugby union player.

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Gareth Rees (rugby union)

Gareth Lloyd Rees (born June 30, 1967 in Duncan, British Columbia) is a former Canadian international rugby union footballer who played at fly-half and full back positions.

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Gary Hein

Gary Mel Hein (born March 26, 1965 in Los Angeles) is a former American rugby union player.

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Gavin Hastings

Andrew Gavin Hastings, OBE (born 3 January 1962) is a Scottish former rugby union player.

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George Rowland Hill

Sir George Rowland Hill (21 January 1855 – 25 April 1928) was an English sporting administrator, official and referee, who is most notable for his role as the Secretary and later President of the Rugby Football Union (RFU).

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Gerald Davies

Thomas Gerald Reames Davies CBE DL (born 7 February 1945 in Llansaint) is a Welsh former rugby union wing who played international rugby for Wales between 1966 and 1978.

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Glenfarclas distillery

Glenfarclas distillery is a Speyside whisky distillery in Ballindalloch, Scotland.

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Harvard–Yale football rivalry

The Harvard–Yale football rivalry is renewed annually with The Game, an American college football contest between the Harvard Crimson football team of Harvard University and the Yale Bulldogs football team of Yale University.

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Ian Williams (rugby union)

Ian Malcolm Williams (born 23 September 1963 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former rugby union player who played as wing.

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Jack Wills

Jack Wills is a British clothing brand.

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Jamie Roberts

Jamie Huw Roberts (born 8 November 1986) is a Welsh rugby union player.

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Joe Ansbro

Joe Ansbro (Born Glasgow, 29 October 1985) is a former Scottish international professional rugby union player.

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Joe Roff

Joe Roff (born 20 September 1975) is a retired Australian rugby union footballer and a product of the Tuggeranong Vikings Rugby Union Club in Canberra, who played on the wing or at fullback for ACT Brumbies and Australia and played 5 tests as a centre in the early part of his Test career.

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Kennington

Kennington is a district in south London, England.

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Kensington

Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, West London, England.

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Kensuke Iwabuchi

Kensuke "Kenny" Iwabuchi (岩渕健輔 いわぶちけんすけ; born December 30, 1975 in Tokyo) is a Japanese rugby player and coach.

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Kevin Tkachuk

Kevin Tkachuk (born September 11, 1976 in Thompson, Manitoba) is a former prop for the Canada national rugby union team and the Glasgow Warriors in Scotland.

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Lehman Brothers

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (former NYSE ticker symbol LEH) was a global financial services firm.

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Marcus Rose

Marcus Rose (born 12 January 1957) is a former rugby union international full back who gained ten caps between 1981 and 1987.

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Mark Denney

Mark Denney (born 25 January 1975) is a former rugby union footballer who played at centre for Bedford, Bristol, Castres, Wasps and Cambridge University.

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Mark Ranby

Richard Mark Ranby (born 1 June 1977) is a former New Zealand rugby union player.

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Mark Robinson (rugby union, born 1974)

Mark Powell Robinson (born 17 January 1974 in Stratford, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer.

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Marsh & McLennan Companies

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. is a global professional services firm, headquartered in New York City with businesses in insurance brokerage, risk management, reinsurance services, talent management, investment advisory, and management consulting.

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Martin Purdy

Martin Purdy (born 29 October 1981) is an English former rugby union player who played for London Welsh, Bath Rugby, and Wasps.

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Mike Gibson (rugby union)

Cameron Michael Henderson Gibson MBE (born 3 December 1942) is a former rugby union footballer who represented Ireland and the British and Irish Lions at international level.

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Nate Brakeley

Nate Brakeley (born August 31, 1989) is an American rugby union player who plays lock and flanker for Rugby United New York and the United States men's national team.

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New Zealand national rugby union team

The New Zealand national rugby union team, called the All Blacks, represents New Zealand in men's rugby union, which is known as the country's national sport.

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Nick Mallett

Nicholas Vivian Howard Mallett (born 30 October 1956) is a former South African rugby union player who played for the Springboks, South Africa's national rugby union team, in 1984.

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Nomura Holdings

is a Japanese financial holding company and a principal member of the Nomura Group.

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Oliver Tomaszczyk

Oliver Tomaszczyk (born 24 November 1986) is an English rugby union player who played for Newcastle Falcons in the Aviva Premiership where he played prop.

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Onllwyn Brace

David Onllwyn Brace (16 November 1932 - 4 July 2013) was a Welsh international scrum-half who played club rugby for Newport and Aberavon.

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Oxford University RFC

The Oxford University Rugby Football Club (Oxford University RFC or OURFC) is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford.

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Oxford–Cambridge rivalry

Rivalry between the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge is a phenomenon going back many centuries.

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Parker's Piece

Parker's Piece is a flat and roughly square green common located near the centre of Cambridge, England and is now regarded as the birthplace of the rules of Association Football.

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Paul Ackford

Paul Ackford (born 26 February 1958) is a former English rugby union international who played lock forward.

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Phil de Glanville

Philip Ranulph de Glanville (born 1 October 1968 in Loughborough) is a former English rugby union player who played at centre for Bath and England.

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Pol Roger

Pol Roger is a producer of champagne.

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Poulton's Match

The 37th Varsity Match, which took place on 11 December 1909, came to be known as Poulton's Match.

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Queen's Club

The Queen's Club is a private sporting club in West Kensington, London, England.

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Rectory Field

Rectory Field is a sports ground in Blackheath in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in south-east London.

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Rhodes Scholarship

The Rhodes Scholarship, named after the Anglo-South African mining magnate and politician Cecil John Rhodes, is an international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford.

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Rob Andrew

Christopher Robert "Rob" Andrew MBE (born 18 February 1963 in Richmond, Yorkshire), nicknamed "Squeaky", is a former English rugby union footballer and was, until April 2016, Professional Rugby Director at the RFU.

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Rob Wainwright (rugby union)

Robert Iain Wainwright (born 22 March 1965 in Perth, Scotland) is a former rugby union footballer who was capped 37 times for Scotland (Captain 16 times) and once for the British and Irish Lions.

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Rugby Football Union

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the governing body for rugby union in England.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Rugby union in England

Rugby union in England is one of the leading professional and recreational team sports.

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Rugby union positions

In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15).

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Scotland national rugby union team

The Scotland national rugby union team is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union.

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Simon Amor

Simon Daniel Edward Amor (born 25 April 1979) is an English former rugby union footballer who played at scrum-half or fly-half for London Scottish and is a former captain of the England Sevens team.

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Simon Danielli

Simon Charles Jonathan Danielli (born 8 September 1979 in Edinburgh) is a retired rugby union player who played on the wing for Ulster and Scotland.

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Simon Halliday

Simon John Halliday (born 13 July 1960 in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales) is a former English rugby union international.

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Simon Holmes (rugby union)

Simon Holmes (born 12 December 1966) is a retired rugby union player, who made three appearances for the Scotland national rugby union team.

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Stan McKeen

Stan McKeen (born April 9, 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian rugby union player.

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Stuart Barnes

Stuart Barnes (born 22 November 1962 in Grays, Essex) is a former English rugby union footballer, and now rugby commentator for Sky Sports.

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Stuart Moffat

John Stuart David Moffat (born 18 August 1977 in Edinburgh) is a former Scottish rugby union international.

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Sunday Star-Times

The Sunday Star-Times is a New Zealand newspaper published each weekend by the Fairfax group in Auckland.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Oval

The Oval, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Kia Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth, South London.

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The Scottish Varsity

The Scottish Varsity, also known as The Royal Bank of Scotland Scottish Varsity Match, is an annual rugby union fixture between the University of St Andrews and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

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Tony Underwood

Tony Underwood (born 17 February 1969 in Ipoh, Malaysia) is a former English rugby union footballer who played as a wing three-quarter back.

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Toshiyuki Hayashi

, (born Tokushima, 8 February 1960) was a Japanese rugby union player.

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Troy Coker

Troy Coker (born 30 May 1965 in Brisbane) is a former Australian international rugby union player.

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Twickenham Stadium

Twickenham Stadium (usually known as Twickenham or Twickers) is a rugby union stadium in Twickenham, south west London, England.

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Tyrone Howe

Tyrone Gyle Howe (born 2 April 1971, Newtownards, Northern Ireland) formerly played in rugby union on the wing for University of St Andrews RFC, Ulster, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions.

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United States national rugby union team

The United States national rugby union team, nicknamed the Eagles, is controlled by USA Rugby.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford (formally The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England.

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University Parks

The Oxford University Parks, commonly referred to locally as the University Parks, the Uni Parks or just The Parks, is a large parkland area slightly northeast of the city centre in Oxford, England.

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Varsity match

A varsity match is a sporting fixture between two university rivals.

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Victor Ubogu

Victor Eriakpo Ubogu (born 8 September 1964 in Nigeria) is a former Bath and England rugby union player.

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W. P. C. Davies

William Philip ("Phil") Cathcart Davies (6 August 1928 – 25 January 2018), played rugby union at centre for Evesham RUFC, Cheltenham RUFC, Cambridge University, Harlequins, England and the British Lions (South Africa 1955).

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Wales national rugby union team

The Wales national rugby union team (Tîm rygbi'r undeb cenedlaethol Cymru) competes annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland.

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Water polo

Water polo is a competitive team sport played in the water between two teams.

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Will Johnson (rugby union, born 1984)

William Drew "Will" Johnson (born May 29, 1984) is an American rugby union player who plays for Rosslyn Park and the.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Varsity_Match

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