RUGBY UNION: Varsity Match live (From Oxford Mail)
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RUGBY UNION: Varsity Match live
1:05pm Thursday 6th December 2012 in Sport
By Ed Mezzetti, Sports reporter specialising in Rugby, Cricket and Athletics. Call me on 01865 425456
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3:38pm
Full time: Oxford 26, Cambridge 19
3:38pm
Full time: Oxford 26, Cambridge 19
3:38pm
Full time: Oxford 26, Cambridge 19
3:35pm
Oxford 26 (Marr pen), Cambridge 19
3:28pm
Oxford 23 (Marr try, Marr con), Cambridge 19
3:20pm
3:19pm
Oxford 16 (Harris try), Cambridge 19
3:15pm
Game is finely poised, but the penalties keep coming
3:09pm
Oxford 11 (Egerton try), Cambridge 19
2:59pm
Oxford 6, Cambridge 19 (Stephen pen)
2:56pm
Second half underway
2:49pm
Half-time: Oxford 6, Cambridge 16. Still very close, but Cambridge have been more clinical
2:42pm
Oxford 6, Cambridge 16 (Stephen con)
2:41pm
Oxford 6, Cambridge 14 (Murdoch try)
2:31pm
Oxford 6 (pen Bramham-Law), Cambridge 9. Much better from the Dark Blues
2:26pm
Oxford captain John Carter goes off with leg injury
2:24pm
Oxford 3 (Bramham-Law pen), Cambridge 9
2:20pm
Oxford 0, Cambridge 9 (Stephen pen)
2:12pm
Oxford 0 (Bramham-Law missed pen), Cambridge 6
2:08pm
Oxford have already conceded four penalties - poor start
2:07pm
Oxford 0, Cambridge 6 (Stephen pen)
2:07pm
Oxford 0, Cambridge 3 (Stephen pen)
2:00pm
And we are underway...
1:58pm
Lining up for the national anthem
1:53pm
It doesn't look like the biggest crowd so far. Maybe they are all still in the bars?
1:30pm
It's freezing cold at Twickenham as the players warm up on the pitch. Oxford captain John Carter has five Blues alongside him in his starting line-up, while Cambridge have just four, so there will be an unusual lack of Varsity Match experience on show
1:07pm
The main match kicks off at 2pm, but Oxford have taken the first honours of the day, defeating Cambridge 31-17 in the under 21 curtain-raiser
