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The Scottish Varsity, also known as The Royal Bank of Scotland Scottish Varsity Match due to sponsorship reasons, is an annual rugby union fixture between the University of St Andrews and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. The universities are both founders of the Scottish Rugby Union. Fixtures began in the 1860s, making it the oldest varsity match in the world in a code of football.[1][a]
The Scottish Varsity was resurrected in 2011 after a hiatus of over 50 years and was staged in London at the home of London Scottish RFC in order to build alumni relations.[5] In 2015, the match returned to Scotland in Murrayfield Stadium and drew a crowd of over 10,000 spectators.[6] In 2021, the match was played at University Park, the home of University of St Andrews RFC, due to Covid-19 pandemic crowd restrictions. The match is normally held in late September and has received coverage from Sky Sports, the BBC and IRB’s Total Rugby.[7]
Varsity matches were initially held on St. Andrew's Day but have been moved earlier to late September, they have attracted notable attendees including her Royal Highness Princess Anne in 2012.[8]
No. Date Venue Score Winner 1 30 November 2011 Richmond Athletic Ground, London 32 – 0 Edinburgh 2 30 November 2012 Richmond Athletic Ground, London 28 – 8 Edinburgh 3 28 September 2013 Richmond Athletic Ground, London 24 – 15 St Andrews 4 27 September 2014 Richmond Athletic Ground, London 17 – 12 St Andrews 5 26 September 2015 Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 27 – 26 St Andrews 6 24 September 2016 Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 24 – 12 St Andrews 7 23 September 2017 Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 31 – 7 Edinburgh 8 22 September 2018 Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 26 – 15 Edinburgh 9 21 September 2019 Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 62 – 0 Edinburgh 10 25 September 2021 University Park, St Andrews 18 – 5 St Andrews 11 24 September 2022 Peffermill, Edinburgh 24 – 14 St Andrews 12 23 September 2023 University Park, St Andrews 32 – 29 Edinburgh 13 21 September 2024 Edinburgh Rugby Stadium, Edinburgh 24 – 13 St Andrews By total wins (Men's)[edit] Total matches St Andrews victories Edinburgh victories Draws 13 7 6 0In 2014, the inaugural Women's Varsity Match took place in the form of a 7-a-side match. It now continues to take place every year as a 15-a-side match. [9]
By total wins (Women's)[edit] Total matches St Andrews victories Edinburgh victories Draws 6 0 6 0RetroSearch is an open source project built by @garambo | Open a GitHub Issue
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