Clockwatch: Oxford 9-6 Cambridge

All the action from Twickenham where Oxford University meet Cambridge University in the 120th Varsity match.

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Full time: Oxford 9-6 Cambridge

84 mins: To the delight of the Dark Blues referee Lander blows the final whistle on the first tryless Varsity match since 1981.
It is the first time Oxford have celebrated a hat-trick of wins since 1971.

83 mins: The Light Blues are playing deep in their own half.

82 mins: Cambridge have a last chance with a lineout on Oxford's 10 metre line.
The chance looks to have gone when Miall steals the ball.

79 mins: Cambridge desperately look for an opening, but they are playing their rugby on halfway which is too far from the Oxford line to cause their opponents any real concern.

78 mins: Oxford's sturdy pack hold firm and in combination with FitzGerald's boot keep Cambridge at bay.

72 mins: The whole Oxford pack is caught off-side from a high Taberner up-and-under which goes almost straight up.
Howard pushes the penalty chance well wide.

70 mins: The match is one of cat-and-mouse as each team looks for the vital score in the closing stages.
Cambridge scrum-half Mark Chapman-Smith makes way for Mark Edwards.

63 mins: Cambridge break and Will Rubie is forced to field a weighted grubber by carrying it over his own line to concede a five metre scrum.
The Light Blues are unable to keep the pressure on. After taking the wrong option from the scrum they fail to win the ball on their own throw at the lineout.

62 mins: Oxford keep it in the forwards and rumble towards the Cambridge line, but when they go to the backs FitzGerald knocks-on fielding a poor pass from his half-back partner Dan Taberner.

58 mins: Sam Adlen holds onto the ball for too long in the tackle and Howard converts the resultant penalty.
Oxford 9-6 Cambridge

57 mins: Cambridge make their first change as Tom Blathwayt comes on for Max Graham in the back row.

54 mins: Oxford soak up seven phases of Cambridge pressure before they clear the danger from FitzGerald's boot.
Ray Lehner makes way for Henry Nwume in the Oxford front row.

52 mins: Cambridge pick the pace up in search of a telling breakthrough, but their efforts come to nothing when Ed Mallett knocks-on in midfield.

48 mins: Oxford continue to pressure the Cambridge defence and Nick Marsh breaks down the blindside but is scragged at the last moment.

42 mins: Oxford make a fast start to the second half.
Simon Miall almost breaks through for a try before they opt for a drop which FitzGerald misses.

1456 GMT: Howard re-starts for Cambridge.

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Half-time: Oxford 9-3 Cambridge

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42 mins: Referee Lander blows the whistle on a dour first half.

39 mins: The closing stages of the first half are characterised by some careless errors.
Any passage of good play is invariably followed by a loose knock-on or aimless kick.

34 mins: Having played second fiddle to Oxford in the tight, Cambridge are now posing some questions of the Dark Blues in the backs.

30 mins: The Light Blues attack on the other wing, but Stuart Moffat runs out of space and is pushed into touch.

28 mins: Cambridge look to have settled into the game but are unable to reap reward for a good break when James Baker is stopped short of the line.

24 mins: Cambridge make a rare sortie into Oxford territory and turn down the opportunity to kick three points, instead opting for the catch-and-drive at the corner instead.
Oxford hold firm, absorb the pressure and clear their lines.

22 mins: Oxford put an intricate move together on the blindside from the base of a scrum and move deep into the Cambridge 22.

21 mins: FitzGerald steps up again to convert Oxford pressure into points.
Oxford 9-3 Cambridge

17 mins: Oxford are back in the lead with another FitzGerald penalty after a Light Blue body is caught on the wrong side.
Oxford 6-3 Cambridge

13 mins: Oxford captain Brett Robinson concedes a penalty with a deliberate knock-on at the tail of the lineout.
Sam Howard levels the match with a poor effort at goal that just sneaks over.
Oxford 3-3 Cambridge

11 mins: The emotions boil over on the touchline and referee Lander warns all concerned to "calm down".

8 mins: Oxford have the upper hand, but they are unable to impose themselves on the game and give up a promising position with a knock-on in the centres.

5 mins: Cambridge's play is littered with mistakes and they give away a penalty which FitzGerald converts.
Oxford 3-0 Cambridge

1 min: Oxford are on top in the opening skirmishes played out in Cambridge's 22.

1401 GMT: Following the national anthem, Oxford's Seb FitzGerald kicks off.

1358 GMT: Both teams run out for what for most will be the biggest day of their sporting lives.
On a bitterly cold London day a crowd of about 50,000 are at Twickenham.

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Oxford University: N Marsh (Magdalen); W Rubie (Brasenose), L Sherriff (St Anne's), S Adlen (Jesus), W Ellerby (St Hugh's); S FitzGerald (Balliol), D Taberner (Worcester); K Tkachuk (Kellogg), P Nicholas (Brasenose), R Lehner (Kellogg), A Russell (Magdalen), C Edwards (Balliol), S Miall (Pembroke), J Bolger (St Peter's), B Robinson (Wadham, capt).
Replacements: O Julyan (Keble), H Nwume (University), E Hallett (Brasenose), F Gemmell (St Catherine's), A Nishioka (Oriel), S Fuchigami (Mansfield), T Robinson (Oriel).

Cambridge University: A Newmarch (St Edmund's); S Moffat (St Edmund's), S Adams (Fitzwilliam), M Rivaro (Hughes Hall), J Baker (Hughes Hall); S Howard (St Edmund's), M Chapman-Smith (Hughes Hall); A O'Brien (St Edmund's), C Collins (Wolfson), D Brett (Trinity Hall), A Innes (Hughes Hall), E Mallett (St Edmund's), M Graham (King's), D Blaikie (Hughes Hall), M Count (Jesus, capt).
Replacements: S Amor (St Edmund's), C Derksen (Hughes Hall), M Edwards (Hughes Hall), J Johnson (St John's), M Purdy (Fitzwilliam), T Blathwayt (St John's), J Meredith (Hughes Hall).

Referee: Steve Lander (Rugby Football Union).