Rugby League

The rugby world has erupted in recent days over the controversy regarding former Australia and Waratahs winger, Israel Folau. In a tirade of what can only be described as hateful and antagonistic posts on Twitter and Instagram, the rugby star announced to “homosexuals” that “hell awaits you” unless they...

Despite last year’s triumphant victory of 30-6 for the Green and Gold, this year’s fixture had a very different story to tell. Both sides are bottom of their BUCS leagues and have had comparably difficult seasons, so this was always set to be a tight fixture, with both sides...

After Varsity opens at the Super Wednesday day of events on March 20th, attention will turn to the first stand-alone event of the series, Rugby League at Lady Bay, taking place the following Thursday (28th March) at 18:30. Last year’s edition saw Nottingham run out convincing winners against their rivals...

The fixtures for 2018’s Nottingham Varsity Series have been confirmed, and the University of Nottingham will begin the defence of their 2017 crown on home turf, as the city rivalry with Nottingham Trent University gets underway with Super Wednesday at DRSV (David Ross Sports Village) on the 25th April....

The University of Nottingham find themselves leading the pack amid the embryonic stages of the 2017-18 season in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) league. Netball and Badminton shone, whilst their are only few early strugglers. Nevertheless, UoN are sitting pretty atop the table with 1702 points in...

It’s that wonderful time of year again; all those essays are temporarily put aside, George Green is swapped for green and gold, and Hallward is ditched for a view of sporting excellence, as we prepare once again to battle it out against Nottingham Trent University (NTU) at Varsity. 2017’s...

After entering administration four times in the last three years, Championship side Bradford Bulls finally went into liquidation at the beginning of January.  Only on the last day was it decided that Andrew Chalmers and Graham Lowe’s bid to take over the club would be finalised. Pre-season talk normally...