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Monday 13th March saw Meadow Lane host the hotly-anticipated rugby showdown between Nottingham's two Universities, and URN were there to cover the night's proceedings live as they happened. Rob Schofield and Justin Guthrie were in the hot seat to guide you through.

The chaps explained what to expect from this evening.

We came on air just as the Uni ladies had completed their 34-17 victory over Trent, so without further ado we went live to our touchline reporter, James Constantine, to hear what the winners had to say about their well-fought victory.

The Varsity Series is about much more than just this event - it began back in February, with American Football, and all the events are in aid of charity. The team explained all.

This year's Varsity Charity is Headway, a charity founded in Nottingham which works to support sufferers of brain injuries. Michael Gaffney spoke to one of Headway's volunteers, Angela, who explained more about the vital work the charity does.

It's been a long road up to this point, but a successful year saw Uni reach this point with the Varsity Series already wrapped up. We recapped what had happened in a triumphant year for University sport.

Monday night will see Nottingham's finest clash on the hallowed turf of Meadow Lane, home of Nottingham Rugby, to decide which of the universities' rugby sides gets the bragging rights for the year and takes the Varsity Trophy home.

This Tuesday sees the return of the Charity Varsity series at Notts County’s Meadow Lane. Uni lead the series 6-4 going into Tuesday and have the opportunity to really take control with only 5 events left.
Last season saw a great defensive effort and intelligent offense in the Trent half give Uni an 18-7 victory, but that was last year and Uni won’t be able to rely on the boot of ‘Man of the Match’ David Heads this year.

The teams have had polar opposite seasons, with Trent unable to record a victory resulting in relegation from the higher tier, and Uni having a storming second half of the season which has seen them gain promotion. But this is Varsity. All regular season form tends to go out the window. Add this to the excitement of playing at Meadow lane in front of 5,000 spectators, and all bets are off.

Trent have an extremely physical side, and definitely size in their favour in the forwards and backs. Explosive centre Romey Vassel is back from a year abroad and after single-handedly bossing the 2010 Varsity. Uni will have to stop him if they’re to have any chance of winning this. Then there is the rest of the team who, whilst they haven’t won this season, have been playing against the best university rugby players in the country all season.