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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.

This year's edition of men's Varsity football was always going to be an intriguing affair. Both Uni and Trent have made names for themselves this season as hard-nosed, defensively minded sides who concentrated first and foremost on keeping clean sheets, there was little evidence that this would be a classic. The key question was which team would come out of their comfort zone and try to attack, and take the game. The answer was Uni, and their decision to twist rather than stick proved to be their undoing.

You thought the barging and scratching in netball was as vicious as women's sports get? Think again, because on Monday evening you're going to find out that even a size 8 can land a big hit in a game of rugby - these ladies don't hold back!

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.

Fresh out of training in the buildup to their season finale vs Trent in the Varsity Series, Mike Timotheou and Chris Plummer of Nottingham University Football Club took the time to speak to Michael Gaffney about their hopes for the fixture. With their biggest game of the season just days away, Mike emphasised the importance of peak fitness to their preparations for the game.

Uni's preparations for this game have been rather different to those of Trent, who haven't played competitively since the end of the BUCS season. Last week the Uni boys faced the huge challenge of facing the force of Loughborough 1sts in the BUCS Cup final. Although the result wasn't ideal, both Chris and Mike agreed the team could take a lot from the experience to drive them forward to their final game.

Overall, the guys agreed they had come through a season to be proud of, beating all expectations by not only retaining the BUCS Premier League status (a notoriously difficult feat for newly promoted teams) but also achieving the incredible feat of running Loughborough all the way for the title, finishing second. Chris and Mike were hopeful that they could maintain that consistency with a win over Trent, who after all compete in the lower BUCS Midlands 1A Division.