The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club (Cambridge University RUFC or CURUFC) is the rugby union club of Cambridge University. They contest The Varsity Match every year against Oxford at Twickenham. A scrum Rugby union (often referred to as rugby, union or football) is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league. ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ... The Varsity Match usually refers to the annual rugby union fixture played between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England. ... Twickenham Stadium, located in the Twickenham district of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, is the third largest stadium in the United Kingdom with a capacity of 75,000, bettered only by Old Trafford Football Stadium and, when it eventually opens in 2007, the new Wembley Stadium. ...
History
Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club was officially establishhed 1872, around three years after the Oxford rugby club was founded. The first Varsity match was contested between the two teams that year. CURUFC officials helped to draw up the laws of the game that were adopted by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) when it was established in 1871. Cambridge became a Constituent Body of the Union in 1872, a status which the club still holds today. The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the rugby union governing body in England. ...
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