I missed the word "potential" off my script. That word "potential" was used much in the franchising debate but that's been buggered to death on many of these boards. Mr Mittal is just round the corner

Indeed. There are times it makes one consider pulling out hanks of hair.

It was hardly some of the greatest rugby you're going to see, but it was an entertaining game, full of passion, and with the added emotional factor of Cambridge player James Sherman, whose father is very seriously ill, being named man of the match.

I'm not even sure that it's a major concern about what direct influence playing it or screening it will have on the sport as a whole.

The other code's Varsity match is screened live – we should see it as progress that ours is now accorded the same essential treatment. What that in itself also does is to provide one indication of the development of the sport in the UK.

I just argue that it paints Student Rugby League in a poor light, there are some bloody good players in SRL that don't get the chance to play on sky every season, but these lot who are vastly inferior do.

No it doesn't. Anybody who watched that game and expected that the standard should be something other than two teams of amateurs needs their head examining. I thought it was a decent game, with both sides playing passion and effort and that's what counts, not that there are better sides out there, if we took this logic to it's extreme there would only be a couple of games a season worth watching.

I cant believe some people could turn this game into a negative.

The game struggles to get rid of the "Northern" stereotype, yet the two most prestigious universities in the world, and darn sarf are playing this game and its bad????

as the yanks would say, go figure!!

To all those negative posters, GET REAL!
There were 300+ Corporate types wined and dined in the east stand last night and a fair few young, well spoken fans from each Uni. These people are the future editors, TV moguls, MP's and corporate giants of this country and therefore, this Varsity game is important to the game of RL in general.
If we have a minister for sport in 20 years who is a cambridge RL blue from this year, then I would imagine the sport of RL will benefit. Or....would you rather that sky just showed more wendyball
Some people shouldn't be let near a computer without adult supervision.

I know there were far too many errors in the game, described by Cambridge coach John Evans as a "knock-on-a-thon", but was anybody else impressed by the discipline of the teams when defending their goal line? They put most SL teams to shame, having both feet behind the line on nearly every play.

Also I felt the referee had a good game

Yes to both points.

Generally, it was also a very disciplined game in terms of foul play.

The Varsity match is about the occasion, not the standard of the rugby league.

Instead of bagging this fixture, people should be aware of it's worth in it's own right and then start working towards getting Leeds Met and Loughborough (or anybody else from the Super 6) on tv.

Just getting round to watching this game now.

The Oxford winger Batstone has a look of Billy Slater about him - even down to abusing the defender who came in late with his knees as he scored a try a la Calderwood at Telstra Dome!

As yet he hasn't thrown a silly pass inside to avoid being tackled into touch.

In fact why not get the "Students" games shown on a Friday afternoon, using the equipment already there and offer it FREE to say ITV ( who have no money) or the Beeb so they can educate the masses with really good stuff instead of brainless fodder like the Dick van Dyke show or women chattering aimlessly about nothing.