England suffered a heartbreaking defeat in their debut Six Nations match against France on Saturday. They came back from an appalling 16-3 first-half deficit to be leading the match right up until the final two […]
Sport | Uni bested by champions Durham
Approaching Weetwood South on Wednesday lunchtime, there was an overwhelming temptation to write this report from the comfort of my car, despite the torrent of rain on my windscreen obscuring my view. Leeds’ 1sts might […]
Sport | Uni fall in Rugby after valiant effort against neighbours
Varsity may have been a week earlier, but the rivalry was still as strong on Wednesday, when LURUFC’s 6th team fought out a tough fixture against Leeds Met’s 4th side at Weetwood. In what turned […]
Sport | Varsity – In pictures
LS Head of Photography Leo Garbutt brings together the best images of the day from the LS Photo Editor team. Above: women’s Lacrosse @ 3G Pitch (Sam Broadley); below: women’s Rugby Union @ HC Pitch, […]
Sport | Varsity | "A flexy thrashing"
Women’s Rugby Union: Met 94-0 Uni Some Varsity fixtures are too close to call. This was not one of them. Despite some early pressure from Uni’s Women’s Rugby 1st team, it only took Met one […]
News | Leeds varsity supports rainbow laces campaign
Rugby players during Wednesday’s Varsity match wore rainbow shoelaces in support of the Right Behind Gay Footballers campaign. The campaign, which was launched by Stonewall, aims to show support for gay football players and celebrate […]
North on the Up
Jack Fairs Four games into the Lions Tour of Australia and Warren Gatland must now be starting to turn his thoughts towards his preferred Test XV. Whilst the Queensland Reds game can be considered […]
Leeds’ Sevens smothered by Champions Ellesmere
Christopher Spencer Rugby 7s Last Sunday the LURUFC 7s team travelled to Manchester to compete in the Samurai Sportswear Men’s Open. The team had an impressive start to the day with wins in all three […]
Take Care, Danny boy
26/04/2013 Hugo Greenhalgh Sports Editor A sigh of relief echoed around Leeds on Thursday afternoon as it was announced that Danny Cipriani had been discharged from hospital after being hit by a bus in Leeds. […]
Gryphons relegate sorry Met
13.3.13 Leeds University 25-16 Leeds Met The Leeds University Men’s Rugby 2nds defeated rivals Leeds Met 25-16 on a snowy afternoon at Weetwood. This convincing Varsity victory was also enough to relegate the Gryphons’ […]
Student paralysed in rugby friendly
23.11.12 A third-year Politics and Economics student has been left paralysed after a POLIS (Politics and International Studies) society rugby match. 20-year-old Daniel Cowley broke his neck in the accident, which took place on the […]
The Hugh Gumbs interview…
When we meet Hugh at Weetwood this Tuesday, he is organising a training session for the Women’s Rugby team. “We’re all one club now”, he tells us proudly. Gumbs see this as his major achievement […]