Welsh Jamie plays for Cambridge
Roberts, the powerful B&I Lions and Wales centre, fresh from the 2015 Rugby World Cup, is the first current international to play in this greatest of traditional matches since 2009. He is reading medical science at Cambridge, and will be playing for Harlequins for the rest of the season.
After their five successive victories, a record shared with Cambridge, and their record 43-6 win last year, Oxford will be looking for another.
Henry Lamont will captain Oxford in his fourth Varsity. He is one of nine Blues back from the rampant 2014 side. There is even a Blue on the bench – Graeme MacGilchrist. Blues back: Hughes, Janney, Lamont, Cullen De Berker, Anderson, Williams, Taylor, Heathcote and MacGilchrist.
The Cambridge captain is Don Stevens, a scrumhalf who played flyhalf in 2014, who came to Cambridge via Grey College of Bloemfontein and Stellenbosch University. He has 10 other Blues from 2014 with him. The returning Blues are Cherezov, Rees, Gillies, Stevens, Briggs, Montgomery, Hall, Dass, Calvert, Poulton and Tullie.
* The curtainraiser to the match will be the 29th Women's Varsity match, the first at Cambridge. The match kicks off at 11.30.
Teams
Oxford University: 15 Matt Geiger, 14 Henry Hughes, 13 Matt Janney, 12 Henry Lamont (captain), 11 Tom Stileman, 10 George Cullen, 9 Henry de Berker, 8 Fraser Heathcote, 7 Will Wilson, Grant, 6 Nic Roberts-Huntley, 5 Andrew Grant, 4 Fergus Taylor, 3 ian Williams, 2 Richie Halpin, 1 Lewis Anderson
Replacements: 16 Will Thornton, 17 Hugo Lu, 18 Kieran Ball, 19 Graeme MacGilchrist, 20 Will Thomas, 21 James Faktor, 22 André Abraham, 23 Ed David.
Cambridge University: 15 Simon Davies, 14 Ilia Cherezov, 13 Oliver Clough, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Andy Rees, 10 Fraser Gillies, 9 Don Stevens (captain), 8 Sam Farmer, 7 Daniel Dass, 6 James Kilroe, 5 Rob Hall, Ian Nagle, Dave Spelman, Max Montgomery, Will Briggs
Replacements: 16 Paddy Calvert, 17 Jacob Poulton, 18 Demitri Moros, 19 Lola Erogbogbo, 20 Stephen Leonard, 21 Seb Tullie, 22 Mike Phillips, 23 George Williams.
Oxford Women: 15 Sophie Trott, 14 Helen Potts, 13 Emily Stone, 12 Helena Copley, 11 Melissa Grant, 10 Catherine Wilcock, 9 Carly Bliss, 8 Jesse van der Grient, 7 Ellen O’Connell, 6 Abi Willett, 5 Elmarie van Heerden, 4 Leanne Robinson, 3 Cecilia Peker, 2 Anna Bidgood, 1 Sophie Behan
Replacements: 16 Jessica Kempner, 17 Simisola Oyesanya, 18 Helen Lamb, 19 Sophie Taylor, 20 Caitlin McArdle, 21 Ioan Harrop, 22 Maria Lamont, 23 Imogen Duffy
Cambridge Women: 15 Alice Middleton, 14 Lara Gibson, 13 Emily McNally, 12 Anna Wilson, 11 Caroline Reid, 10 Clare Donaldson, 9 Lydia Thorn, 8 Hannah Cooper, 7 Cloe Williams, 6 Alice Elgar, 5 Nikki Weckman, 4 Laura Nunez-Mulder, 3 Tasmin Banner, 2 Jess Charlton, 1 Ciara Scott.
Replacements: 16 Ayala Donegan, 17 Lucy Sutcliffe, 18 Charlotte Edgerley, 19 Laura Bateman, 20 Bethany Randall, 21 Olivia Probert, 22 Heather Britton, 23 Sophie Farrant.
Referee: Sarah Cox
