The London Varsity is an annual university students' union match contested between the University College London and King's College London, the two founding colleges of the University of London. In rugby, the Varsity is traditionally known as the "Jeremy George Cup" named after the founders of the respective universities, Jeremy Bentham and King George IV. Founded in 2004 by Adam Sommerfeld as a rugby union match, the game celebrates the rivalry between University College London and King's College London, which spans nearly two centuries. The London Varsity is organized by the UCLU and the KCLSU. It is held at the very end of the University Rugby season in March and until 2011 was held at Richmond Athletic Ground. In 2012 the game took place for the first time at the Twickenham Stoop. In 2014, the London Varsity expanded to include six other sports with fixtures taking place over a week from 7 to 14 March, and is known as the London Varsity Series. The current Varsity title holder is University College London.

Charity and programme

Every Year a charity is supported at the game with previous sponsors including KPMG and Adamant Partners.

Results

In the modern era: Men's Games: 2004: UCL 19–7 KCL 2005: UCL 11–7 KCL 2006: UCL 2007: UCL 18–5 KCL 2008: UCL 2009: KCL 12 -10 UCL 2010: UCL 2011: KCL 17–15 UCL 2012: UCL 24–7 KCL 2013: Not played 2014: UCL 16–9 KCL 2015: KCL 37–10 UCL 2016: KCL 23–11 UCL 2017: UCL 16 –10 KCL 2018: UCL 15 –11 KCL 2019: Not played 2020: KCL 27–12 UCL 2021: UCL 49–7 KCL 2022: UCL 12-8 KCL 2023: UCL 17-12 KCL 2024: UCL 10-7 KCL Women's Games: 2007: UCL 2008: UCL 2009: UCL 2010: UCL 2011: UCL 38–5 KCL 2012: UCL 28–5 KCL 2013: Not played 2014: UCL 10–7 KCL 2015: UCL 30–12 KCL 2016: KCL 48–0 UCL 2017: KCL 17–0 UCL 2018: KCL 5–0 UCL 2019: UCL 15–10 KCL 2020: KCL 29–10 UCL 2021: KCL 38-0 UCL 2022: KCL 12-5 UCL 2023: KCL 12-10 UCL 2024: KCL 20-5 UCL

The London Varsity Series

In 2014, a decision was made jointly by University College London Union and King's College London Students' Union to expand the varsity competition to include six sports in addition to the traditional rugby fixture. Since 2014 the London Varsity series has flourished, becoming a staple feature in the calendar of both universities and now including over 30 sporting fixtures played across one week in March. The lineup for the 2018 London Varsity Series included fixtures in: The fixtures usually include both a men's and women's game and the Hockey, Netball and Football fixtures include matches between both unions' hockey clubs as well as both unions' medics' hockey clubs. Every year an overall Player of The Series Award is a presented to the outstanding performer of the series. The inaugural winner of The Player of The Series Award was Septimus Theodoulou Knox from UCLU Men's Rugby.