ERROR-PRONE OXFORD SLIP TO DEFEAT
Former Gloucestershire Warriors coach Dan Garbutt saw his Oxford University side crash to a 20-4 defeat at the hands of Cambridge University in the 29th PCubed Varsity match at the Twickenham Stoop.
The Light Blues scored two tries in the last 10 minutes to clinch their 16th success in the annual highlight of the student rugby league calendar.
Garbutt was disappointed with his side's effort, saying they were outworked by their Cambridge counterparts.
"I just think there were a lot of errors really, they did the basics a lot better than we did they worked a bit harder than we did," said Garbutt.
"They worked behind the ruck and got some easy ground there doing that.
"I'm a bit disappointed really. I think the lads could have played a bit better, and they know that, but full credit to Cambridge, they played fantastic."
Oxford opened the scoring through pacy winger James Batstone, the two-try hero of last year's victory, but prop Matt Bray brought the Light Blues level on 14 minutes with a close-range effort.
James Hunt added the conversion and extended his side's lead to 10-4 with penalties either side of half-time.
The Dark Blues created a host of tryscoring opportunities in the second half as they sought to draw level but their handling let them down.
Cambridge, who included 11 survivors from their 2008 defeat, clinched the win with late tries through loose forward Ignacio Quintana and winger Joe Pitt-Rachid.
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