Intervarsity Sport

Represent the University of Melbourne in sporting competitions across Australia and overseas.

Intervarsity Sport at the University dates back to the first university sporting competitions in Australia in 1870. We provide students with the opportunity to represent the University in a variety of regional, national and international sporting competitions, such as the Big Blue, Varsity Challenge, and Uni Nationals.

Come Play for the University in 2025

Intervarsity Sport

Come and Play for the University

Participating in sports for The University of Melbourne, whether through UniSport Australia events or other competitions, is an excellent way to enhance your student experience.

Intervarsity sport is competition between two universities. We select the best student athletes for our Intervarsity teams, and then compete against other Universities in head to head or National competitons. You are required to be a student registered in the current academic year to qualify, but you do not need to play for our clubs. To recieve more information please complete the form below.

Intervarsity Information form 2025

2025 Intervarsity Sport Calendar

The following details outline all the Intervarsity opportunities for 2025

Semester 1 - Intervarsity Events 2025

Clubs Day (24th Feb, Melbourne Uni)

If you want to represent the University in our Intervarsity program against other Australian Universities, then sign up at this event, and talk to our team on sporting volunteers. The Intervarsity program is coordinated along side our sporting clubs, but you do not have to be a member of our clubs to be involved.

Date: Monday 24th Feb 2024

Time: 11am-3pm

Big Blue T20 Cricket - Tuesday 18th March - Men


The Big Blue encapsulates the sporting rivalry between Victoria’s two largest Universities, Melbourne and Monash.

Rivals on and off the sporting field, the matches are played at Melbourne’s Parkville Campus or Monash’s Clayton Campus during Semester and offer a chance for students to represent their University in a local and competitive setting, at no cost.

A winner is declared at the conclusion of Semester 2 when the head-to-head results are tallied up.

This is the fixture will be contested between Men's T20 Cricket team, held on Melbourne Uni Oval, Parkville Campus.

If you would like to trial out for this team please complete the form below.

You will be contacted about trials dates.

Big Blue AFL - Wednesday 16th April - Men and Women

The Big Blue encapsulates the sporting rivalry between Victoria’s two largest Universities, Melbourne and Monash.

Rivals on and off the sporting field, the matches are played at Melbourne’s Parkville Campus or Monash’s Clayton Campus during Semester and offer a chance for students to represent their University in a local and competitive setting, at no cost.

A winner is declared at the conclusion of Semester 2 when the head-to-head results are tallied up.

AFL Men's and Women's will be played on Monash Uni Oval.

Uni Nationals Athletics - 22-24 April - Gold Coast QLD - Men and Women

More Information coming soon

Uni Nationals Triathlon - 26-27 April - Wollongong NSW - Men and women

More information coming soon

Big Blue Basketball - Monday 28th April - Men and Women

The Big Blue encapsulates the sporting rivalry between Victoria’s two largest Universities, Melbourne and Monash.

Rivals on and off the sporting field, the matches are played at Melbourne’s Parkville Campus or Monash’s Clayton Campus during Semester and offer a chance for students to represent their University in a local and competitive setting, at no cost.

A winner is declared at the conclusion of Semester 2 when the head-to-head results are tallied up.

This is the first fixture for 2025 and will be contested between Men's and Women's Basketball. Match will be held on Melbourne Uni Parkville Campus.


Big Blue Multi Event - Monday 5th May - Monash Campus

Fixtures: Monash Campus Clayton

  1. Men Soccer -
  2. Women Soccer -
  3. Men Touch -
  4. Women Touch -
  5. Women Hockey -
  6. Men Tennis -
  7. Men Squash -
  8. Mixed Roundball -

All Matches start between 5pm- 6pm, and competition finishes by 8.30pm


Big Blue Multi Event - Monday 12th May - Melbourne Campus

Fixtures: Melbourne Parkville Campus

  1. Mx Netball -
  2. Mx Ultimate -
  3. Men Hockey -
  4. Women Tennis -
  5. Women Squash -
  6. Men Volleyball -
  7. Women Volleyball -

All Matches start between 5pm- 6pm, and competition finishes by 8.30pm

Uni Nationals Swimming - 16-18 May - Sydney NSW - Men and Women

In 2025, Swimming will be contested in men's and women's events at the 2025 Sydney Open at Sydney Olympic Park, NSW. Multi-class events will also be offered.


Uni Nationals 3x3 Basketball - 27-29 May - Monash VIC - Men and Women

3x3 Basketball

In 2025, 3x3 Basketball will be hosted from 27-29 May, and will be contested in both men's and women's competitions.

The competition is due to be held at Monash University.

More details to come.


Indigenous Nationals - 23-27 June - Perth WA - Men and Women

Now referred to as Indigenous Nationals, the event is a week-long multi-sport competition for indigenous student-athletes. The annual event aims to bring together student-athletes from universities across Australia to compete in a variety of sports and ultimately crown one university team the champion of the games. Indigenous Nationals is an amazing environment to not only celebrate the rich sporting culture of indigenous Australia but to also acknowledge the heritage and history of the participating student-athletes.


Semester 2 - Intervarsity Events

Uni Nationals T20 Cricket -28-1 August - Sunshine Coast QLD - Men
UBL Basketball League - Early August to mid October - Men and Women

The University Basketball League Australia (UBL) is a nationwide competition between the best eleven women's and men's basketball teams. The competition is played over an epic eight-week battle, culminating in a two-week final series.

Results

2024 Men's Melbourne University lost to Sydney Uni in the semi finals

2024 Women's Melbourne University finished 9th from 14 teams.


Big Blue Multi Event - Friday 5th Sept - Melbourne Campus

Men's and Women's Badminton

Men's and Women's Table tennis

Uni Nationals - 29-3rd October - Gold Coast QLD


A full calendar of UniSport Australia events can be found on the events page on the UniSport Australia website.

  • You must be an enrolled student at the University of Melbourne to be eligible for selection in any intervarsity event.
  • If you want more details? Contact the Sport Performance Coordinator

Intervarsity Results

Big Blue Challenge

The Big Blue encapsulates the sporting rivalry between Victoria’s two largest Universities, Melbourne and Monash.

Rivals on and off the sporting field, the matches are played at Melbourne’s Parkville Campus or Monash’s Clayton Campus during Semester and offer a chance for students to represent their University in a local and competitive setting, at no cost.

A winner is declared at the conclusion of Semester 2 when the head-to-head results are tallied up.

  1. Overall Champions
  2. Big Blue results 2024
  3. Big Blue results 2023
  4. Big Blue results 2022


Unisport University National Competitions

UniSport Nationals provide an opportunity for student-athletes at our 42 member universities from across Australia to compete head to head in a number of national standard sporting competitions.

Nationals are comprised of our flagship event, UniSport Nationals, and a number of standalone national championships throughout the year.The winners from each sport in UniSport Nationals will be combined with the winners of the various Nationals Championships throughout the year to name one university the Overall Nationals Champions.

  1. UniSport results 2024
  2. UniSport results 2023
  3. Unisport results 2022


Resources

See below key Athlete, Team Manager and Coach resources and documents that are related to Uni Nationals events

Contact Us

Can’t find what you’re looking for? For further information regarding Winged Victory and Intervarsity Sport, please contact the Sport Performance Coordinator Tony Sephton on (03) 8344 3833 or via tony.sephton@unimelb.edu.au