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.

Intervarsity Sport

What is Intervaraity Sport?

  • Intervarsity sport is competition between two universities.
  • We select the best student athletes for our Intervarsity teams.
  • We compete against other Universities in head to head or National competitons throughout the year

Get involved in intervarsity events and competitions

Attend clubs day 24th Feb

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  • Locate the Intervarsity booth
  • Contact a Melbourne University Staff member about 2025 competitions and events
Register your Interest - As an athlete

Fill out the form to get details on trials, competitions and Uni National Events

Register your Interest - Team Manager

Please find below information regarding the Team Manager for a Intervarsity team.

Register you Interest - Team Coach

Please find below information regarding the coaching for a Intervarsity team.


Trial for a team

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  • "Register your interest" form will be sent to the Team manager
  • Team managers will contact you with trial dates and useful information
  • Dates for trials will also be advertised on the Intervarsity website
  • Attend the trial in your chosen sport
  • You must be an enrolled University of Melbourne student in 2025 to compete
  • You do not have to be a members of a Melbourne Uni Club team to qualify
Selected to represent the Winged Victory team

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Intervarsity Events 2025


Semester 1

Big Blue Challenge - Semester 1 & 2, Monash or Melbourne Campus

Uni Nationals Athletics - 22-24 April, Runaway Bay Gold Coast,QLD

Uni Nationals Triathlon - 26-27 April, Wollongong NSW

Uni Nationals Swimming - 16-18 May, Sydney NSW

Uni Nationals 3x3 Basketball - 27-29 May Monash VIC


Semester 2

Uni Nationals Distance Running - 5-6 July, Gold Coast QLD

Uni Nationals T20 Cricket - 28-1 Aug, Sunshine Coast QLD

University Basketball League - 4th Aug - Oct, Interstate Competition

Uni Nationals Snow - TBC

Uni Nationals - 27-3 Oct, Gold Coast QLD

Complete this form if selected for an Intervarsity team Winged Victory Participation Agreement

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



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

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