Intervarsity Sport

What are UniSport Nationals?


UniSport Nationals provide an opportunity for students at our 43 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.

Please note that the Uni Nationals in Canberra is 7-13 September, which is week 8 of second semester and not in the mid semester holidays. Please speak to your team manager for more information.

Semester 1 - Intervarsity Events 2024

UBL Men lost in semi finals - Women 9th from 14 teams

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.

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 Basketball - Men Won 51-76 Women Won 50-61

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 2024, and will be contested between Men's and Women's Basketball. Match will be held on Monash Uni Campus.


Big Blue T20 Cricket - Monash won 124-5 Melb 121-9

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.

Big Blue AFL Men's Melbourne won 156-7

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.

Expression of Interest (click here)

Big Blue Multi Event - Melbourne 4 - 4 Monash

Results on the night.

Fixtures:

  1. Men Soccer - Melbourne 0-1 Monash (Monash Winners)
  2. Women Soccer - Melbourne 5-1 Monash (Melbourne Winners)
  3. Men Touch - Melbourne 4-6 Monash (Monash Winners)
  4. Women Touch - Melbourne 8-5 Monash (Melbourne Winners)
  5. Men Hockey - Melbourne 3-1 Monash (Melbourne Winners)
  6. Women Tennis - Melbourne 1-2 Monash (Monash Winners)
  7. Women Squash - Melbourne 4-0 Monash (Melbourne Winners)
  8. Mixed Roundball - Melbourne 2-3 Monash (Monash Winners)

Results on the night.

Melbourne 4 wins to Monash 4

Overall scores

Melbourne 7 Monash 5


Athletics Uni Nationals Men 5th of 25 Uni's - Women 5th of 33 Uni's

Athletics Medal Winners

Athlete / Event / Time-distance-height / Medal

Roman A - High Jump - 2.23m - Gold

Sopia G - 400m - 54.53 - Gold

Women - 4x400m - 3.47.84 - Gold

Char H 5000m walk 25.46.36 Gold

Erica H 800m 2.08.46 Silver

Zoe E Triple Jump 12.29 Silver

Ella T - 400m - 54.99 - Silver

Marlin G - 5000m - 14.51.89 - Silver

Jack E - 3000m Steeple - 9.51.69 - Bronze

Women - 4 x100m - 49.01 Bronze

Jamie B - 10,000m - 33.02.63 - Bronze

Final Team Placing

Men finished 5th Overall from 23 Universities

Women Finished 5th Overall from 33 Univeristy

Big Blue Multi Event - Melbourne 4 - 3 Monash

Results on the night.

  1. Mx Netball - Melbourne 49-74 Monash (Monash Winners)
  2. Mx Ultimate - Melbourne 10-7 Monash (Melbourne Winners)
  3. Women Hockey - Melbourne 8-0 Monash (Melbourne Winners)
  4. Men Tennis - Melbourne 2-1 Monash (Melbourne Winners)
  5. Men Squash - Melbourne 2-2 Monash (Monash Winners on points count back 141-123
  6. Men Volleyball - Melbourne 2-1 Monash (Melbourne Winners)
  7. Women Volleyball - Melbourne 0-2 Monash (Monash Winners)

Results on the night.

Melbourne 4 wins to Monash 3

Overall scores

Melbourne 11 Monash 8

Swimming Uni Nationals Men 10th of 23 Uni's - Women 8th of 25 Uni's

Swimming (event has now past 9-11 May 2024)

In 2024, Swimming will be contested in men's and women's events at the 2024 Sydney Open at Sydney Olympic Park, NSW. Multi-class events will also be offered.

Indigenous Nationals 16th out of 31 Universities

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.

(Event has now past 23-27 June 2024)


Semester 2 - Intervarsity Events

Surfing Uni Nationals Men 6th out of 10 Uni's Women 5th out of 8 Uni's
Big Blue Badminton & Table Tennis (9 Aug, Melb Uni)

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.

Badminton and Table Tennis will be played in the stadiums at the same time, which will bring a festival atmosphere to the Melbourne Stadiums here on Campus.

Fixtures:

Badminton Men

Badminton Women

Table Tennis Men

Table Tennis Women

Expression of Interest (click here)


Corss Country Uni Nationals - Tasmania 31st Aug - 1st Sept 2024

Cross Country

In 2024, Cross Country will be held in conjunction with the 2024 Chemist Warehouse Australian Cross Country Championships and will be contested in both men's, women's, and multi-class competitions. The following competitions will be contested:

  • Open Men (10km)
  • Open Women (10km)
  • U20 Men (8km)
  • U20 Women (6km)

UniSport Australia respectfully acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which the 2024 Nationals Cross Country will take place. ​

Mixed Team Relay

A Mixed Team Relay will also be contested at the Nationals Cross Country Championship. The relay will consist of 2 men and 2 women each running one loop of the course. The order is Male, Female, Male, Female. Athletes will only be able to compete in one team.

If you are interested in competing please contact Tony Sephton Performance Coordinator Melbourne Uni .

tony.sephton@unimeb.edu.au

UniSport Uni Nationals ( 7 - 13 Sept) Week 8 of second Semester

The 2024 UniSport Nationals will be held in Canberra, and will see over 6,000 participants from across the country battle it out to be crowned national champions in one of 31 different sports.

This is the flagship event of the year, and the winners from each sport will be combined with the winners of the various Nationals Championships throughout the year to name one university the Overall Nationals Champions.

Registration, costs and specific details are not available currently.

Expression of Interest (click here)


Distance Running Uni Nationals (15 Sept)
Distance Running​

In 2024, Distance Running will be held in conjunction with the Sydney Marathon (10km and marathon events) and will be contested in both men's and women's competitions. Dates are Sunday 15th September 2024

Registration

Step 1: Complete the Expression of Interest form below

EOI for Distance Running

Step 2 : Contact your University Team Manager (UTM) to discuss representing your university. A minimum of two athletes (each gender is considered a different competition) are required to enter a University team in the competition.

Step 3: Once it has been agreeded that you can represent the University, please register online by clicking the both links below.

Marathon and 10k

Uni Sport registration

Pricing

Early Bird registration (3 October - 31 July)

  • Sydney Marathon: $170.00

Standard registration (1 August - 31 August)

  • Sydney Marathon: $190.00

Late registration (1 September - 14 September)

  • Sydney Marathon: $195.00


Uniform

To compete for the Univeristy you will be required to wear the official Winged Victory Uniform, which can be purchased through the Sport Development Coordinator.

Athletics Singlet $45.00

Womens Crop top $50.00

If you have any further questions then please contact Tony Sephton Sport Performance Coordinator

tony.sephton@unimelb.edu.au

The Australian Boat Race (Oct)

The Australian Boat Race is an annual rowing race between the University of Melbourne and the University of Sydney in the sport of Rowing.

Held annually, the venue alternates between the Yarra River in the heart of Melbourne and on Sydney Harbour. It encapsulates the long-standing rivalry between two great cities and two great universities.

Crews are selected from currently enrolled students at the University of Melbourne.

Expression of Interest (click here)

ABR 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

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 2023
  3. 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 2023
  2. 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