EBBW Vale hooker Jon Evans will no doubt have been taking a trip down memory lane this afternoon as Oxford and Cambridge Universities contested the 120th Varsity match.

After getting his degree from Cardiff University, Evans spent a year at Homerton College, Cambridge, studying post-graduate Sports Science and was chosen for the 1995 Varsity match.

It was his late try which sealed a 21-19 win after a dramatic fight-back.

Having been 19-9 down with time running out, referee Tony Spreadbury awarded the Light Blues a controversial penalty try four minutes from time and, in the first minute of injury time, the ball was spun along the line to Evans who crashed over.

Now a lecturer in HND Sports Science at Neath College, Evans wasn't at Twickenham today, but made sure his academic work was out of the way, so he could enjoy watching the latest battle in the fixtures' long history.

The match has been played at Twickenham since 1921, but Evans admitted he was unimpressed with the stadium - until he ran out just before kick-off.

He said: "It was an amazing day, one of the best in my career.

"I remember going out for the warm-up and thinking 'this isn't that special'.

"But when I ran out just before kick-off, the noise from the 78,000 fans was amazing and I just kept thinking 'oh my god'."

It might have been seven years since his moment of glory, but Evans still remembers the try even if the memories of the party afterwards are a bit hazy.

He said: "We won a line-out on their 22 and the ball was chipped through for their full-back, but we managed to get the ball back and span it along the line.

"Being my usual lazy self, I was in the centre and was fed by the fly-half before I went over.

"It was a brilliant day, a brilliant night and I've got lots of good memories." Evans has been invited back this year, but his lecturing commitments means he'll be watching it in the bar although he admits he'd love to be back.

Oxford started today's match as favourites and are in the hunt for their fourth successive victory over Cambridge. Another victory would equal their previous best sequence of victories, but Cambridge lead the series with 56 to 51 wins.