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University Touch Championships
2024/25 was a year of continued growth for the CIMA BUCS University Touch Championships, with 21 universities providing 37 teams during the course of the season. 669 individuals played in 486 matches, and a whopping 3,462 tries were scored!
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) have renewed their sponsorship of the BUCS University Touch Championships for three years.
For more than a century, the Chartered Institute for Management Accountants (CIMA) has helped to shape the development of Management Accountancy as a profession, and since 2017 has been a part of an international alliance with the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) to promote accounting and finance in every corner of the world.
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BUCS points
Points are awarded to the top eight universities at the end of the national rounds, rather than teams
| Team | 2024/25 BUCS points |
| Exeter | 50 |
| Bath | 35 |
| Nottingham Trent | 24 |
| Loughborough | 16 |
| Nottingham | 14 |
| Birmingham | 12 |
| Edinburgh | 10 |
| Surrey | 8 |
Players of the Season
Identified via a scoring matrix taking into account tries scored by the individual, number of MVP nominations, and team overall finishing position
| Female | Male | |
| Sophia Jelfs (Exeter) | 1 | Sebastian Trigo De Castro (Nottingham) |
| Anna Crossley (Manchester) | 2 | Sam Dixon (Nottingham Trent) |
| Katie Nicholas (Exeter) | 3 | Archie Devlin (Exeter) |
Most Valuable Players
As nominated by opposition teams after individual matches during the three national events. This award was sponsored by AICPA&CIMA
| Female | Male | |
| Freya Gambles (Leeds) | 1 | Joseph Brewer (Surrey) |
| Anna Crossley (Manchester) | 2 | Barry Heath (Oxford Brookes) |
| Phoebe Simon (Birmingham) | 3 | Oliver Barraclough (Birmingham) |
| Beth Pugh (Nottingham Trent) | 4 | Sebastian Conaghan (Southampton) |
| Katie Nicholas (Exeter) | 5 | Thomas Pollard (Birmingham) |
Top try scorers
| Female | Male | |
| Izzie Davies (Surrey) - 26* | 1 | Sam Dixon (Nottingham Trent) - 56 |
| Anna Burkett (Exeter) - 26 | 2 | Archie Devlin (Exeter) - 48 |
| Annie Russell (Bath) - 23 | 3 | Sebastian Conaghan (Southampton) - 46 |
| Emma Wade (Exeter) - 22 | 4 | Sebastian Trigo De Castro (Nottingham) - 43 |
| Rose Huguet (Bath) - 19 | 5 | Rory Grant (Bath) - 33 |
Izzie Davies wins by virtue of scoring more tries in a single tournament
Team awards
The organisers love to help more Universities get involved in the sport so if you would like more details please contact Ian Tankard via university@englandtouch.org.uk
2025/6 Dates, Venues and Results
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Autumn Semester |
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R1 South |
Sa 01/11/25 |
Surrey Sports Park |
CUP Bath 1 PLATE Cardiff 1 BOWL Oxford 1 SHIELD Bath 3 SALVER RVC |
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R1 North |
Sa 08/11/25 |
Newark RFC |
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R2 South |
Sa 15/11/25 |
Oxford Harlequins RFC |
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R2 North |
Sa 06/12/35 |
Newark RFC |
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Spring Semester |
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R1 National |
TBC |
TBC |
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R2 National |
TBC |
TBC |
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R3 National |
TBC |
TBC |
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Click here for stats and standings
Pool A - Exeter 1, Cardiff 1, Oxford 1, Bristol 2, Surrey 2
Pool B - Bath 1, Bath 2, Southampton, Bath 3, RVC
Pool C - Exeter 2, Exeter 3, Cardiff 2, Oxford 2
Pool D - Surrey 1, Bristol 1, Exeter 4, Oxford Brookes
Pool A - Nottingham Trent 1, Manchester, Leeds 1, Leeds 2, Wolverhampton, St Andrews
Pool B - Loughborough 1, Durham 1, Birmingham 1, Nottingham Trent 2, Birmingham 3
Pool C - Nottingham 1, Loughborough 2, Loughborough 3, Durham 2, Nottingham 2
Pool D - Birmingham 1, Edinburgh 1, Cambridge, Edinburgh 2, Nottingham Trent 3
Registration
For more information on Registration and Fees for entering the University NTS, please click HERE
If you would like any more information, please contact membership@englandtouch.org.uk
