Everything you can expect to see at tomorrow’s Scotland Varsity matches at Murrayfield

This Saturday, the men's and women's rugby clubs of St Andrews and Edinburgh universities will battle it out on the field at Murrayfield in an attempt to be this year's Scottish Varsity champions.

In what is the oldest varsity match in the UK (chin up Oxbridge), there have been trends developing in recent years. So if you've not been before and have decided to fork out a fiver to go, here's what you can expect to see.

Rowdiness

Whilst some people make the trip to Murrayfield to just watch a couple of nice games of rugby, others make a proper occasion of it. Large groups, especially the rugby clubs, look as if they've been drinking since breakfast and boy can you hear it.

The unimaginative and louty chanting could arguably be seen as adding to the atmosphere, but it probably goes a bit far when you get worried that a fight might break out.

A rare show of passion for your uni

As much as most of us love our unis, it's rare that we ever get to show our passion in an obvious way and here we really get to do that.

A lot of tweed

Tweed. Tweed everywhere. Again the two rugby clubs are the most guilty on this one.

Expensive pints and average food

These guys are happy because they preed well

Bit of advice if you're planning on drinking – pre hard. The pints at the ground are pretty pricy and the queues themselves aren't really worth your time. Tinnies before the games are definitely the way to go.

Guys prentending to be rugby experts

"Look at the work that the flanker does at the breakdown, that's why they're on top."

Okay mate, we get it. You watch the Six Nations on TV and remembered something that a commentator said once.

Even though they haven't played a game of rugby since they were 11, they'll still pretend to be experts.

Guys getting jealous of the players as the girls fawn over them

It doesn't take too many comments of "ooh that winger is gorgeous" or "look at the bod of that guy" for the guys to start feeling self-conscious.

Yep, don't feel insecure at all

One look at the immaculate physiques of the thirty men on the pitch and then another look at their beer-bellied, scrawny selves can make a man feel a wee bit jealous.

Edi's women to destroy St Andrews

Sorry St Andrews, but after last year's 97-0 drubbing, I'm not sure we can expect much else.

St Andrews men scraping a narrow win

Despite being a significantly smaller university, St Andrews have impressively won the past four Varsity matches, including in 2015 when they won from the last kick of the game.

People running on the pitch

The aforementioned rowdiness can often spill from the stands and onto the pitch. Towards the end of the game, expect peacocking first years trying to make a name for themselves by running onto the pitch.

It can be funny at first, but after about thirty seconds it gets annoying.

A fucking good time

The atmosphere at the stadium is brilliant and no other university sporting event in Scotland can compare to it. In the last two years the men's games have been very entertaining to watch – you'd be a fool not to spend a fiver on coming.

You can purchase your tickets here.