From pies to fairy cakes, Bill Arthur says the Varsity match was clearly a very tasty encounter.
Never mind the rugby league, which team has the best cakes?
Things might be a bit tough in the City with people watching the pennies - well, our pennies to be accurate - but that didn't deter a number of city folk from attending the annual Varsity match at the Stoop.
The pre-match dinner was a sell-out for the first time in the history of the event which is a great achievement given the current economic climate. There was a real mixture of people there too, from Oxbridge old boys through to rugby league old boys like Maurice Oldroyd, attending his 29th successive Varsity match.
He, and Dr Dick McConnell, the engineering don who was one of the founding fathers of rugby league at Cambridge, have never missed a match in the history of the Varsity game and it's now like a duel in the sun between the two of them, neither willing to back down and miss a game.
Former Saints and Great Britain captain Paul Sculthorpe was there along with his chairman Eamonn McManus, who's a Cambridge old boy, Iestyn Harris was the guest speaker, another ex Welsh international, Jason Critchley, now in sports marketing, was spotted while former London Bronco Ady Spencer was busy cultivating contacts in his new role as the RFL's London Business Development manager.
Why such a big turnout though? Well maybe it was the pies. It might've been a smart, jacket and tie event (dark blue or light blue) but there was still a nod to the north in the shape of the main course which was a large pie.
Served with mash and veg. And gravy. Further research revealed it was a Home Counties pie and not one of the new Super League pies.
Ground
Yes, rugby league, never shy about breaking new ground, now has its' own pie which is only right given the game's pie associations.
But hang on, the Super League pie doesn't come from the north of England as you'd expect. There'll be people choking on their puff pastry when they discover that the Super League pie comes from - South Wales. From Caerphilly to be precise.
According to an RFL spokesman the introduction of the Welsh pie is "a sign of the geographical spread of the sport". But for some the pie might be the limit. It's all very well having a team from south Wales but a pie as well?
The Stoop pies went down well anyway, pie experts Barrie McDermott and Terry O'Connor were impressed and their taste buds were put to the test later in the evening when they were asked to judge in a half-time bake off between the wives of the Oxford and Cambridge coaches.
Passion
For many years Dr Dom Hobart, the wife of Oxford University assistant coach and ex-player John Hobart, has baked a batch of fairy cakes for the team and for the Sky Sports commentators. And very good fairy cakes they are too.
But this year Cambridge retaliated. Mrs Bev Evans, wife of the Light Blues coach John Evans, hit back with her passion cakes, baked according to a top-secret family recipe at her home in Norfolk.
So sporting pride was not only at stake out on the pitch for Oxford and Cambridge but in the commentary box too. Who had the best buns? That was the tricky question for Barrie and Terry. Well, after extensive tasting, the pair pronounced it a draw, so honours were even in the cake wars if not on the pitch.
That'll be frustrating for the two ladies because one of rugby league's great rivalries even extends to the kitchen.
You see Mrs Evans, provider of passion cakes, is a St Helens fan while Mrs Hobart, the fairy cake creator, is a Wigan supporter. Both the ladies believe they have the recipe for success in the cake confrontation so next year's rematch should be very tasty.
