As part of an ongoing peek back into Uni Blues history, we recall the salad days of Saturday night Pavvies led by Justin Jamieson in the mid-90s…

In addition to the return of “international pavvy” there was “heavy pavvy", which featured loud music, and Jamieson’s introduction of “spa pavvy”, in which a portable jacuzzi was wheeled in front of the pavilion during the last quarter of home games.  As dusk fell and the sun lowered behind the bluestone and ivy of the residential colleges, players and supporters sipped their drinks amid the relaxing bubbles.  When the supporters had gone home, players emerged from the soap and froth of the jacuzzi and slid around the pavilion’s parquetry floor.

Jamieson brought the same initiative to his role of Reserves coach during the 1994 season.  Before a match against Old Mentonians, he arranged for his players to meet at Time Zone, a pinball parlour in the city’s Russell Street.  After playing computer games, the players caught a tram back to the university and easily won their match.  Before a game at Old Brighton, Jamieson passed a packet of fake tattoos around the dressing-room.  While some tattoos were less than fearsome, particularly a tattoo of two balloons over a “Let’s Party” caption, the exercise served to bond the players.   At the end of the 1994 season, the Blues won their first reserves premiership.