Half-blue is a term used at some universities in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, which award a "blue" to those who represent them in "full blue" sports and a "half-blue" in some other sports, referred to as "half-blue sports".[1]
Men's sports
- See also Categorization of men's sports
| Full blue
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| Boxing, cricket, hockey, football, golf, lawn tennis, table tennis, rowing, rugby union, squash, gymnastics
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| Full blue (some universities) / Half-blue (the rest)
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| Athletics, basketball, cross country running, rugby league, swimming, ice hockey
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| Discretionary full blue
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| Badminton, canoeing, cycling, dancesport, fencing, judo, lightweight rowing, powerlifting, ice hockey, karate, modern pentathlon, orienteering, rifle shooting (small-bore and full-bore), sailing, skiing, water polo, real tennis and motor racing
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| Half-blue
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| American football, Archery, Australian rules football, Eton and Rugby fives, ice hockey, kickboxing, korfball, lacrosse, mountain biking, pistol shooting, polo, rackets, association croquet, clay pigeon shooting, riding, rifle shooting (small-bore and full-bore), volleyball, windsurfing, yachting, handball and mixed lacrosse
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| Under review at some universities
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| Gaelic football, chess, tiddlywinks
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Women's sports
- See also Categorization of men's sports
| Full blue – whole team
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| Boxing, fencing, football, table tennis, hockey, lacrosse, lawn tennis, lightweight rowing, netball, rowing, rugby union, squash, dance.
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| Full blue (some universities) / Half-blue (the rest)
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| Athletics, cheerleading, cricket, modern pentathlon, swimming, volleyball, basketball, taekwondo
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| Discretionary full blue
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| Badminton, cross-country, cycling, dancesport, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, judo, karate, orienteering, rifle shooting (full-bore), sailing, skiing, volleyball, boxing, real tennis
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| Half-blue
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| Archery, canoeing, canoe polo, cricket, Eton fives, gliding, ice hockey, korfball, lifesaving, orienteering, association croquet, pistol shooting, polo, riding, rifle shooting (small-bore), taekwondo, trampolining, triathlon, windsurfing, water polo, ultimate (if they compete in the Open division), yachting, mixed lacrosse, handball.
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| Under review at some universities
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| Windsurfing
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Notes
- ^ Norman W. Schur, British English from A to Zed: A Definitive Guide to the Queen's English (Skyhorse, 1 July 2013), p. 46