Spring Break
HBS Rugby Backs Up #1 Ranking
HBS Shows McGill What Rugby is all Aboot
Derek Mendez (ODB), Not-so-Special Contributor
Issue date: 10/14/03 Section: Sports
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With a fresh #1 B-School ranking from Forbes under their belts, as well as a #1 B-School Rugby ranking in NERFU league play, HBS went on tour to Montreal, Canada to defend these rankings, both on and off the pitch, against an ambitious McGill MBA Rugby team.
Spoof: A game of a hoaxing and nonsensical character - Murray's New English Dictionary
A fall journey up to Montreal is always a treat, with beautiful vistas of fall foliage drawing 'oohs' and 'aahs' from the team vans. Inspired in part by a ceremonial reading from Arthur Roberts' seminal work "50 Years of Spoof," Bryan Vaniman (OF), proceeded to lose consecutive games of HBS Rugby's favorite game, and was forced to purchase several rounds of beverages at the ensuing rest stop. A special "thanks" goes out to team drivers Jay Klug (NE) and Will Swint (NI), who performed admirably while navigating through John Sheppard's (OI) infamous "short cuts." However, Swint did have a spot of trouble clearing his van's windshield of foreign substances and Klug somehow managed to alienate the Canadian border guard, subjecting the passengers of his van to an unscheduled internment at the border. Fortunately the diplomacy skills of Tucker Bailey (OB), who insisted on commenting on the resemblance of your correspondent's passport photo to a certain adult film star, did not prevent the team members from crossing the border.
Upon arrival at the McGill campus in Montreal, the team was greeted warmly by a large contingent of McGill players and fans. Almost as quickly as Baron Hanson (FAS) had found a computer to send emails from, the team found itself drinking beers and making new friends.
Michael Sergio Hernandez-Soria (OH) was among those who surely made
his presence felt, and for some reason felt the need to prove it by showing off a trophy he had earned for his exploits. Such audacity, however, was not appreciated by his teammates, as evidenced by Mike Butville (NB), who promptly "fell asleep" in a corner. Butville would later remember "leaving the better part of my dinner in the back of a taxi cab Friday night.
I thought it was Canadian custom, instead of leaving a tip you leave your dinner!"
After a good-natured trading of rugby songs, the teams moved the party to one of Montreal's outstanding nightspots, where the team was introduced to the newest dance craze that is sweeping Canada, the "Hummingbird." Performed at such a quick pace as to blur the vision, this participatory dance was quite the hit with Canadians and Americans alike.
