Spring Break
Yarrr - Avast ye Scurvy Dogs!!
HBS' Rugby Pirates Pillage the Northern Carolinas
Charles Jennings (NC), Contributing Writer
Issue date: 5/4/09 Section: Sports
Strong A-side play continued against McGill with the A-side securing a 53-0 victory. The forwards feasted on the smaller Canadian (bacon) pack, while the backs played a beautiful, flowing form of pirate rugby. Doug Haber (NE) highlighted the offensive onslaught with multiple tries and clearly exhibited no residual effects from a severe hand infection (likely caused by the scurvy infected blade of the young maiden he had accosted the evening prior).
With these two dominant victories, the A-side secured a #1 seed heading into elimination play.
HBS first faced the same Cornell side that had narrowly dispatched the B-side earlier in the day. The match was evenly played until Doug Haber (NE) cut through the Cornell backline like a buccaneer's sword through butter that had been on deck all afternoon. Meanwhile, the forwards mauled their opposing numbers led by the brilliant buccaneer Alex Somers who highlighted his day with strong rucking and an incredible propensity to snarl opening kickoffs despite his disarming pirate charm. After halftime, the HBS dominated the game, adding two more tries by Sean Eldridge and Chris Trimble, and bringing the final score to 17-5. The mermaids of the deep were signing their sweetest song for the HBS ruggers, who were catapulted forward in the quarterfinal match!
The quarterfinal match pitted HBS against Columbia Business School. Columbia had advanced after a thoroughly physical domination of Kellogg and looked to continue their physical play against HBS. The game started off slowly for HBS as the forwards encountered velocity difficulties when faced with the superior mass of the Columbia forward pack, which averaged 16.4 stone per player. Meanwhile, the fleet-footed HBS backs were winning the match up against their opposite numbers, until Columbia's flyhalf broke through and offloaded to the wing. With Harvard down 10-0 at half, a stirring halftime speech from Chris Trimble helped HBS regain its rhythm and control play. The forwards used their superior technique to win many of Columbia's scrums and lineouts. Finally, Captain Chris Trimble took a quick tap penalty and shed 4 tackles on his way to scoring a 25 meter try. Only three points down, HBS retained possession and looked to score the game-winning try. In a cruel trick of fate, King Neptune and the fish-oil on the Columbia player's backsides led to poor HBS tackling and a game ending Columbia score, sealing the game at 17-7. With the loss, HBS was knocked out of contention for the championship but was now poised to face Wharton's A-side in the consolation pool.
With these two dominant victories, the A-side secured a #1 seed heading into elimination play.
HBS first faced the same Cornell side that had narrowly dispatched the B-side earlier in the day. The match was evenly played until Doug Haber (NE) cut through the Cornell backline like a buccaneer's sword through butter that had been on deck all afternoon. Meanwhile, the forwards mauled their opposing numbers led by the brilliant buccaneer Alex Somers who highlighted his day with strong rucking and an incredible propensity to snarl opening kickoffs despite his disarming pirate charm. After halftime, the HBS dominated the game, adding two more tries by Sean Eldridge and Chris Trimble, and bringing the final score to 17-5. The mermaids of the deep were signing their sweetest song for the HBS ruggers, who were catapulted forward in the quarterfinal match!
The quarterfinal match pitted HBS against Columbia Business School. Columbia had advanced after a thoroughly physical domination of Kellogg and looked to continue their physical play against HBS. The game started off slowly for HBS as the forwards encountered velocity difficulties when faced with the superior mass of the Columbia forward pack, which averaged 16.4 stone per player. Meanwhile, the fleet-footed HBS backs were winning the match up against their opposite numbers, until Columbia's flyhalf broke through and offloaded to the wing. With Harvard down 10-0 at half, a stirring halftime speech from Chris Trimble helped HBS regain its rhythm and control play. The forwards used their superior technique to win many of Columbia's scrums and lineouts. Finally, Captain Chris Trimble took a quick tap penalty and shed 4 tackles on his way to scoring a 25 meter try. Only three points down, HBS retained possession and looked to score the game-winning try. In a cruel trick of fate, King Neptune and the fish-oil on the Columbia player's backsides led to poor HBS tackling and a game ending Columbia score, sealing the game at 17-7. With the loss, HBS was knocked out of contention for the championship but was now poised to face Wharton's A-side in the consolation pool.
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Brian
posted 5/11/09 @ 12:04 PM EST
Kevin O'Boyle is without a doubt the best athlete on this team!
Fiona Sesemie
posted 5/18/09 @ 6:38 PM EST
i hate you so much you stink bad to others
Massachusetts Movers
posted 6/08/09 @ 10:24 AM EST
Great job on the part of the Pirates. Looks like this was a great tournament.
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