Word: kingstone
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...game is being played more as it should be. The subtle technical play is coming into it," says Martin Kingston, the team's coach, adding that this year's squad is probably stronger than the squad that finished second in the nation several years...
...game itself--unfamiliar to most players before they join the squad--requires speed, stamina, and endurance. "There's constant running for 80 minutes of continuous play with practically no substitutions," says Kingston, a former player himself for Manchester University...
...Athletically, our players are as good as any varsity athlete in terms of fitness," adds Kingston citing that several Harvard ruggers have been lettermen on other varsity sports...
Harvard rugby, however, remains a club sport, and has on several occasions rejected varsity status. The philosophy is almost a "rebellion against the institutionalized authority of American sport--its over structured, over-rigorous attitude," says Kingston...
Foreign entries are down this year, probably because most teams, looking ahead to the Olympics, are conserving their resources. Kingston College at Oxford has an entry in the championship fours and Charles Luckman from Perth. Australia, home of the America's Cup, is competing in the lightweight singles. Each year as a reward for the season, Canada sends its national team to the Head and its boats should be contending throughout...