Word: rugger
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...many observers, rugby looks like disorganized football, but any Harvard rugger will vehemently protest that it is merely unencumbered. The game is played on a 100-yard field, wider than a football gridiron, and has goalposts at either end. Crossing the goal and touching the ball down, called a "try," is worth three points, and a conversion kick immediately afterwards counts for two. In addition, penalty kicks, which also count for three points, are awarded for certain infractions...
...Land. But his burly rugger player's build survived both external abuse and the internal erosion of mescal; booze left unbleared a blazing eye. A woman turned up who would (he wrote) "share conditions which make Gorki's Lower Depths look like a drawing-room comedy," and who loved him, tidied his papers, married him, and cosseted his hangovers until he died. She was Margerie Bonner, an actress turned writer, to whose own person and work Lowry remained steadfastly protective (even when she was clearly protecting him). His father's money got him out of Mexico into...
...great effect on the tone of the game. Instead of being wide-open, a greater amount of action will take place in the pack. Emphasis on the forwards will make this more of a contact sport than the English game and may result in a unique brand of rugger, according to Rubgy Club President Jeff Pochop...
...this stage because there have been no outside practices yet. Some of the football instincts might be hard to curb, he fears. "It may take the line a while to get used to the idea that breakthroughs with gains of 5 or 10 yards aren't worth much in rugger. Getting it out to the backs and then following up may result...
Fall rugby's high point, the Princeton match (Yale has no fall rugger), was a minor catastrophe. Playing in the rain on the soggy field, the Crimson played without the services of its regular fullback. This handicap and an ineffective scrum left the Crimson lifeless as the Tigers triumphed, 16-3. The season ended at a disappointing...