Word: scrums
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...scrum which turned the tide of the game. They did the dirty work in the trenches, fighting to get the ball back to the swift backs...
With a large crowd cheering them on, the Tigers came out Saturday hungry for revenge. They scored the first points of the contest when Harvard captain A1 "Doc" Halliday tapped the ball over the head of the Crimson scrum, and an opportunistic Princeton player dove on the ball to score...
Only during one five-minute stretch did Harvard gain control of play. Then, scrum half Keith Oberg, the most valuable back of the tournament, came within inches of scoring a try for the Crimson. During the match, Oberg also blocked a kick and made several crucial tackles against the Californians...
...Scrum-half Keith Oberg feels that Sauve's tournament ritual is equally important. Before Easterns, Sauve had his size-52 jacket stolen from a bar; that Sunday the team won jackets. His favorite mug broke before the Ivy League Championships; a few days later he had an engraved replacement. This week, he is asking readers to tear or steal his jersey so he can put on a gold Collegiate Championship shirt this Sunday...
...minutes later he stood watching in disbelief as Harvard's winning kick split the uprights, allowing Harvard to win its second crucial game in two weeks on the basis of scrum half fakes. For the twenty-second game in a row, Harvard rugby took no prisoners...