Eagleionline

…with sunbeams of rugby love. This past Saturday, BC Law Rugby combined with Suffolk Law Rugby (hereinafter, where appropriate, to be known as, signifying, and replaceable in any and all grammatical constructions, whether express or implied, “BCS”) to take the field against a common enemy, those MCAT-loving, champagne-sipping, baby seal-clubbing Harvard Business Folk. BCS and HBS alighted upon the fields of the Irish Cultural Centre, Canton, MA, in puffs of pixie dust and green slippers. The day started dark and dreary, but once the thundering boots of the BCS herd began to echo across those fields, the weather blues were chased away, and it was clear skies such that God could get a good view of some rugby. And, boy, the wee folk squealed with blood-curdling glee as they broke from tunneling through Native American grave sites to watch some MCAT-lover drubbing, champagne-sipper smashing, and baby seal-clubber clubbing, as BCS routed HBS, 17-0.

Reprazenting for BC Law were Nick “the” ATHANASSIOU ‘08 (prop), Mike “Rochester Rocks” LEAHY ‘07 (prop), Sean “French Kiss Me I’m Gaelic” GLASHEEN ‘08 (lock), Brandon “Tiny Bubbles” ARBER ‘09 (flanker), Paul HAM ‘08 (scrumhalf), Stuart “Trailerpark” LESLIE ‘07 (inside center), Henry “Onree Boochit” BOUCHOT ‘10 (wing), and David “Crooked Letter Crooked Letter” KOONCE ‘10 (wing).

The day’s rain had softened the pitch and the previous matches churned the mud butter, floating every rugger in a colloidal suspension of dirt, grass, sweat, spit, blood, and pixie poop. (FYI, it’s emerald green with an oily rainbow sheen.) BCS dominated ball possession and field positioning through the entire first half of the first half, hovering above HBS’s try line like Tantalus over a pool of Deliciousness Juice. Heavy hitting by Our Brother Chris Suffolk—he of the quote, “It hurts less if you go THROUGH them, not INTO them”—and slasher running by LESLIE, worked Harvard nubs to the bone, but it wasn’t until ATHANASSIOU sacrificed a notably tinier Harvarderner on the bile-soaked slab of Kimbo Slice that BCS drew first blood. Spearing through a defensive line like a rich man trying to get to heaven, ATHANASSIOU scored the first try of the match and the first try of the season. HAM followed the try up with a kick through the goalposts and the theme of the game was set: BCS winning.

Tremendous rucking by GLASHEEN and ARBER—the referee afterwards complemented BCS on some of the best rucking he’d ever seen—and plenty of foul-play penalties by HAM, continued BCS’s dominance and frustrationination of the Harvarditos. Brilliant tackling and running on the strongside wing by BOOCHIT put Harvardnavia back on their heels on the edge of their try zone. Setting up house on that line, HAM pulled out the pots and pans and started sizzling and dishing the ball to the sides of the ruck, pounding the opponents back inch by inch like a really really fast glacier. A final a la carte dish to ATHANASSIOU and in one eBay-like dash to the auction closing time he scored his second, and alas last, try of the game. HAM then missed his first, and alas penultimate, goal kick, but BCS still led the game 12-0.

A number of penalty infractions by HAM, and Harvard stood at the precipice, looking down at possible non-embarrasment by striking out that goose egg on the scoreboard. But BCS stood strong, resisting their advances with their trademark gentle chastity. With ARBER and KOONCE watching the weakside and some pick-and-go by Our Brother Albanian Alex on that same side, BCS returned the ball to the Harvardinian try line, and seeing the ball pop out of the ruck like a newborn foal on a winter’s day, HAM picked up that pony in his swaddling arms and placed that fetal package into the warm grass on the winning side of the try line to seal the deal on victory that day. Another miss on the kick after the try, and victory was had by BCS to the tune of 15-0.

Interestingly enough, the Irish Cultural Centre housed a bar not 30 feet from the rugby pitch. At the ceremonies after the match, the Havardinators selected ATHANASSIOU as MVP for the BCS side, a designation worthy to this man of honor, if not subtle charm and dancing feets.

Wish your favorite rugger good luck as tomorrow morning, they attend the Albany Law Watkins Tournament in Albany, NY, where they will take on perennial rivals Albany Law, and probably another match against the Cortland State Prison Guards, where they ported rugby to their model of practicing sports against their prisoners.