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This, the cry of the most delicate women's sport all Harvard? Hardly. But probably the most fun. The women's right team has come into its own alter a winning first season, and the roggers truggelles have proven that they are not just playing to give the men something to look at. They are out to play serious rugby.

While rugby is a rigorous and complex sport, learning the rules and leaving the fear of tackling on the bench have been less difficult than convincing people that women don't have to be hulking monsters to play rugby.

"We don't look like what you'd think, says forward and captain Kaarina Hello, "In fact there is no one intimidatingly huge on the team." Harvard's team is much smaller than most, typified by 5-ib, 4-in., 110-Ib match secretary Hemy Jelin "Some of the best players are really small, quick and agile, " the sophomore says.

Because have force is not a factor in women's rugby, it is a completely different came front men's rugby, according to senior President Ingrid Jacobson recently elected as the Radcliffe Class Marshall for the Class of `83, While it is a physical sport and there is the same potential for roughness, women's rugby squads are not make up of off-season football players who like to tackle with their leads and knee their opponents. More skill and strategy are required of the women something they line picked up quickly. "We have a smart team: they are all really bright. They pay attention to what they're told during practice and they work hard." said faculty advisor Paul Erickson.

This is not to say, however, that the team is lacking in athletic talent. A large proportion of the team is made up of former varsity and J.V. players from other sports.

As a club sport, rugby produce a more to faxing atmosphere friendly and land back that we teams these athletes have come from "we have three practices a week and players are not required to come to all of them." says Hollo.

Two aspects of rugby as a social sport that the team is trying to work on are drinking and singing taunchy songs, the kind of ton that has become in integral part of the game.

Says Hollo. "Were having trouble with the came by songs but hopefully we'll eat areperfoue going. "We re trying to avoid self-degradation and strike a balance between taunchy and decent.

In some things however, it seems that the sexes will never be equal. Take the men's an roast and infamous pig roast--the women went for a lobster boil instead.

Now that's class.