Despite holding the Big Green to only two tries, Haber wasn’t pleased with the way things went and adds that the team is hungry for a rematch against their Ivy foe.
“We came out a little bit weak in that game,” Haber said. “Our goal is to show them what they missed out on.”
Expectations are also high for the women, as it is their chance to prove that they have taken advantage of their newly instituted varsity status. Compared to past seasons when they were known as the Harvard Radcliffe Rugby Football Club, the team has received an abundance of new resources with varsity funding. They are the only team in the Ivy League to have gained this status.
“We feel a little bit more responsibility to show what we’ve gotten out of all these resources,” Haber said. “We are getting a lot more resources from our school than any of these other teams are, so that should show in how we play the game.”
Despite Harvard’s resource advantage, the Ivy League has been very competitive this year. Amongst the four teams competing this weekend, there have been several very close games.
“It’s really anybody’s championship to take home,” Brown said.