Rugby Team Reaches New Heights

Go ahead, make all the women's rugby jokes you can think of. The female variety of one of the world's most brutal sports often meets with a bit of skepticism, but the Radcliffe Rugby Football Club (Rad Rugby for short) couldn't care less.

The New England Rugby Football League (NERFU) Northeast Division 2 squad is off to a torrid start and has launched itself into the national rankings with a 3-0 campaign thus far. As of Oct. 1, Rugby Magazine had Rad Rugby pegged as the third best team in the nation among D-II squads—the highest mark ever in a decade for the Crimson women—and this ranking certainly won't drop after the squad's latest victory at home against Bates on Sunday. Read on after the jump to hear some player's thoughts on the achievements of the season so far.

Psych! Flyby has not been privileged enough to hear Rad Rugby's thoughts on the season, as numerous phone calls and emails to the squad's captains were not returned.

Rugby Magazine cautions against getting too carried away with its early evaluation of the teams, though, as the highly competitive playoffs loom ahead. Like many club teams at Harvard, Rad Rugby finds itself in the midst of a fundraiser in order to garner sufficient support for its bid to attend Nationals in April.

While Flyby may feel slighted by the media snub, it will look on eagerly as the Radcliffe women continue their quest for collegiate glory.