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EASY BEING GREEN:
Ireland Wins 6 Nations Finals
Sports
While your yearly Irish-themed celebration probably ended sometime during the wee hours of March 18, fans of Ireland rugby have continued the party with even more cause for merriment. The boys in green narrowly edged out Wales during their final match of the RBS Six Nations Championship on Saturday afternoon to end a 24-year title drought.
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SIX NATIONS UPDATE:
The Luck of the Irish
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As you’re hoisting a St. Patrick’s Day pint (or twenty) today, don’t forget to offer a few toasts to Ireland’s boys in green with a hearty “Éirinn go brách!” Around the rugby world, Irish eyes are smiling after a dominating 22-15 victory over Scotland last weekend on away turf, putting the Irish national team one match away from securing their first RBS Six Nations Championship title since 1985.
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RUGBY WEEK 1948:
The Original Spring Break
Sports
You've been honing your spring-break plans since the first day of second semester -- and we're willing to bet nowhere on that mile-long intinerary will you find the words "chaperoned mixer," "campfire sing-along" or "modest two-piece." (Yeah, we didn't think so.) But that's how the week of debauchery we've come to know and love as spring break was all started, and, it turns out, rugby was at the crux of it. To report on the long-lost tradition of "Rugby Week," as it was originally called, we talked to the preppiest man we know: Christian Chensvold of Ivy-Style.com. After the jump he brings us the history of Rugby Week, as well as some amazing exclusive photos from a 1948 Life magazine article covering the event.
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SCRUM TOGETHER NOW:
Six Nations Rugby Tournament
Sports
Across the pond today, rugby fans are gearing up for the biggest annual rugby tournament in the Northern Hemisphere — the RSB Six Nations Championship, which spreads fifteen matches over six glorious weeks and culminates in the latter part of March.
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RUGBY STYLE:
Flags of our (Fore)Fathers
Sports
In celebration of the new international flag rugbys for guys and girls, Rugby presents a few tidbits about each of the teams represented in our collection. Drop them in conversation the next time someone compliments your gear and earn major rugby-wonk points.
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GAME ON:
Harvard v. Yale
Sports
As Harvard takes on Yale this weekend in what’s come to be known as The (capital T) Game (capital G) of the Ivy League season, we’ll be among those tailgating, cheering and looking pretty damn awesome in our university-striped scarf and duffel coat . . .
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OLD SCHOOL, NEW ENGLAND:
The Head of the Charles
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The leaves are turning in New England, and to crew enthusiasts this can mean only one thing: Boston's Head of the Charles has arrived. Dreamed up in 1965, the Head has swiftly grown to become the largest competition of its kind in the world...
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VARSITY BLUES:
“The Express” Opens
Sports
To see vintage varsity threads in action, check out The Express, which opens nationwide today. If you think cardigans are for old men (and if you've seen our fall collection, why would you?), this movie will change your mind.
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