Last Saturday Harvard Club were beaten 10-5 by local rugby powerhouse Caribs R.F.C in the final of the Trinidad and Tobago Rugby Football Union(TTRFU) season opening Austin Davis Memorial ruggerama tournament . In an earlier semi final battle with defending Austin Davis champions Stag Trinidad Northern Harvard advanced to the final following a 5-5 stalemate that neither regulation or sudden death extra time could end having scored more tries than Northern.
Nicholas Martinez, assistant coach of the Harvard team said while there was disappointment that his team did not go one better he was happy with the effort put in by his players.
" They gave it their all. I would not make any excuses. Caribs won congratulations to them they are a top class team. During the day we had some tough hard hitting games against Royalians, UWI, Rainbow, Northern and Caribs. The teams were all very committed in tackle and contact situations . Wow! There were some big tackles and a lot of intense physicality at the breakdowns. It was a good examination of the players early season fitness and state of mind. At the start of the tournament all I asked them to do was to play with pride and passion and do their best. We are a young team and the guys will learn and improve. Losing to Caribs is not a disgrace." said Martinez.