The Men’s rugby team wound up its best season to date on April 19, with a devastating 89-5 win against the Raleigh Kodiaks men’s club, ending the season with a 7-2 record. The Guilfordian’s own fleet-of-foot layout editor, Max George, scored his first try with the team. His victorious moment inspired a rousing chorus of “shoot the boot” from his delighted teammates.

According to Urban Dictionary, shooting the boot is a thoroughly disgusting rugby tradition, involving a cleat filled “with anything and everything available including, but not limited to, beer, food, and earth-worms,” and then forcing the unfortunate individual to chug the contents.

“Apparently, I’m going to have to drink a mixture of lougies and beer out of a dirty shoe in celebration,” George said. “This was a great way to end the season and I’m excited for next year.”

But not all of Guilford’s players will be around next season.

Senior Tyler Cope, T-Stank to his friends, ended his lengthy Guilford rugby career with two tries. His parents sat on the sidelines and heckled his bewildered adversaries.

“I’ll never forget Guilford rugby or the marks it has left on my body, which are both numerous and painful,” Cope said after suffering a leg wound late in the second half. “In all seriousness, I’m proud to say I was a part of this season.”

The casualty list was lengthy. The Guilford team had to lend players to the Kodiaks to replace their downed players. Undeterred by the friendly-faces above the enemy jerseys, the Guilford team gamely took to injuring their erstwhile teammates.

The unusually small crowd filed out as the game progressed. The dulcet tones of the fan’s renditions of T-Pain and Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer” wafted over the field, when the crowd wasn’t roaring its approval for yet another Guilford try.

“I love Guilford men’s ruby because they are all stout like me,” said senior Kathrin Gilbert, die-hard fan and Jon Watts look-alike. “They’ve gotten so much better over the last four years. I’m very proud of them.