30 May 2003. The day my school rugby career comes to an end. An end which has got to be the most memorable and something which my team mates and i will surely talk about when our hair has thinned and our mass on our chests move down to our bellies. It was a result which was definitely not a true reflection of how my team played. In my 6 years of rugby, it's the first time ever that i've seen my team mates play so well and we really linked well both in forwards and in the backs. The forwards tackled hard and secured the ball, and the backs kicked well and passed excellently. I'm really PROUD of you guys! We trusted each other completely and we all went in the game with so much confidence and pride. I remember how in the past finals I would feel dismal and that it was all over for us when we were down. But not on friday. On friday, ACJC faced a team with so much confidence that they would have pissed in their pants and not have been able to get out of bed the next day. When they kicked their 2 penalties in and when we were down 3-13, we lifted ourselves up 10 notches and began what was to become a permanent camp in their 22. We became possessed men, and fatigue was definitely way back of our heads. True Rafflesian spirit was embodied in each one of us. We never gave up. Wave after wave we smashed towards their line. When we lost the scrum, justin would win it back and we attcked again. They tackled and dived so many times that i lost count of how many penalties we got. The stupid ref should have just given us the penalty try. In the end we finally managed to score but the conversion flew just inches wide. 11-13 and we lost they won. That's the bottomline but in our hearts we were the champions. We know it. Everyone there knew it. They were just lucky. They didn't deserve to win. We played as team never before but the better team doesn't always win. That's life.

Ningyan, Leon, Tziyang, Yeow Kuan, Lijing, Timothy, Lennard, Isaac, Zhi Hon, Raihan, Alvin, David, Kianleong, Justin, Dickson and Josiah, thanks for the superb experience in the final. It was a B-E-A-U-tiful game. I love you guys! Thanks also goes to the reserves for being there for us as a team.
RJC Rugby 2003 a team I'll never forget.