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A Decade in the Making: Football Girls’ NSG 2026
Reading Time: 9 minutes

By Lee Yi Ning Megan (27A01B) and Tang Ziya Rena (27A01B)

All photos courtesy of Skyler Chen Yuanzhe (27S03A), Khoo Zheng Yuan Orlando (27S06F) from the Raffles Art and Photographic Society

RI Faces VJC for the Title

For the first time in more than a decade, the girls’ football team of Raffles Institution (RI) walked onto the National School Games A Division final stage with a shot at ending a dynasty.

Standing opposite them was Victoria Junior College (VJC), football giants, champions for the past 11 years and a perennial title contender. RI would eventually fall short in the final, but their run to the championship match had already marked a dramatic turnaround for a team that had not progressed beyond the group stages in recent years.

To many outsiders, RI’s meteoric rise may have seemed sudden. Within the team, however, players had long believed that they were capable of reaching the final.

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Hunting For The Win: Hockey Girls’ NSG 2026
Reading Time: 10 minutes

By Rebekah Yew (27S05A) and Victoria Khoo Miin-Hsuen (27A01A)

All photos courtesy of Radhakrishnan Sujitha (27S03E) and Tang Lishan (27A01A) from the Raffles Art and Photographic Society (RAPS)

After a fiercely contested match against Victoria Junior College (VJC), RI emerged victorious in a dramatic shootout, reclaiming the national title for the first time in over a decade. 

Just weeks earlier, the same team had suffered a 3-0 defeat to VJC during the round robin stage. For many, the result reinforced VJC’s reputation as one of the strongest teams in the A Division competition. For RI, however, this temporary loss offered direction. 

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Friends — Raffles Players’ College Production 2026 
Reading Time: 6 minutes

By Georgia Ong (26S03O)

All images from Raffles Players unless otherwise stated.

“If you trace strangers back far enough, 
you’ll find they were once brothers.” 

Friends, Kōbō Abe

On 20 May 2026, Raffles Players presented their annual college production, Friends. 

Written by Japanese playwright Kōbō Abe and later translated to English, Friends is an absurdist social commentary on loneliness and the extreme measures people take to eradicate it. 

The play centres around the Man getting his apartment infiltrated by a family of 8. Throughout the play, the audience witnessed how the family gradually worked away the Man’s mental fortitude, turning the world against him, till he was reduced to the point of utter desolation, physically and mentally. 

A scene from Act 2. The Man has been caged by the family, trapped.
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The Great War: Rugby Finals ‘26
Reading Time: 6 minutes


By Kunchur Bharat (26A01B) and Tran My Linh (27A01B)

Photos courtesy of Raffles Arts and Photographic Society (RAPS)

28th April 2026 was a normal Tuesday for every RI student—except members of Raffles Rugby. The bus was scheduled to leave at 2 PM, and the match was to start at 3 PM, but for all the players, the battle had begun the very moment they woke up that day. For after 10 consecutive losses against Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) (ACSI), this was yet another chance for Raffles Rugby to redeem itself. To snatch the trophy. To prove themselves worthy champions. Except that this time, they did it.

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Rock Out ‘26: Barbie World
Reading Time: 9 minutes

By Aidan Tan (27A01D) and Teo Kai Xu (27A01B) 

Images courtesy of Tay Kai Xin (26A01C, Raffles Art and Photographic Society), unless otherwise stated.

The bass hit first. That deep, booming sound rattled through the floor and took control of your body. Your legs felt fatigued from all the jumping, but you couldn’t help yourself.

“Come on, Barbie, let’s go party – Ah, ah, ah, yeah”

As the guys and girls hollered towards each other in a call-and-response, strobe lights swept across an audience 400 strong. It was barely past 7.30, yet the Esplanade Annexe studio had already come alive. 

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