By Celine Goh Zi Yi (26SO3N, Captain), Sarah Wong Si En (26A01C, Vice-Captain), Tammy Cheong Jing Wen (26SO3D, Quartermistress), Victoria Majella Toh Jie Hong (26SO3B, Secretary)  

The crowd is tense, almost silent. Anticipation hangs thick in the air, hot, but every spectator is unminding. 

All eyes are fixed on the player balancing the ball between her palms, carefully, as if she holds the fate of the game in her hands.  

Perhaps she does. A cacophony of voices surges as the ball contacts the grass once, then whirls in a series of graceful tosses between players, and suddenly— 

WHAM! The crowd goes wild. After a carefully timed pass, and a nimble slip past two harried defenders, a successful try has been made. The ball, damp with sweat from being passed between attackers, glistens triumphantly in its position just beyond the try line.