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the top of the league. But bitter disappointment was to follow as the Leinster
branch put Kilkenny and High School through by virtue of a lesser points con­
ceded tally.

S enior R ugby T o u r
Thanks to the organisational skills of Dr. Howard Welch the 2003-04 season saw
the return of a senior rugby tour, this time to Somerset England. Having all viewed
the living with the lions of 97 and 01 and kitted out with tour bags and no. l ’s
(polo shirts) we left Dublin on the 21st of October. Our first match was against
Wellington School in front of a decent crowd. We fielded a somewhat experimen­
tal team that performed very well and secured a 15-10 win. We then travelled to
St. Mary’s to watch Southampton play Blackburn in the premiership. Our next
match was against Taunton Colts who were a pub team compared to Wellington
but provided a decent physical contest until fitness and dehydration became a fac­
tor.

S enior C up T eam

Back l-r: R. O’Byrne, D. O’Shea, T. Toomey, M. Ryan, S. Hanratty, C. O’Keane, P. Arnold,
F. O’Rourke
M iddle l-r: Mr. B. Byrne, G. Cooney, M. Boland, C. McCarthy, A. Peacock, P. Hennessy,
H. Murphy, Dr. H. Welch
Front l-r: J. Comiskey, T. McAllister, T. O’Dea, B. Hannon, G. Dunne, A. Peacock,
J. Gethings, A. Murray, E. Tuite, R. Upton, M. Kelly