Sportsman's Prayer
The Sportsman's Prayer is inscribed on a bronze plaque, on a white rock that sits by the rugby field in the college compound.
The Sportsman's Prayer is traditionally recited before a sporting competition by the members of a team. The prayer is as follows:
"Oh God, please help me to win for I always want to win. But if in thy inscrutable wisdom Thou willest me not to win, then make me a good loser. For when the one great scorer comes to write against your name, he writes not that you won or lost, but how you played the game."
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