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Crest The King's College London Rugby Football Club represents King's College London in rugby union competitions, notably BUCS and the Gutteridge Cup. King's Rugby is one of the oldest rugby clubs in the world and traditionally one of the leading London University rugby clubs. King's Rugby has firm links with Esher RFC.

'If' by Rudyard Howeling (AKA Tim Howe)

If you can down your Snakebite when all about you,

Are downing theirs and turning to you;

If you can trust yourself when the Old Boys doubt you,

But stand, sing and give new Chicago verses too;

If you can chin and not be tired of chinning,

Dominate the 'Front with songs and chants,

Sing KCL CL whenever you're winning,

And Initiate like a man even without shirt or pants.

If you can lash - and not make lash your master;

If you can still pull - but not make pulling your aim;

If you can survive every Berrylands flooding disaster

And still thrash the Godless in every game;

If you can bear to hear 'Next' spoken;

Remember but not repeat your 20-22 rule,

Watch the 7s chain you gave everything to broken,

And instead win at Fives, and keep your cool;

If you can be stretchered off and still get the rounds in,

And never lose the will to fight,

Stay with your brothers and not go flangeing;

To invade and pillage on Viking night;

If you can can conquer a Phaal, and not care about the morning,

Hit Walkabout Wednesdays come rain or shine,

Sink your pint when coined with zero warning,

And still stand and calmly accept your fines;

If you can scream GYRO and keep your virtue,

Sing every song till your voice is gone;

If neither the scum nor bouncers can hurt you;

And you drink like a champion even in your Ones;

If you can sink a four-pinter in sub two-minutes,

And sing Zulu Warrior 'til all pints are done -

Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,

And - which is more - you'll be King's Rugby my son.