Despite the disappointment of watching their schoolmates lose to Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) in the inaugural Schools Sevens Under-14 final yesterday, it was still a memorable weekend for 200 Raffles Institution students.

Their Category One and Two tickets to the World Rugby Sevens Series at the National Stadium were sponsored by Singaporean billionaire Peter Lim, who is an alumnus of RI and the owner of Spanish football club Valencia.

For Year Five student Richie Chan, 17, the setting was a unique experience. He said: "We were here from 10.30am to soak in the atmosphere and it was great that we were given the opportunity to come down and cheer for our school."