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Lion king Tony learnt how to be a winner by losing at Belvo

IT’S a close-run thing but Belvo’s most famous rugby alumni is probably still Sir Anthony O’Reilly.
O’Reilly was a staggering schoolboy talent who made his Ireland debut at 18 and took South Africa by storm a few months later with the 1955 Lions, but his year group was weak by Belvedere standards and his rugby career there was not notably successful.
In 1951 he captained the school’s U15 XV but they lost 3-0 the first round of the Leinster Cup to Castleknock after the first two ties between the schools had resulted in 0-0 draws. Sound like thrillers.
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