Having been rowing for Trinity now for roughly 7 months I am programmed to hate UCD and what little they stand for. It’s beaten into you from the first day you show up at training: “You must beat UCD. UCD are the enemy. If you don’t beat UCD they’ll beat you, your family and all those you hold dear.” Never mind that both my parents went to UCD, or that some of my best friends go to UCD, or that, contrary to what I’ve been led to believe, the students aren’t actually the devil’s spawn. No, UCD is our sworn enemy and it is our god-given duty to defeat them. It’s like Voldemort vs Harry Potter, Magneto vs Xavier, or the Undertaker vs Brett ‘The Hitman’ Hart. And we’re the good guys. Aren’t we?