Malaysia national rugby union team

Malaysia
Union Malaysian Rugby Union
Emblem(s) Chinese hibiscus
Coach(es) Lee Nyuk Fah
Captain(s) Mohammed Syahir Asyraf bin Rosli
Top scorer Hezekiah Yap (69) (until 2013)
Most tries Mohammed Callum Bin Azmir Kilpatrick (11 tries) (until 2013)
Team kit
Change kit
First international
Malaysia Malaysia 9–23 Sri Lanka 
(November 4, 1972)
Largest win
Malaysia Malaysia 89–0 China 
(May 31, 2012)
Largest defeat
 South Korea 112–5 Malaysia Malaysia
(November 5, 1996)

The Malaysia national rugby union team represents Malaysia in international rugby union. Malaysia have yet to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup, but have attempted to qualify since the South African World Cup in 1995.

History

Malaysian Rugby Union (Kesatuan Ragbi Malaysia) is the representative of Malaysian rugby. They have good competition with their neighbours Singapore and the Singapore-Malaysia were well contested and well viewed matched. But funding for the sport has not been very generous, players have done extremely well with only what they have.

Malaysian rugby is also very promising with many new players embracing the sport. In 2013, rookies Hezekiah Yap were brought to the team and becoming the top scorer, scoring 69 tries in his first season meanwhile Mohammed Callum Bin Azmir Kilpatrick has also made a large impact which led to him becoming the vice captain of the team.

Current Results

2016 Asia Rugby Championship - Division 1

Tournament was held at Royal Selangor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Malaysia won the tournament but will remain in Division 1 in the next edition after they decided not to challenge for promotion (Top 3 Challenge) from third placers of the main tournament.

Squad

2016 Asian Rugby Championships - Division 1

2015 Asian Rugby Championships - Division 2

Substitutes

See also

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