Malaysian Rugby Union

Malaysian Rugby Union
Kesatuan Ragbi Malaysia

Sport	Rugby union
Founded	1921 (as Malaya Rugby Union)
WR affiliation	1988
ARFU affiliation	1987
President	Dato' Wira Aminuddin Embi

Malaysian Rugby Union (Malay: Kesatuan Ragbi Malaysia) is the governing body for rugby union in Malaysia. It was founded in 1921 and became affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1988. They organise the annual Malaysia Sevens tournament.

History

The Malaya Rugby Union (as it was then) was founded in 1921 and joined the IRFB in 1988.^[1]^[2]^[3] The founder members were Selangor, Ipoh District, Singapore, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan.^[3]

It is a founding member of the Asian Rugby Football Union.^[4]

Council Members 2007-2010

President : Dato' Haji Muhammad Muhiyuddin Haji Abdullah
Deputy President : Dato' Seri Hj Abu Raihan bin Wan Jaafar
Vice President : Safaruddin Mohammad
Ahmad Fuad Daud
Honorary Secretary-General : M. Suhaimi Zainuddin
Assistant Honorary Secretary-General : Shaharuddin Khalid
Honorary Treasurer : Abang Najamuddin Jamlus

Council Members 2010-2015

President : Dato' Wira Amiruddin Embi
Deputy President : Tan Sri Dato' Wira Abd. Halim bin Hj. Karim
Vice President : Mohd. Zamrin bin Datuk Dr. Yassin
Honorary Secretary-General : M. Suhaimi Zainuddin
Assistant Honorary Secretary-General : Mohd. Herwan bin Sairon
Honorary Treasurer : Abang Najamuddin Jamlus

Council Members 2015-present

President: Dato' Wira Amiruddin Embi
Deputy President: Tan Sri Dato' Wira Abd. Halim bin Hj. Karim
Vice President: Mohd. Zamrin bin Datuk Dr. Yassin
Honorary Secretary-General: M. Suhaimi Zainuddin
Assistant Honorary Secretary-General: Inspektor Zaini bin Mohamed Piah
Honorary Treasurer: Abang Najamuddin Jamlus

Affiliates

Selangor Rugby Union
Perlis Rugby Association
Kedah Rugby Association
Johor Rugby Union
Terengganu Rugby Association
Kelantan Rugby Association
Negeri Sembilan Rugby Union
Perak Rugby Union
Penang Rugby Association
Pahang Rugby Union
Sarawak Rugby Union
Malacca Rugby Union
Kuala Lumpur Rugby Union
Sabah Rugby Union
Royal Malaysian Police Sport Council
Malaysian Armed Forces Sport Council
Putrajaya Rugby Association

References

↑ Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ISBN 1-86200-013-1) p71
↑ Rugby in Asia, Malaysia page retrieved 1 July 2009
1 2 http://www.mru.org.my/ver3/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=27 MRU History page Retrieved 1 July 2009
↑ http://wesclark.com/rrr/islamic_rugby.html "Islam and Rugby" on the Rugby Readers review retrieved 2 July 2009

External links

Malaysian Rugby Union's Official Website

Rugby union in Malaysia

Governing body

Malaysia Rugby Union

National teams

Competitions

International	Asian Rugby Championship Asian Sevens Series

Domestic	MRU Super League MRU Super Cup

Hosted Events	Kuala Lumpur Sevens Borneo Sevens COBRA Rugby Tens

Rugby unions by best performance at the Men's World Cups

Winners	Australia (2 Times) England (Once) New Zealand (3 Times) South Africa (2 Times)

Runners up	France (3 Times)

Third	Argentina (Once) Wales (Once)

Fourth	Scotland (Once)

Quarter Final	Canada (Once) Fiji (2 Times) Ireland (6 Times) Samoa (2 Times)

Pool stages	Côte d'Ivoire (Once) Georgia (4 Times) Italy (8 Times) Japan (8 Times) Namibia (5 Times) Portugal (Once) Romania (8 Times) Russia (Once) Spain (Once) Tonga (7 Times) United States (7 Times) Uruguay (3 Times) Zimbabwe (2 Times)

Without World Cup experience	American Samoa Andorra Arabian Gulf Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belgium Bermuda Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland Germany Ghana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Hungary India Iran Israel Jamaica Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Netherlands Nigeria Niue Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Rwanda St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines Serbia Senegal Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Tahiti Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) Tanzania Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Zambia

Rugby unions by best performance at the Women's Rugby World Cup

Winners	England (2 Times) New Zealand (4 Times) United States (Once)

Runners up	Canada (Once)

Third	Australia (Once) France (5 Times)

Fourth	Wales (Once) Ireland (Once)

Group stages	Germany (2 Times) Italy (3 Times) Japan (3 Times) Kazakhstan (6 Times) Netherlands (3 Times) Russia (3 Times) Samoa (3 Times) Scotland (5 Times) South Africa (3 Times) Spain (5 Times) Sweden (4 Times)

Without World Cup experience	American Samoa Andorra Arabian Gulf Argentina Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belgium Bermuda Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Fiji Finland Georgia Ghana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Hungary India Iran Israel Ivory Coast Jamaica Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Namibia Nigeria Niue Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Rwanda St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines Serbia Senegal Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Swaziland Switzerland Tahiti Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda Ukraine Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Zambia Zimbabwe

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