Malaysia national rugby sevens team

The Malaysia national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. They have competed in the Hong Kong Sevens since the 1980s.[1] Malaysia also qualified for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. [2]

Malaysia
Wales playing Malaysia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
UnionMalaysia Rugby Union
Coach(es)John Walters
World Cup Sevens
Appearances(First in 1993)
Best result5th (1997)

Tournament history

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Rugby World Cup Sevens

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World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
19932022 Did not qualify
Total Titles 0/8 0 0 0 0

Commonwealth Games

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Commonwealth Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
  1998 Plate Semi-finalist 11th 4 2 2 0
  2002 Bowl Quarter-finalist 13th 4 1 3 0
  2006 Did not qualify
  2010 Bowl Quarter-finalist 13th 4 0 4 0
  2014 Shield Semi-finalist 15th 5 0 5 0
  2018 Group stage 13th 3 0 3 0
  2022 13th–16th Place Playoff =15th 5 0 5 0
Total 0 Titles 6/7 25 3 22 0

Asian Games

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Asian Games record
Year Position
  1998 -
  2002 7th
  2006 -
  2010 5th
  2014 9th
  2018

Southeast Asian Games

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Southeast Asian Games record
Year Position
  2015 2nd
  2017 1st

Sri Lanka Rugby 7s

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Year Cup Plate Bowl
1999   South Korea   Malaysia   India
2000   Chinese Taipei   Japan   Thailand
2001   Chinese Taipei   Denmark   Czech Republic
2002   Portugal   South Korea   Hong Kong
2003   Kenya   Sri Lanka  Arabian Gulf
2004   Japan   Sri Lanka   Kazakhstan
2005   Japan   Sri Lanka  Arabian Gulf
2006   South Korea   Thailand   Malaysia
2007   Hong Kong   China   India
2008

Rugby at the 2002 Asian Games

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Group A matches -

Team Pts Pld W L PW PL
  South Korea 9 3 3 0 115 24
  Thailand 7 3 2 1 62 47
  Sri Lanka 5 3 1 2 33 89
  Malaysia 3 3 0 3 24 74

September 30

South Korea   31 – 5   Malaysia
Thailand   26 – 7   Sri Lanka
Malaysia   5 – 24   Thailand
South Korea   49 – 7   Sri Lanka
South Korea   35 – 12   Thailand
Malaysia   14 – 19   Sri Lanka

Squad

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Current squad

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Squad to 2017 Southeast Asian Games

  • Mohamad Khairul Abdillah bin Ramli
  • Mohamad Nur Azri bin Azmi
  • Mohamad Safwan bin Abdullah
  • Muhamad Firdaus bin Tarmizi
  • Muhammad Ameer Nasrun Zulkeffli
  • Muhammad Siddiq Amir bin Jalil
  • Muhammad Zulhisham bin Rasli
  • Muhd Azwan Zuwairi bin Mat Zizi
  • Muhd Dzafran Asyraaf bin Muhd Zainudin
  • Nik Mohd Shahiddan bin Mohd Zain
  • Wan Izzuddin bin Ismail
  • Zulkiflee bin Azmi

Past squad

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Squad to 2014 Asian Games:[3]

  • Anwarrul Aswad Ahmad
  • Anwarul Hafiz Ahmad
  • Dinesvaran Krishnan
  • Syafril Yasmin
  • Mohd Fairuz Abdul Rahman
  • Mohd Izwan Abu Bakar
  • Muhammad Ameer Nasrun Zulkeffli
  • Muhammad Danial Noor Hamidi
  • Muhammad Faridzal Ismail
  • Muhammad Hanafi Zaini
  • Nazuriddin Abdul Latiff
  • Wanizzuddin Ismail
  • Zulkiflee Azmi

References

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  • McLaren, Bill A Visit to Hong Kong in Starmer-Smith, Nigel & Robertson, Ian (eds) The Whitbread Rugby World '90 (Lennard Books, 1989)
  1. ^ McLaren, p70
  2. ^ "Aussies to face England in sevens - ABC News".
  3. ^ Incheon2014ag.org (2014). "Sevens Squad to 2014 Asian Games". Retrieved 30 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)