Malaysia national rugby sevens team

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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)

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]

Tournament history

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Rugby World Cup Sevens

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World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
1993–2022 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
Malaysia 1998 Plate Semi-finalist 11th 4 2 2 0
England 2002 Bowl Quarter-finalist 13th 4 1 3 0
Australia 2006 Did not qualify
India 2010 Bowl Quarter-finalist 13th 4 0 4 0
Scotland 2014 Shield Semi-finalist 15th 5 0 5 0
Australia 2018 Group stage 13th 3 0 3 0
England 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
Thailand 1998 -
South Korea 2002 7th
Qatar 2006 -
China 2010 5th
South Korea 2014 9th
Indonesia 2018

Southeast Asian Games

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Southeast Asian Games record
Year Position
Singapore 2015 2nd
Malaysia 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
  • 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)
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