Malaysia Valke

The Malaysia Valke is a professional rugby union team based in Kuala Lumpur  that competes in Global Rapid Rugby.[1][2] The team was formed in 2019 as a joint venture between Malaysia Rugby and the Falcons Rugby Union of South Africa.[3][4][5]

Malaysia Valke
UnionMalaysia Rugby                                                
Falcons Rugby Union
Founded2019
Ground(s)(87,411) National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
(6,000) Stadium TUDM, Subang
Coach(es)Rudy Joubert 
Captain(s)Andries Truter 
League(s)Global Rapid Rugby

Home field

The team was scheduled to play three matches in 2020 at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur and two matches at Stadium TUDM on the Subang base of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF or in Malay, TUDM: Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia).[6][7] However, Global Rapid Rugby suspended the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic after only one completed round of competition.[8]

Squad

The Malaysia Valke squad is predominantly made up of South African players but also includes members of the Malaysia national team [9][10] and players from other nations.

Malaysia Valke – 2020 Global Rapid Rugby [upper-alpha 1]
Hooker
  • Robey Leibrandt
  • Tian van der Merwe
Prop
Lock
Backrow
Scrum half
Fly half
  • Amirul Aqil
  • Divan Nel
Centre
Wing
  • Ezrick Alexander
  • Coert Cronje
  • Roro Damons
  • Anwarul Hafiz Ahmad
  • Marc Lee
  • Badrul Muktee
  • Hardus Pretorius
Fullback
  • Errol Jaggers
Notes:
  1. The initial 32-man squad was named in March 2020.[11]
Bold denotes player is internationally capped. (c) Denotes team captain. 1 denotes marquee player.

Honours

Head coaches

Captains

See also

References
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  2. "Malaysia Valke". Rapid Rugby. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  3. "Badrul and Samuel picked for Global Rapid Rugby". The Star. Petaling Jaya. 8 August 2019. Archived from the original on 13 March 2020.
  4. "Malaysian Valke set for 1st GRR game". Rugby Asia 24/7. 9 August 2019. Archived from the original on 13 March 2020.
  5. "Malaysia-based SA team included in Global Rapid Rugby". Rugby Rocks. 14 November 2019. Archived from the original on 13 March 2020.
  6. "All systems go for Global Rapid Rugby". Rapid Rugby. 25 February 2020. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020.
  7. "Season One". amazon.aws. Rapid Rugby. 28 February 2020. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020.
  8. "2020 season suspnded". Rapid Rugby. Archived from the original on 15 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  9. Meor Riduwan Meor Ahmad (13 November 2019). "Kelab Jerman 'tackle' Amin". My Metro (in Malaysian). Archived from the original on 13 March 2020.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  10. "Malaysia Valke included in Global Rapid Rugby". SA Rugby Magazine. 14 November 2019. Archived from the original on 13 March 2020.
  11. "Photos". Malaysia Valke. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
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