MCKK Premier 7's 2013

The MCKK Premier 7's 2013 was the third edition of the annual, invitational[1] Malay College Rugby Premier Sevens, which involved teams from Malaysia premier schools, states champions and international schools. Brunei International School and Hong Kong Sports School joined in the fray as international participant, other than Vajiravudh College of Thailand.Singapore withdrew their participation this year and is replaced by Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Kuala Terengganu[2][3][4] It was held from 22 till 24 February 2013. The defending champions, Sekolah Sukan Tengku Mahkota Ismail were shocked by their first defeat in the tournament after two undefeated editions which led to its failure of retaining the NJ Ryan Cup. However, it wrapped up this edition as Bowl champion.[5] After two editions, the host, Malay College Kuala Kangsar, finally were crowned as the new champions, defeating Sekolah Menengah Sains Hulu Selangor in Cup final with score 19–7.[6][7]

MCKK Premier 7's 2013
Countries Malaysia (21 teams)
 Thailand (1 team)
 Brunei (1 team)
 Hong Kong (1 team)
Tournament format(s)Group stage
ChampionsMalay College Kuala Kangsar (First title)
Matches played48
Official websiteOfficial website
2012 (Previous) (Next) 2014

Competition format

The tournament were played as 7-a-side match in accordance with variation of International Rugby Board (IRB) Sevens rules. Due to popular requests by the participating teams, the tournament format of eight groups to three have changed to six groups of four. This resulted in each team playing an additional game during the preliminary rounds which entailed the Tournament to be held over three days with six preliminary matches being played on the first day with the remainder played on the second day. Six games will played on Friday starting at 4 pm followed by 30 games on Saturday, starting from 8 am for the preliminary rounds. The teams will then be ranked and grouped into four categories - Championship, Plate, Bowl and Shield. A total of 24 matches for the knockout stages will be played on the final day of the tournament. For each match duration for all the matches will be seven minutes for each half of two with a one-minute break in between. For the finals, 10 minutes will be given for each half as well as an additional one-minute between the interval.[8]

Group stage

The group stage concluded with much surprise. The most surprising being the poor showing by two seeded teams, namely two-time defending Champions, Sekolah Sukan Tunku Mahkota Ismail of Johor, and Cup Semifinalist Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Shaikh Hj Othman Abdul Wahab of Sarawak, which resulted in both schools missing out on the Cup Quarter-finals.

At the end of the group stage, Sekolah Menengah Sains Pokok Sena topped Group A leaving tournament favourites languishing in third place behind newcomers of La Salle Secondary School of Sabah. Group B's seeded team, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Shaikh Hj Othman Abdul Wahab, also placed third in its Group which was headed by Sekolah Menengah Sains Sultan Mahmud. Another seeded team which failed to top its group and missed the Cup Quarter-finals was Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Ipoh, Perak when it lost to international newcomer, Hong Kong Sports School in a pulsating and absorbing final game of Group E. The three other seeded teams, i.e. hosts Malay College Kuala Kangsar, East Coast powerhouse, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultan Yahya Petra 1, and State champion, Sekolah Menengah Sains Hulu Selangor, justified their seeding by winning their respective groups in convincing fashion.

Joining the six group winners are the two best second placed teams – Kolej Yayasan Saad of Melaka and Negeri Sembilan’s Sekolah Dato' Abdul Razak from Groups B and F respectively. The four other second placed teams, i.e. newcomers La Salle Secondary School and Brunei International School as well as Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor and Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman will compete in the Bowl Competition with four third place teams, namely defending Bowl Winner, Vajiravudh College of Thailand, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Taman Kosas of Selangor and the aforementioned fallen giants Sekolah Sukan Tunku Mahkota Ismail and Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Shaikh Hj Othman Abdul Wahab.

Third placed teams Victoria Institution and Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi Kuantan, will have to settle with playing in the Shield Competition against Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah of Putrajaya, Maktab Rendah Sains MARA Balik Pulau of Penang, Sekolah Menengah Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan King George V, Kolej Vokasional Arau and Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Kuala Terengganu.[9]

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that progressed to the Cup/Plate quarter-finals
Teams that progressed to the Bowl quarter-finals
Teams that progressed to the Shield quarter-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Sains Pokok Sena 3 3 0 0 83 10 +73 9
Malaysia La Salle Secondary School 3 2 0 1 26 47 21 6
Malaysia Sekolah Sukan Tengku Mahkota Ismail 3 1 2 0 29 32 3 5
Malaysia Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah 3 0 3 0 25 74 49 3
Source:

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Sains Sultan Mahmud 3 3 0 0 96 5 +91 9
Malaysia Kolej Yayasan Saad 3 2 0 1 69 29 +40 6
Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Shaikh Hj Othman Abdul Wahab 3 1 0 2 43 63 20 3
Malaysia Maktab Rendah Sains MARA Balik Pulau 3 0 0 3 5 116 111 0
Source:

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Malaysia Malay College Kuala Kangsar 3 3 0 0 96 10 +86 9
Brunei Brunei International School 3 2 0 1 49 60 11 6
Malaysia Victoria Institution 3 0 1 2 34 70 36 1
Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Sultan Abdul Halim 3 0 1 2 26 65 39 1
Source:

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultan Yahya Petra 1 3 2 0 1 59 20 +39 6
Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor 3 2 0 1 42 41 +1 6
Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Taman Kosas 3 2 0 1 32 50 18 6
Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan King George V 3 0 0 3 29 51 22 0
Source:

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Hong Kong Hong Kong Sport School 3 3 0 0 94 28 +66 9
Malaysia Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman 3 2 0 1 68 58 +10 6
Malaysia Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi Kuantan 3 1 0 2 29 65 36 3
Malaysia Kolej Vokasional Arau 3 0 0 3 19 59 40 0
Source:

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Sains Hulu Selangor 3 3 0 0 74 19 +55 9
Malaysia Sekolah Dato' Abdul Razak 3 2 0 1 58 41 +17 6
Thailand Vajiravudh College 3 1 0 2 34 47 13 3
Malaysia Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Kuala Terengganu 3 0 0 3 17 76 59 0
Source:

Finals

Shield

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Malaysia Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi Kuantan22
 
 
 
Malaysia Maktab Rendah Sains MARA Balik Pulau12
 
Malaysia Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi Kuantan5
 
 
 
Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan King George V12
 
Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan King George V24
 
 
 
Malaysia Kolej Vokasional Arau5
 
Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan King George V15
 
 
 
Malaysia Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah12
 
Malaysia Victoria Institution14
 
 
 
Malaysia Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Kuala Terengganu19
 
Malaysia Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Kuala Terengganu12
 
 
 
Malaysia Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah14
 
Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Sultan Abdul Halim0
 
 
Malaysia Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah24
 

Bowl

The Bowl final were played with extra time and sudden death.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
MalaysiaSekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman24
 
 
 
Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Shaikh Hj Othman Abdul Wahab12
 
Malaysia Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman35
 
 
 
Malaysia La Salle Secondary School7
 
Malaysia La Salle Secondary School12
 
 
 
Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Taman Kosas10
 
Malaysia Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman28
 
 
 
Malaysia Sekolah Sukan Tengku Mahkota Ismail33
 
Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor10
 
 
 
Thailand Vajiravudh College5
 
Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor10
 
 
 
Malaysia Sekolah Sukan Tengku Mahkota Ismail12
 
Brunei Brunei International School7
 
 
Malaysia Sekolah Sukan Tengku Mahkota Ismail12
 

Cup/Plate Quarter-finals

The winner of the quarter-finals gain entrance to Cup semi-finals. The defeated at this quarter final gain entrance to Plate semi-finals.

Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Sains Sultan Mahmud31-5Malaysia Sekolah Dato' Abdul Razak
Hong Kong Hong Kong Sport School0-12Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Sains Hulu Selangor
Malaysia Malay College Kuala Kangsar26-12Malaysia Kolej Yayasan Saad
Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Sains Pokok Sena29-7Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultan Yahya Ismail 1

Plate

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Malaysia Sekolah Dato' Abdul Razak17
 
 
 
Hong Kong Hong Kong Sport School19
 
Hong KongHong Kong Sport School46
 
 
 
Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultan Yahya Petra 112
 
Malaysia Kolej Yayasan Saad7
 
 
Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultan Yahya Petra 117
 

Cup

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
MalaysiaSekolah Menengah Sains Sultan Mahmud5
 
 
 
Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Sains Hulu Selangor27
 
MalaysiaSekolah Menengah Sains Hulu Selangor7
 
 
 
MalaysiaMalay College Kuala Kangsar 19
 
Malaysia Malay College Kuala Kangsar19
 
 
Malaysia Sekolah Menengah Sains Pokok Sena5
 

Sponsors

The tournament also receives the support from the Ministry of Education (Malaysia), The State Government of Perak, Majlis Perbandaran Kuala Kangsar, Jabatan Kerja Raya and all local authorities in the Kuala Kangsar district.

See also

References

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