Malaysia Valke

The Malaysia Valke was a professional rugby union team based in Kuala Lumpur  that played in the Global Rapid Rugby competition.[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] but was disbanded a year later after the incomplete 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

Malaysia Valke
UnionMalaysia Rugby
Falcons Rugby Union
Founded2019
Disbanded2020
League(s)Global Rapid Rugby

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, after season was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic,[8] the team's home games were not able to be played.

The Malaysia Valke ultimately played only two matches before being disbanded. These were away games to the Western Force in Perth in 2019 and 2020.[9][10]

Personnel

The Malaysia Valke team was predominantly made up of South African players and staff but also included members of the Malaysia national team [11][12] and players from other nations.

Head coaches

Captains

Squads

2020 Global Rapid Rugby [upper-alpha 1]

Hooker
  • South Africa Robey Leibrandt
  • South Africa Tian van der Merwe
Prop
Lock
Backrow
Scrum half
Fly half
  • Malaysia Amirul Aqil
  • South Africa Divan Nel
Centre
Wing
  • South Africa Ezrick Alexander
  • South Africa Coert Cronje
  • South Africa Roro Damons
  • Malaysia Anwarul Hafiz Ahmad
  • Malaysia Marc Lee
  • Malaysia Badrul Muktee
  • South Africa Hardus Pretorius
Fullback
  • South Africa Errol Jaggers

Notes:

  1. The initial 32-man squad was named in March 2020.[upper-alpha 2]
  2. "Photos". Malaysia Valke. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

Bold denotes player is internationally capped. (c) Denotes team captain. 1 denotes marquee player.

See also

References
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  2. "Malaysia Valke". Rapid Rugby. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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  8. "2020 season suspended". Rapid Rugby. Archived from the original on 15 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  9. "Forceful finish a fitting finale". Rapid Rugby. 9 August 2019. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019.
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  11. Meor Riduwan Meor Ahmad (13 November 2019). "Kelab Jerman 'tackle' Amin". My Metro (in Malay). Archived from the original on 13 March 2020.
  12. "Malaysia Valke included in Global Rapid Rugby". SA Rugby Magazine. 14 November 2019. Archived from the original on 13 March 2020.
  13. "Malaysian Valke set for 1st GRR game". Rugby Asia 24/7. 9 August 2019. Archived from the original on 13 March 2020.
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