Malaysia Valke
Rugby team
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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]
| |
| Union | Malaysia Rugby Falcons Rugby Union |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2019 |
| Disbanded | 2020 |
| League | 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
- JP Immelman (2019) [13]
- Rudy Joubert (2020) [2]
- Team Manager: Ben Ibrahim (2019 & 2020)
Captains
- Shane Kirkwood (2019) [13]
- Andries Truter (2020)
Squads
Robey Leibrandt- Tian van der Merwe
- Qhama Hina
- Lux Koza
Primo Ncube- Heinrich Roelfse
- Jacques Alberts
- Andrew Volschenk
- Cody Basson
- Thabo Mabuza
- Vince Maruping
- Friedle Olivier
- Dwayne Pienaar
- Conway Pretorius
Samuel Rentap Meran- Boela Venter
- Zee Empangeni
- Johan Pretotius
- Anrich Richter
- Amirul Aqil
- Divan Nel
- Andries Truter (c)
- Andrew van Wyk
- Valentino Wellman
- Ezrick Alexander
- Coert Cronje
- Roro Damons
- Anwarul Hafiz Ahmad
- Marc Lee
- Badrul Muktee
- Hardus Pretorius
- Errol Jaggers
Notes:
Bold denotes player is internationally capped. (c) Denotes team captain. 1 denotes marquee player.