2017 Malaysia Rugby League Premier

The Malaysia Rugby League Premier 2017 was the 17th season of Malaysia Rugby League Premier, Malaysia's domestic rugby union competition. The kick off will begin on 4 February 2017. This season embarks the newly, organized league structure, with more involvement of clubs from entire Malaysia to develop the excitement of rugby scene in Malaysia.

2017 Malaysia Rugby League Premier
Date4 February 2017 – 1 April 2016
Matches played39
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Teams edit

A total of 12 teams will compete in the 2017 season.

Season edit

In preliminary stage, all 12 teams were divided into 2 groups, and a single round-robin tournament was held by both groups.

Standings edit

 • Teams 1 to 4 (Green background) at the end of the preliminary competition rounds qualify for the final stage.
 • The lowest-placed teams (Red background) were relegated.

Group A
Pos Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Mersing Eagles 5 4 1 0 159 77 +82 4 0 23
2 Iskandar Raiders 5 4 0 1 115 120 -5 3 0 20
3 UPM Angels 5 2 0 3 101 108 -7 1 3 15
4 NS Wanderers 5 1 1 3 96 98 -2 1 3 14
5 Politeknik Merlimau 5 2 0 3 98 117 -19 0 1 12
6 COBRA 5 1 0 4 74 124 -50 0 3 11
Group B
Pos Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Keris Conlay 5 5 0 0 208 53 +155 5 0 25
2 ASAS RC 5 4 0 1 160 85 +78 4 0 21
3 UiTM Lions 5 3 0 2 172 115 +57 1 1 16
4 SSTMI 5 2 0 3 153 128 +25 2 1 14
5 DBKL 5 1 0 4 152 140 +12 1 1 10
6 Panthers Blowpipes 5 0 0 5 42 369 -327 0 0 5

Four points for a win, three for a draw, one for a loss, and no points for a bye.
One bonus point for the winning team scoring four or more tries (BP1), one bonus point for losing by four or less by their opponent (BP2).
If teams are level on points in the standings at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
 • Difference between points for and against
 • Total number of points for
 • Number of matches won
 • Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams

Grouping stage matches edit

Week 1


4 February 2016 NS Wanderers   41 - 31   Politeknik Merlimau UPM, Serdang  
14:30 (UTC+08:00)


4 February 2016 UPM Angels   30 - 34   Iskandar Raiders UPM, Serdang  
16:30 (UTC+08:00)


4 February 2016 COBRA   5 - 52   Mersing Eagles Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur  
14:30 (UTC+08:00)


4 February 2016 ASAS RC   32 - 19   UiTM Lions Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur  
16:30 (UTC+08:00)


5 February 2016 SSTMI   28 - 26   DBKL UPM, Serdang  
14:30 (UTC+08:00)


5 February 2016 Keris Conlay   86 - 0   Panthers Blowpipes UPM, Serdang  
16:30 (UTC+08:00)
Week 2


11 February 2016 NS Wanderers   20 - 21   UPM Angels UPM, Serdang  
14:30 (UTC+08:00)


11 February 2016 Politeknik Merlimau   25 - 37   Mersing Eagles UPM, Serdang  
16:30 (UTC+08:00)


11 February 2016 SSTMI   0 - 37   Keris Conlay Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur  
14:30 (UTC+08:00)


11 February 2016 COBRA   22 - 26   Iskandar Raiders Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur  
16:30 (UTC+08:00)


12 February 2016 DBKL   25 - 40   UiTM Lions UPM, Serdang  
14:30 (UTC+08:00)


12 February 2016 ASAS RC   72 - 12   Panthers Blowpipes UPM, Serdang  
16:30 (UTC+08:00)
Week 3


18 February 2016 NS Wanderers   10 - 17   COBRA UPM, Serdang  
14:30 (UTC+08:00)


18 February 2016 Politeknik Merlimau   19 - 17   UPM Angels UPM, Serdang  
16:30 (UTC+08:00)


18 February 2016 Mersing Eagles   35 - 14   Iskandar Raiders Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur  
14:30 (UTC+08:00)


18 February 2016 SSTMI   26 - 32   ASAS RC Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur  
16:30 (UTC+08:00)


19 February 2016 UiTM Lions   67 - 17   Panthers Blowpipes UPM, Serdang  
14:30 (UTC+08:00)


19 February 2016 DBKL   30 - 42   Keris Conlay UPM, Serdang  
16:30 (UTC+08:00)
Week 4


25 February 2016 COBRA   20 - 21   UPM Angels UPM, Serdang  
14:30 (UTC+08:00)


25 February 2016 NS Wanderers   0 - 0[1]   Mersing Eagles UPM, Serdang  
16:30 (UTC+08:00) abandoned


25 February 2016 DBKL   64 - 8   Panthers Blowpipes Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur  
14:30 (UTC+08:00)


25 February 2016 Politeknik Merlimau   8 - 12   Iskandar Raiders Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur  
16:30 (UTC+08:00)


26 February 2016 ASAS RC   5 - 21   Keris Conlay UPM, Serdang  
14:30 (UTC+08:00)


26 February 2016 SSTMI   19 - 28   UiTM Lions UPM, Serdang  
16:30 (UTC+08:00)
Week 5


4 March 2016 NS Wanderers   25 - 29   Iskandar Raiders UPM, Serdang  
14:30 (UTC+08:00)


4 March 2016 UPM Angels   33 - 35   Mersing Eagles UPM, Serdang  
16:30 (UTC+08:00)


4 March 2016 SSTMI   80 - 5   Panthers Blowpipes Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur  
14:30 (UTC+08:00)


4 March 2016 Keris Conlay   22 - 18   UiTM Lions Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur  
16:30 (UTC+08:00)


5 March 2016 Politeknik Merlimau   15 - 10   COBRA UPM, Serdang  
14:30 (UTC+08:00)


5 March 2016 DBKL   7 - 19   ASAS RC UPM, Serdang  
16:30 (UTC+08:00)

Final round edit

In the final round, ASAS RC played against Keris Conlay and Keris Conlay won with 24 points, the ASAS RC having 17.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ The game was abandoned due to bad weather. The final result was considered as a draw for both teams.

External links edit