2016 MRU Super League

2016 MRU Super League
Date	23 January 2016 – 3 April 2016
Champions	UPM Angels (1st title)
Runners-up	Keris Conlay
Relegated	KL Saracens Panthers Blowpipes
Matches played	38

The MRU Super League 2016 was the 12th season of MRU Super League, Malaysia's domestic rugby union competition. The kick off will begin on 23 January 2016. The final was held on 3 April 2016 and won by UPM Angels, 16 - 13 over defending champions, Keris Conlay. It was the first title that were achieved by the Angels in their history.

Teams

A total of 14 teams will compete in the 2016 season, increasing 2 teams from previous edition.

• Cobra RC
• NS Wanderers RC
• UPM Angels
• UiTM Lions
• ASAS RC
• Bandaraya Dragons RC
• KL Saracens
• Panthers Blowpipes
• Keris Conlay RC
• Iskandar Raiders
• JLJ Diraja
• SSTMI Tsunami
• Mersing Eagles
• Politeknik Merlimau

Season

In preliminary stage, all 14 teams were divided into 2 groups, and a single round-robin tournament was held by both groups.

Standings

 • 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	Keris Conlay	6	5	0	1	144	79	+65	3	1	25
2	UPM Angels	6	5	0	1	185	116	+69	4	0	24
3	Iskandar Raiders	6	3	0	3	195	143	+52	3	2	20
4	UiTM Lions	6	3	1	2	131	123	+8	3	0	20
5	Mersing Eagles	6	2	1	3	117	131	-14	2	1	17
6	ASAS RC	6	2	0	4	107	118	-11	1	0	13
7	KL Saracens	6	0	0	6	77	207	-130	0	0	6
Group B
Pos	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	SSTMI Tsunami	6	4	0	2	184	106	+80	4	1	23
2	NS Wanderers	6	5	0	1	168	99	+79	2	0	23
3	DBKL	6	4	0	2	130	110	+20	2	0	20
4	Politeknik Merlimau	6	4	0	2	154	119	+13	2	0	20
5	COBRA	6	3	0	3	138	186	-48	3	0	17
6	JLJ Diraja	6	1	0	5	119	180	-61	1	2	12
7	Panthers Blowpipes	6	0	0	6	112	195	-83	0	1	7
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 seven 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

Week 1

	23 January 2016	Keris Conlay	14 - 5	KL Saracens	UKM, Bangi
	15:00 (UTC+08:00)

	23 January 2016	Mersing Eagles	0 - 17	ASAS RC	UKM, Bangi
	17:00 (UTC+08:00)

	23 January 2016	Iskandar Raiders	13 - 27	UiTM Lions	Pasir Gudang
	16:30 (UTC+08:00)

	23 January 2016	Politeknik Merlimau	42 - 27	JLJ Diraja	Politeknik Merlimau, Merlimau
	16:30 (UTC+08:00)

	24 January 2016	COBRA	39 - 22	Panthers Blowpipes	UKM, Bangi
	15:00 (UTC+08:00)

	24 January 2016	SSTMI	28 - 20	NS Wanderers	UKM, Bangi
	17:00 (UTC+08:00)

Week 2

	30 January 2016	COBRA	27 - 10	Politeknik Merlimau	UKM, Bangi
	15:00 (UTC+08:00)

	30 January 2016	Keris Conlay	27 - 17	ASAS RC	UKM, Bangi
	17:00 (UTC+08:00)

	31 January 2016	JLJ Diraja	28 - 26	Panthers Blowpipes	UKM, Bangi
	15:00 (UTC+08:00)

	31 January 2016	SSTMI	18 - 19	DBKL	UKM, Bangi
	17:00 (UTC+08:00)

	31 January 2016	Mersing Eagles	28 - 19	KL Saracens	UM, Kuala Lumpur
	16:30 (UTC+08:00)

Week 3

	13 February 2016	UPM Angels	0 - 28	Keris Conlay	UKM, Bangi
			walkover

	13 February 2016	COBRA	10 - 28	DBKL	UKM, Bangi
	17:00 (UTC+08:00)

	13 February 2016	Mersing Eagles	25 - 20	Iskandar Raiders	Pasir Gudang, Johor
	16:30 (UTC+08:00)

	14 February 2016	SSTMI	33 - 7	Panthers Blowpipes	UKM, Bangi
	15:00 (UTC+08:00)

	14 February 2016	JLJ Diraja	14 - 37	NS Wanderers	UKM, Bangi
	17:00 (UTC+08:00)

	14 February 2016	UiTM Lions	20 - 10	KL Saracens	UM, Kuala Lumpur
	15:00 (UTC+08:00)

	17 February 2016	UPM Angels	30 - 17	UiTM Lions	UKM, Bangi
	16:30 (UTC+08:00)

Week 4

	20 February 2016	UiTM Lions	31 - 17	ASAS RC	UKM, Bangi
	15:00 (UTC+08:00)

	20 February 2016	Keris Conlay	21 - 26	Iskandar Raiders	UKM, Bangi
	17:00 (UTC+08:00)

	21 February 2016	COBRA	12 - 50	NS Wanderers	UKM, Bangi
	15:00 (UTC+08:00)

	21 February 2016	UPM Angels	22 - 17	Mersing Eagles	UKM, Bangi
	17:00 (UTC+08:00)

	21 February 2016	JLJ Diraja	13 - 15	DBKL	Bellamy Field, Sungai Besi
	15:00 (UTC+08:00)

	21 February 2016	SSTMI	26 - 28	Politeknik Merlimau	Bellamy Field, Sungai Besi
	17:00 (UTC+08:00)

Week 5

	27 February 2016	Keris Conlay	27 - 21	Mersing Eagles	UKM, Bangi
	15:00 (UTC+08:00)

	27 February 2016	COBRA	31 - 26	JLJ Diraja	UKM, Bangi
	17:00 (UTC+08:00)

	28 February 2016	UPM Angels	39 - 37	Iskandar Raiders	UKM, Bangi
	15:00 (UTC+08:00)

	28 February 2016	DBKL	11 - 13	NS Wanderers	UM, Kuala Lumpur
	15:00 (UTC+08:00)

	28 February 2016	Politeknik Merlimau	32 - 19	Panthers Blowpipes	UKM, Bangi
	17:00 (UTC+08:00)

	28 February 2016	KL Saracens	17 - 34	ASAS RC	UM, Kuala Lumpur
	17:00 (UTC+08:00)

Week 6

	5 March 2016	Politeknik Merlimau	12 - 20	NS Wanderers	UKM, Bangi
	15:00 (UTC+08:00)

	5 March 2016	ASAS RC	15 - 43	Iskandar Raiders	UKM, Bangi
	17:00 (UTC+08:00)

	6 March 2016	DBKL	35 - 26	Panthers Blowpipes	UKM, Bangi
	15:00 (UTC+08:00)

	6 March 2016	UPM Angels	55 - 10	KL Saracens	UM, Kuala Lumpur
	15:00 (UTC+08:00)

	6 March 2016	UiTM Lions	26 - 26	Mersing Eagles	UKM, Bangi
	17:00 (UTC+08:00)

	6 March 2016	SSTMI	29 - 11	JLJ Diraja	UM, Kuala Lumpur
	17:00 (UTC+08:00)

Week 7

	12 March 2016	COBRA	19 - 50	SSTMI	UKM, Bangi
	15:00 (UTC+08:00)

	12 March 2016	Keris Conlay	27 - 10	UiTM Lions	UKM, Bangi
	17:00 (UTC+08:00)

	12 March 2016	Iskandar Raiders	56 - 16	KL Saracens	UM, Kuala Lumpur
	17:00 (UTC+08:00)

	13 March 2016	UPM Angels	39 - 7	ASAS RC	UKM, Bangi
	15:00 (UTC+08:00)

	13 March 2016	NS Wanderers	58 - 12	Panthers Blowpipes	UKM, Bangi
	17:00 (UTC+08:00)

	13 March 2016	DBKL	30 - 22	Politeknik Merlimau	UM, Kuala Lumpur
	17:00 (UTC+08:00)

Final stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	19 March – UKM, Bangi
	Iskandar Raiders	23
					27 March – UKM, Bangi
	NS Wanderers	34
					Keris Conlay	47
	19 March – UKM, Bangi
					NS Wanderers	16
	Keris Conlay	36
									3 April – UKM, Bangi
	Politeknik Merlimau	0
									Keris Conlay	13
	20 March – UKM, Bangi
									UPM Angels	16
	UPM Angels	14
					27 March – UKM, Bangi
	DBKL	10
					UPM Angels	20
	20 March – UKM, Bangi
					SSTMI	15			Third place
	SSTMI	19
									3 April – UKM, Bangi
	UiTM Lions	10
									NS Wanderers	31
									SSTMI	42

Quarter-finals

	19 March 2016	Iskandar Raiders	26 - 34	NS Wanderers	UKM, Bangi
	15:00 (UTC+08:00)		[1]

	19 March 2016	Keris Conlay	36 - 0	Politeknik Merlimau	UKM, Bangi
	17:00 (UTC+08:00)		[2]

	20 March 2016	UPM Angels	14 - 10	DBKL	UKM, Bangi
	15:00 (UTC+08:00)		[3]

	20 March 2016	SSTMI	19 - 10	UiTM Lions	UKM, Bangi
	15:00 (UTC+08:00)		[4]

Semi-Finals

	27 March 2016	Keris Conlay	47 - 16	NS Wanderers	UKM, Bangi
	15:00 (UTC+08:00)		[5]

	27 March 2016	UPM Angels	20 - 15	SSTMI	UKM, Bangi
	17:00 (UTC+08:00)		[6]

Third placing

	3 April 2016	NS Wanderers	31 - 42	SSTMI	UKM, Bangi
	14:30 (UTC+08:00)		[7]

Final

	3 April 2016	UPM Angels	16 - 13	Keris Conlay	UKM, Bangi
	16:30 (UTC+08:00)		[8]

See also

• MRU Super League

External links

• Malaysia Rugby
• Malaysia Rugby Union