2017 Malaysia Rugby League Division 1

2017 Malaysia Rugby League Division 1
2017 Malaysia Rugby League Division 1
Date	4 February 2017 – 12 March 2017
Matches played	19
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The Malaysia Rugby League Division 1 2017 was the inaugural season of Malaysia Rugby League Division 1, Malaysia's domestic rugby union competition. The kick off will begin on 4 February 2017. Previously known as National Inter Club Championship (NICC), this season embarks the newly, organized league structure for more clubs to participate.

Teams

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

KL Saracens
Kota Bharu RC
IIUM Mustangs
SAHOCA RC
Silver Gaurus RC
ATM Blackhawks
Iskandar Troopers
KL Tigers
UTM Pirates
Edwardian Tiger
Beringin Rendang RC
JLJ Diraja

Season

In preliminary stage, all 12 teams were divided into 4 groups of three teams, and a single round-robin tournament was held by all groups.

Standings

Group A

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points difference	Bonus point	Points
JLJ Diraja	2	2	0	56	13	+43	1	9
UTM Pirates	2	1	1	21	35	-14	0	5
Kota Bharu RC	2	0	2	23	52	-29	1	3


JLJ Diraja	22 - 3	UTM Pirates	Port Dickson
UTM Pirates	18 - 13	Kota Bharu RC	UTM Skudai, Johor
Kota Bharu RC	10 - 34	JLJ Diraja	Kota Bharu

Group B

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points difference	Bonus point	Points
KL Saracens	2	2	0	0	49	30	+19	1	9
Edwardian Tiger	2	0	1	1	29	31	-2	1	4
SAHOCA RC	2	0	1	1	25	42	-17	0	3


Edwardian Tiger	17 - 19	KL Saracens	Esplanade, Taiping
KL Saracens	30 - 13	SAHOCA RC	UM, Kuala Lumpur
SAHOCA RC	12 - 12	Edwardian Tiger	Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid, Alor Setar

Group C

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points difference	Bonus point	Points
Beringin Rendang	2	2	0	57	34	+23	1	9
IIUM Mustangs	2	1	1	77	45	+32	1	6
Iskandar Troopers	2	0	2	12	67	-55	0	2


IIUM Mustangs	48 - 7	Iskandar Troopers	IIUM, Gombak
Beringin Rendang	38 - 29	IIUM Mustangs	Kota Tinggi
Iskandar Troopers	5 - 19	Beringin Rendang	Kota Tinggi

Group D

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points difference	Bonus point	Points
Silver Gaurus RC	2	2	0	87	13	+74	2	10
KL Tigers	2	1	1	29	58	-29	0	5
ATM Blackhawks	2	1	1	31	76	-45	1	2


ATM Blackhawks	8 - 52	Silver Gaurus RC	Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur
Silver Gaurus	35 - 5	KL Tigers	Ipoh
KL Tigers	24 - 23	ATM Blackhawks	VI, Kuala Lumpur

Bold indicates teams that qualified to quarter-final.

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

	4 February 2017	JLJ Diraja	22 - 3	UTM Pirates	Port Dickson
	16:30 (UTC+08:00)

	4 February 2017	Edwardian Tiger	17 - 19	KL Saracens	Esplanade, Taiping
	16:30 (UTC+08:00)

	4 February 2017	IIUM Mustangs	48 - 7	Iskandar Troopers	IIUM, Gombak
	16:30 (UTC+08:00)

	5 February 2017	ATM Blackhawks	8 - 52	Silver Gaurus RC	Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur
	16:30 (UTC+08:00)

Week 2

	11 February 2017	UTM Pirates	18 - 13	Kota Bharu RC	UTM, Skudai
	16:30 (UTC+08:00)

	11 February 2017	KL Saracens	30 - 13	SAHOCA RC	UM, Kuala Lumpur
	16:30 (UTC+08:00)

	11 February 2017	Beringin Rendang	38 - 29	IIUM Mustangs	Kota Tinggi
	16:30 (UTC+08:00)

	11 February 2017	Silver Gaurus	35 - 5	KL Tigers	Ipoh
	16:30 (UTC+08:00)

Week 3

	18 February 2017	Kota Bharu RC	10 - 34	JLJ Diraja	Kota Bharu
	16:30 (UTC+08:00)

	18 February 2017	SAHOCA RC	12 - 12	Edwardian Tiger	Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid, Alor Setar
	16:30 (UTC+08:00)

	18 February 2017	Iskandar Troopers	5 - 19	Beringin Rendang	Mersing
	16:30 (UTC+08:00)

	18 February 2017	KL Tigers	24 - 23	ATM Blackhawks	VI, Kuala Lumpur
	16:30 (UTC+08:00)

Final Round

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

25 February – Kota Tinggi

Beringin Rendang	22
		5 March – Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur
UTM Pirates	10
		Beringin Rendang	12
25 February – STAR, Ipoh
		Silver Gaurus RC	28
Silver Gaurus RC	42
				12 March – UPM, Serdang
Edwardian Tigers	3
				Silver Gaurus RC
25 February – Port Dickson
				JLJ Diraja
JLJ Diraja	24
		5 March – Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur
IIUM Mustangs	5
		JLJ Diraja	15
2 March^[1] – UM
		KL Tigers	12
KL Saracens	19

KL Tigers	29

Quarter-final

	25 February 2017	Beringin Rendang	22 - 10	UTM Pirates	Kota Tinggi
	16:30 (UTC+08:00)

	25 February 2017	Silver Gaurus RC	42 - 3	Edwardian Tiger	STAR, Ipoh
	15:00 (UTC+08:00)

	25 February 2017	JLJ Diraja	24 - 5	IIUM Mustangs	Port Dickson
	16:30 (UTC+08:00)

	2 March 2017 ^[1]	KL Saracens	19 - 29	KL Tigers	UM, Kuala Lumpur
	16:30 (UTC+08:00)

Semi-final

	5 March 2017	Beringin Rendang	12 - 28	Silver Gaurus RC	Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur
	14:30 (UTC+08:00)

	5 March 2017	JLJ Diraja	15 - 12	KL Tigers	Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur
	16:30 (UTC+08:00)

Final

	12 March 2017	Silver Gaurus RC	v	JLJ Diraja	UPM, Serdang
	16:00 (UTC+08:00)

Notes

^ ^a ^b The earlier game was abandoned due to bad weather. The location of the game were relocated at University Malaya.

External links

[misc-1] The earlier game was abandoned due to bad weather. The location of the game were relocated at University Malaya.

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