2017 Malaysia Rugby League Premier

2017 Malaysia Rugby League Premier
Date	4 February 2017 – 1 April 2016
Matches played	39

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.

Teams

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

• Cobra RC
• NS Wanderers RC
• UPM Angels
• UiTM Lions
• ASAS RC
• DBKL
• Panthers Blowpipes
• Keris Conlay RC
• Iskandar Raiders
• SSTMI Tsunami
• Mersing Eagles
• Politeknik Merlimau

Season

In preliminary stage, all 12 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	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

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	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

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

See also

• Malaysia Rugby League Premier

External links

• Malaysia Rugby
• Malaysia Rugby Union