Malaysian Women Rugby @ Asian 7s Women Championship

Recently the RSC Dingoes emerge as the Jonah Jones 7s 2012 Cup Champion and at the time of this posting the girls are in Pune, India for the Asian 7s Women Rugby Championship. These girls compete in the tournament on their own expenditure and their grit and determination to try and put Malaysian Women's Rugby on the international scene is something that has to be respect. I found out these girls compete in competitions locally and Internationally with their own expenditure since they find it difficult to make ends meet to get sponsors. 

I understand that the girls has passed the hat around for funding with a Facebook posting but I have no idea how much they had collected. 

This was the Facebook message posted by the RSC Dingoes, " We are short of money. So, if any of you would like to chip in, please liaise with Uni ( ooni.muhammad@gmail.com ) »Even RM10 counts!«

However they are already in Pune flying through Singapore due to a cheaper fare compared flying out of KLIA. 

Asian Women's Sevens Championship

Day One

09:00 - Hong Kong v India (Pool A)

09:20 - Chinese Taipei v Korea (Pool B)
09:40 - Fiji v Sri Lanka (Pool B)
10:00 - Singapore v Iran (Pool D)
10:20 - Kazakhstan v UAE (Pool D)
10:40 - Thailand v Malaysia (Pool C)
11:00 - China v Philippines (Pool C)
11:20 - Japan v India (Pool A)
11:40 - Chinese Taipei v Sri Lanka (Pool B)
12:00 - Fiji v Korea (Pool B)
12:20 - Singapore v UAE (Pool D)
12:40 - Kazakhstan v Iran (Pool D)
13:00 - Thailand v Philippines (Pool C)
13:20 - China v Malaysia (Pool C)
13:40 - Japan v Hong Kong (Pool A)
14:00 - Korea v Sri Lanka (Pool B)
14:20 - Fiji v Chinese Taipei (Pool B)
14:40 - Iran v UAE (Pool D)
15:00 - Kazakhstan v Singapore (Pool D)
15:20 - Malaysia v Philippines (Pool C)
15:40 - China v Thailand (Pool C)

The Results of day 1

1. Hong Kong 34-0 India
2. Chinese Taipei 45-0 South Korea
3. Fiji 44-7 Sri Lanka
4. Singapore 20-0 Iran

5. Kazakhstan 31-0 UAE
6. Thailand 41-0 Malaysia
7. China 29-0 Philippines
8. Japan 44-0 India
9. Chinese Taipei 26-7 Lanka
10. Fiji 50-0 South Korea
11. Singapore 19-15 UAE
12. Kazakhstan 36-0 Iran
13. Thailand 31-7 Philippines
14. China 49-0 Malaysia
15. Japan 19-5 Hong Kong
16. South Korea 0-43 Sri Lanka
17. Fiji 36-7 Chinese Taipei
18. Iran 10-5 UAE
19. Kazakhstan 39-0 Singapore
20. Malaysia 7-40 Philippines
21. China 41-0 Thailand

Without a better and strong competitor, sports team will not be able to progress in terms of performance. They need more International exposures. That is one of the reason why our champions remain as Jaguh Kampong because there is no opponent in the country to beat them and then they will complacent because of the winning comfort. 

Following are the Asian Rankings

Row	Ranking 2012	Asian Champs 2011
Band 1	China	1st
	Kazakhstan	2nd
	Japan	3rd
	Fiji
Band 2	Thailand	4th
	Hong Kong	5th
	Chinese Taipei	6th
	Singapore	7th
Band 3	India	8th
	Iran	9th
	South Korea	10th
	Malaysia*	12th
Band 4	Philippines	(9th 2010)
	Sri Lanka	(first event)
	UAE	(first event)

Read more: http://www.sportskeeda.com/2012/09/25/asian-womens-sevens-rugby-championship-in-pune/#ixzz28aFCLHoF

Results HERE

RESULTS 2011

1-2 Place: China 31 bt Kazakhstan 12

3-4 Place: Japan 17 bt Thailand 7

Other Classifications: 5-6 Place: Hong Kong 24 bt Chinese Taipei 10; 7-8 Place:  India 5 lost to Singapore 29; 9-10 Place: Iran 7 bt South Korea 5; 11-12 Place: Malaysia 0 bt Lao 7.

Semi Final: China 26 bt Japan 0; Kazakhstan 21 bt Thailand 12

Plate Semi Final: India 0 lost to Hong Kong 34; Chinese Taipei 21 bt Singapore 0

Bowl Semifinal: Iran 12 bt Malaysia 0; South Korea 17 bt Laos 12

Quarterfinal: China 41 bt India 0; Japan 17 bt Hong Kong 5; Kazakhstan 29 bt Taipei 0; Thailand 24 bt Singapore 0

ASIA RANKING

1.  China; 2 Kazakhstan; 3  Japan;  4 Thailand; 5 Hong Kong;  6 Chinese Taipei; 7 Singapore;  8 India;  9 Iran; 10 South Korea;  11 Lao; 12 Malaysia

Bowl Winner: Iran; Runner Up: South Korea

Plate Winners: Hong Kong; Runner Up: Chinese Taipei

Cup Winners: China; Runners Up: Kazakhstan.

Read more: http://www.sportskeeda.com/2011/10/02/asian-womens-sevens-rugby-championship-china-champions-india-8th/#ixzz28aHDQYHq

RSC Dingoes - Not Just Ordinary Women

The sports of rugby as I use to know as rugger had its beginning in Malaya as far back as 1890’s and the first inter club match was played in 1902 between Singapore Cricket Club and Selangor Club and Malaysian Rugby Union was founded in 1921. As far as I know rugby was played by men and that’s why people says that “Rugby is game of the ruffians played by gentlemen” while soccer “Game of gentlemen played by ruffians”. Sorry soccer players. Not me who came up with that connotation.

Development in the sports has now have women too, play rugby. It was then just touch rugby because its more gentle but then they move up to the normal rubgy sports with scrums, tackling and touch downs like those played by their counterpart, the guys.

Women rugby is growing in Malaysia and there has been matches involving women too. I make a google search and found a few results involving women rugby in Malaysia. They might be a thrashing team in the beginning but they are closing up the scoreline which show improvement is taking place in terms of performance. However women rugby in Malaysia can still be considered at its infancy stage and still growing with a few women rugby clubs emerging and especially concentrated in the Klang valley. The first side played in a rugby match in 2009 as mentioned in Wikipedia.

Not to mention girls playing touch rugby, there are only three clubs actively playing the full version of rugby. One in Klang valley, one in Sabah and another in Sarawak. In Klang valley there is a women rugby club actively training at Selangor Club ground in Bukit Kiara. These are a group women of grit and determination putting away their lipsticks and heels and into their jerseys, shorts and boots running and making their way with rugger balls on the Selangor Club field as part of the Royal Selangor Club's Rugby Section. These ladies most of the time found it difficult to make ends meet to fulfil their passion for the sports and most of the time have to dig deep into their own purse to enter competitions as far as Singapore and Thailand since there is not much competition of Internatioanal class for them in the country. These girls call themselves the RSC Dingoes. Most of their players had been making their cut as regular players for the Malaysian Women Rugby side in local and international tournaments. They hve their Facebook HERE.

Photo credit (above two) Sukandaily.my

 To date the club has already booked a place in the Asia Club Touch Championship 2012, whereby 40 countries will be taking part. The tournament will be held from 8.6.2012 -10.6.2012, at Danga Bay Johor. Below is the list of clubs qualified for the International tournament. 

MEN OPEN; 1. Seksyen Seven 2. Olie Tigers.

WOMEN OPEN; 1. RSC Dingoes 2. Scorpion SWiT Putrajaya.

The Dingoes is hoping to get sponsors for their team in order to further develop the future of women rugby in Malaysia. They have laid out plans to run through 2012  to enter local and international matches. The girls are really in need for international exposures to further develop. If these girls are exposed early at international competitions, they have the exact idea of what is on their track and the experience will be passed down to future women rugby players and team. To develop we cannot wait until the morale and image of our women falls down the abyss because its difficult to climb back up. We can't build world champions overnight. 

These are their calendar laid out for 2012

APRIL
1) PUTRAJAYA TOUCH (7TH) - CONFIRMED
- RSC DINGOES, 1 TEAM
- OWN COST : TRANSPORTATION

2) EXHIBITION GAME GMI TOURNAMENT (14TH)  - CONFIRMED
-RSC DINGOES , 2 TEAMS
- OWN COST : TRANSPORTATION

3) UPM TOUCH (21ST) - ATTENDING BUT PENDING ON CONFIRMATION NUMBER OF PLAYERS
- OWN COST : TRANSPORTATION

MAY
1) PHUKET 10S (25TH-27TH) -  PENDING INVITATION
- RSC DINGOES 1 TEAM
- OWN COST : TBC
- SPONSORED : TBC

JUNE
1) TAIPEI GIANTS CUP 7S (1ST-3RD) - PENDING CONFIRMATION ON NUMBER OF PLAYERS, FUNDING BEFORE RESPONDING
- RSC DINGOES 1 TEAM
- OWN COST: FLIGHTS AND ACCOMODATIONS
- SPONSORED: TBC

2) LABUAN 10S (29TH-1ST JULY ) - CONFIRMED BUT PENDING ON NUMBER OF PLAYERS
- RSC DINGOES
- OWN COST : FLIGHTS
- SPONSORED : ACCOMODATION

SEPTEMBER
1) BORNEO 7S (31ST AUGUST - 2ND SEPT) - PENDING CONFIRMATION ON NUMBER OF PLAYERS, FUNDING BEFORE RESPONDING
- NATIONAL TEAM
- OWN COST : TBC
- SPONSORED : TBC

OCTOBER
1) BALI 10S (12TH-15TH) - ATTENDING BUT PENDING ON NUMBER OF PLAYERS
- RSC DINGOES
- OWN COST : FLIGHTS,ACCOMODATION
- SPONSORED : TBC

NOVEMBER
1) SCC 7S (2ND- 4TH) - PENDING INVITATION
- NATIONAL TEAM
- OWN COST : TBC
- SPONSORED : TBC

2) JONAH JONES (17TH- 18TH) - CONFIRMED
-RSC DINGOES, 2 TEAMS

To realise their dreams making women rugby another popular sports in the country, these women needs sponsorships to send the team to international competitions. These ladies has been sacrificing their time, energy and money and sometime work leave just to make their dreams works and uplifting the image of sports in the country.