The Malaysia Valke was a professional rugby union team based in Kuala Lumpur that played in the Global Rapid Rugby competition. The team was formed in 2019 as a joint venture between Malaysia Rugby and the Falcons Rugby Union of South Africa, but was disbanded a year later after the incomplete 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The team was scheduled to play three matches in 2020 at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur and two matches at Stadium TUDM on the Subang base of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF or in Malay, TUDM: Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia). However, after season was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, the team's home games were not able to be played.
The Malaysia Valke ultimately played only two matches before being disbanded. These were away games to the Western Force in Perth in 2019 and 2020.
Personnel The Malaysia Valke team was predominantly made up of South African players and staff but also included members of the Malaysia national team and players from other nations.
Head coaches JP Immelman (2019) Rudy Joubert (2020) Team Manager: Ben Ibrahim (2019 & 2020)
Captains Shane Kirkwood (2019) Andries Truter (2020)
Squads 2020 Global Rapid Rugby
Robey Leibrandt Tian van der Merwe
Qhama Hina Lux Koza Primo Ncube Heinrich Roelfse
Jacques Alberts Andrew Volschenk
Cody Basson Thabo Mabuza Vince Maruping Friedle Olivier Dwayne Pienaar Conway Pretorius Samuel Rentap Meran Boela Venter
Zee Empangeni Johan Pretotius Anrich Richter
Amirul Aqil Divan Nel
Andries Truter (c) Andrew van Wyk Valentino Wellman
Ezrick Alexander Coert Cronje Roro Damons Anwarul Hafiz Ahmad Marc Lee Badrul Muktee Hardus Pretorius
Errol Jaggers
Notes:
Bold denotes player is internationally capped.
See also Rugby union in Malaysia
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