• Source: Malaysia Valke

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. (c) Denotes team captain. 1 denotes marquee player.




See also


Rugby union in Malaysia




References






External links


Former Malaysia Valke page at archive.today (archived 29 January 2021)

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• Malaysia Valke
• Falcons (rugby union)
• Bukit Jalil National Stadium
• Global Rapid Rugby
• 2020 Global Rapid Rugby season
• 2019 Global Rapid Rugby season
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