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The Singapore Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in Singapore. It was founded in 1948. It was founded in 1948. The current president is Sunny Seah , a civil servant who played rugby at St Andrews School, Anglo Chinese Junior College and the Guards formation.
Rugby union was introduced to the British colony of Singapore in the late 19th century. It has had a steady presence since the beginning of the 20th century, when the Malaya Cup between Singapore Civilians team and states of Malaya was then established, which is one of the oldest rugby competitions in the world.
In 1978, Singapore Rugby achieved its best ever performance in history under coach Natahar Bava. The team won its first Malaysian Rugby Union (MRU) Cup after 44 years of participation. The Singapore team beat the RNZIR (Royal New Zealand Infantry Battalion) in the semi-finals. They beat the RMAF Blackhawks in the final.
The tournament in Singapore was cancelled again in 2021 due to ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic [6] to protect the health and safety of players, fans, and staff. [7] Rugby sevens returned in 2022, the ninth time that the Sevens World Series was hosted in Singapore, when Fiji defeated New Zealand to win their third Singapore Sevens title ...
The history of women's rugby in Singapore has been a short one. The game was introduced by the Singapore Rugby Union through the men's clubs in 1996.. With the help of the Singapore Rugby Union, the game in the 15s format was introduced to the clubs in 2005 and the first Singapore women's 15s league was established in 2006.
The Singapore Rugby Union also aimed to increase the interest of Rugby by collaborating with international universities for exchange programmes in 2002. The improvement of Rugby clinics also organized a free touch and contact Rugby programme in 2006, hence resulting in an increase of another 100 participating schools. [19]
1936 Rugby Union of Russia (founded as, and successor of, Rugby Union of the Soviet Union) 1937 Thai Rugby Union; 1946 Korea Rugby Union [10] 1946 Chinese Taipei Rugby Union [11] 1948 Singapore Rugby Union; 1949 Rugby Australia (founded as Australian Rugby Union; renamed in 2017) 1950 Danish Rugby Union [12] 1951 Uruguayan Rugby Union
The history of women's rugby in Singapore has been a short one. The game was introduced by the Singapore Rugby Union through the men's clubs in 1996. The first Singapore women's national 7s team was formed in 1997 and they represented the republic at the Hong Kong International Women's 7s and the inaugural Asian Women's Championship 7s in the same year.