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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.
The Singapore Cricket Club is said to have been one of the first rugby clubs in Singapore when employees from the British East India Company brought the game to Singapore. For many years in the 1800s and early 1900s the Singapore team that played against other Malayan states was made up of expatriates who were working in Singapore and army ...
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.
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 ...
Song Koon Poh (born 1954 [1]) is a Singaporean former national rugby player who represented Singapore from 1972 to 1991. He captained the national team from 1976 to 1977, 1979–81 & 1984–87. He captained the national team from 1976 to 1977, 1979–81 & 1984–87.
As per Botha, India have to play at least 10-12 matches per year per season. India have 1.3 billion people, the country can form a competitive national team. 800 schools in the country have rugby 7 teams, these schools also have to make 15 players teams, It will increase talent pool. Even if 50-100 started their 15 player side. [8]
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