The Malaysia Rugby League Premier 2017 was the 17th season of Malaysia Rugby League Premier, Malaysia's domestic rugby union competition. The kick off will begin on 4 February 2017. This season embarks the newly, organized league structure, with more involvement of clubs from entire Malaysia to develop the excitement of the rugby scene in Malaysia.

Teams

A total of 12 teams will compete in the 2017 season.

Cobra RC NS Wanderers RC UPM Angels UiTM Lions ASAS RC DBKL Panthers Blowpipes Keris Conlay RC Iskandar Raiders SSTMI Tsunami Mersing Eagles Politeknik Merlimau

Season

In preliminary stage, all 12 teams were divided into 2 groups, and a single round-robin tournament was held by both groups.

Standings

Teams 1 to 4 (Green background) at the end of the preliminary competition rounds qualify for the final stage. The lowest-placed teams (Red background) were relegated.

Group APosTeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferenceTry BonusLosing BonusPoints1 Mersing Eagles 5 4 1 0 159 77 +82 4 0 232 Iskandar Raiders 5 4 0 1 115 120 -5 3 0 203 UPM Angels 5 2 0 3 101 108 -7 1 3 154 NS Wanderers 5 1 1 3 96 98 -2 1 3 145 Politeknik Merlimau 5 2 0 3 98 117 -19 0 1 126 COBRA 5 1 0 4 74 124 -50 0 3 11Group BPosTeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferenceTry BonusLosing BonusPoints1 Keris Conlay 5 5 0 0 208 53 +155 5 0 252 ASAS RC 5 4 0 1 160 85 +78 4 0 213 UiTM Lions 5 3 0 2 172 115 +57 1 1 164 SSTMI 5 2 0 3 153 128 +25 2 1 145 DBKL 5 1 0 4 152 140 +12 1 1 106 Panthers Blowpipes 5 0 0 5 42 369 -327 0 0 5Four points for a win, three for a draw, one for a loss, and no points for a bye. One bonus point for the winning team scoring four or more tries (BP1), one bonus point for losing by four or less by their opponent (BP2). If teams are level on points in the standings at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Number of matches won Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams

Grouping stage matches

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Final round In the final round, ASAS RC played against Keris Conlay and Keris Conlay won with 24 points, the ASAS RC having 17.

See also

Malaysia Rugby League Premier

References

External links Malaysia Rugby Malaysia Rugby Union