Hawks take on Froggies in Sevens opener

02/10/1998

DEFENDING champions RMAF Blackhawks open their Guinness-Jonah Jones seven-
a-side rugby campaign against Flying Froggies at the Royal Selangor Club
in Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur tomorrow.
The Blackhawks match is schedued for 12.45pm.
The tournament kicksoff at 9.0am when USM Jokers take on IJED while the
final match of the day is between NS Wanderers and Wild Cats Johor at
6.42pm.
The sevens, which will see some of Malaysia's Commonwealth Games players
in action for their clubs, will also be joined by champions from the
Northern qualiying round held in Penang last month.
There will be no prize money awarded to the winners as the tournament is
geared to foster rugby's development at the schools, university and club
levels.
And the good news for spectators is that they will be allowed to walk in
free of charge.
The varsity champions are the USM Jokers while Penang Police and Syed
Sirazuddin Secondary of Perlis will compete in the club and school
categories respectively.
Besides Blackhawks, among the other top sides who have confirmed are
Selangor League champions Cobra, the Royal Australian Air Force in
Butterworth, the SMS Old Boys and Negri Sembilan Wanderers.
The schools competition should also be interesting as the organisers
have included the participation of a French school in Singapore.
The other international cast down for the date are the SCC Colts, a
developmental team from the Singapore Cricket Club.
Malaysia's strongest challenge is expected to come from the Malay
College of Kuala Langsar and traditionally the King Edward VII Secondary
from Taiping.
Clubs: Royal Selangor Club, Police, Kuantan Rhinos, JLJ DiRaja, Cobra,
MDHS Cyclones, North Brigade, SMS Old Boys, RMAF Blackhawks, Penang
Police, The Flying Froggies, Bandaraya Dragons, NS Wanderers, RAAF Tigers
RUFC, SAHOCA, Wild Cats Johor.
Varsities: Intekma Lions, UM Blues, Uniten, USM Jokers, Stamford
College, IJED, UPM Serdang Angels, Help Institute Hyenas, PPP ITM.
Schools: Malay College Kuala Kangsar, Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar, Datuk Abdul
Razak School, JERK, SM Syed Sirajuddin, SCC Colts, SMK King George V,
Tuanku Abdul Rahman School, SM King Edward VII, French International
School, Sekolah Tuanku Ja'afar, Cyclones Development Team, SMS Selangor,
Garden International School, Alam Shah School, NS Juniors.
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