Malaysia Rugby Premiership

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Malaysia Rugby Premiership
Organising bodyMalaysia Rugby League (MRL)
Founded24 August 1988; 36 years ago (1988-08-24)
CountryMalaysia
ConfederationAsia Rugby
Number of teams16 (since 1992–93)
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toMalaysia Rugby Championship
International cup(s)Asia Rugby Champions Cup
Current championsJohor (1st title)
(2023–24)
Most championshipsPerak (15 titles)
Most appearancesRahim Razak (402)
Top goalscorerOmar Abidin (165)
TV partnersList of broadcasters
Current: 2024–25 Malaysia Rugby Premiership

The Malaysia Rugby Premiership is a professional rugby union league in Malaysia. At the top of the Malaysian rugby union league system, the Malaysia Rugby Premiership is Malaysia's primary rugby union competition. Seasons run from August to May. Games are played on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, with a focus on Saturdays.

Sixteen teams have competed in the Malaysia Rugby Premiership since its founding. Perak has won 15 of 43 titles, as well as eleven consecutive seasons between 2013 and 2023, which is a record for a Big Five league. The Malaysia Rugby Premiership has also seen other champions, with Johor, Terengganu, Pahang, Selangor, and Kedah most prominent among them. The Malaysia Rugby Premiership is one of the top national leagues, ranked third in Asia according to Asia Rugby's league coefficient ranking for the current 2024–25 season, based on performances in Asian competitions over the past five seasons. The Malaysia Rugby Premiership led the Asia Rugby ranking from 2003 to 2011 and in 2017. It has also produced the continent's top-rated team seven times. Malaysia Rugby Premiership teams have won five Asia Rugby Champions Cup titles. Its players have accumulated two Ballon d'Or awards, two The Best Asia Rugby Men's Player awards, five Asian Golden Shoe, and three Asian Rugby Men's Player of the Year awards including Asian Rugby Club Footballer of the Year.

The Malaysia Rugby Premiership is the number three rugby union league in the world in terms of average attendance; out of all sports, its average of 12,134 fans per game during the 2011–12 season was the second-highest of any sports league in the world after the American National Football League.> The Malaysia Rugby Premiership is broadcast on television in over 20 countries.

The Malaysia Rugby Premiership was founded in 1987 in Kuala Lumpur and the first season started in 1988–89. The structure and organisation of the Malaysia Rugby Premiership, along with Malaysia's other rugby union leagues, have undergone frequent changes. The Malaysia Rugby Premiership was founded by the Malaysia Rugby Association, but is now operated by the Malaysia Rugby League.It wasn't supposed to end that way. The plan had been meticulously thought out and practiced again and again. There was only one possible result once it had been implemented, but as they stood there the result wasn't anything close to what it should have been. They all blankly looked at each wondering how this could have happened. In their minds, they all began to blame the other members of the group as to why they had failed.

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Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA B Pts Qualification
1 1 4 3 0 1 253 47 +206 38 4 3 15 Qualification for the Semifinals
2 2 4 4 0 0 210 32 +178 27 5 2 18 Qualification to the First round
3 3 4 2 0 2 114 181 −67 15 25 2 10
4 4 4 1 0 3 65 164 −99 9 21 1 5
5 5 4 0 0 4 37 255 −218 3 37 0 0
6 6 4 3 0 1 253 47 +206 38 4 3 15 Qualification to the Wild card round
7 7 4 4 0 0 210 32 +178 27 5 2 18
8 8 4 2 0 2 114 181 −67 15 25 2 10
9 9 4 1 0 3 65 164 −99 9 21 1 5
10 10 4 0 0 4 37 255 −218 3 37 0 0
11 11 4 3 0 1 253 47 +206 38 4 3 15
12 12 4 4 0 0 210 32 +178 27 5 2 18
13 13 4 2 0 2 114 181 −67 15 25 2 10
14 14 4 1 0 3 65 164 −99 9 21 1 5
15 15 4 0 0 4 37 255 −218 3 37 0 0
16 16 4 0 0 4 37 255 −218 3 37 0 0
Source: [citation needed]

Postseason

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Championship playoffs

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Bracket

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First round Semifinals Grand final
         
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Wild card
 
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First round
 
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