Rugby is a very new and developing sports in Indonesia. Some people even don't know what rugby is ! And most of people do not know about this, but Indonesia do have a National Rugby Team. It is call the Indonesian Rhinos. The Rhinos was first formed in 2006, they played in the Asian regional division six tournament held in pnom penh, Cambodia. They were beaten by Cambodia 30-7. It is not as horrible as it looks, in rugby you will get 5 points for each try, try is what we call for scoring goals, and you will get an extra 2 points for the convertion kick. So basiclly indonesia was beaten 6-1. still pretty horrible, but it was the first time ever the indonesian team play together in an official game. Most of the player at the time was expat from Australia or England. So it was not a real indonesian team to begin with. But, in the end, Indonesia was second in that tournament, after they beat both Laos and Brunei. Indonesia Won 34-12 against Laos and 32-20 against Brunei. It was a good start for Indonesia.
In 2007, the Rhinos did a lot better than they did the year before. They Won the Asian Regional Six Tournament in Brunei. After winnig all their matches against Laos 17-3, Cambodia 11-10, and Brunei 28-15. It was their first trophy. Even more recently, Indonesia hosted the tournament in 2008. The Tournament were held in Universitas Pelita Harapan. Indonesia Were Increadible in this tournament, they demolish Cambodia 55-3, and defeated Laos 23-11. In this year, most of the player are Indonesian. Most of them are my friends from Jakarta Banteng, it's the club that i play rugby with, like Yudha "the Man Mountain" Ramon, Boby Orlando, Fikri Al-Azhar. The top scorer for the Indonesian team was Kirk Aditya Arundale with 33 point in total.
If we look back to 2 years ago, Indonesia was defeated by Cambodia 30-7, yet today, they completely destroy Cambodia 55-3. That is what i like to call dramatic improvement. Other than the national teams, Indonesia also got a lot of clubs. There are about 3 clubs in Jakarta, those clubs are ISCI Komodo, ISCI Samurai and Jakarta Banteng. And there are also a club in Gosowong, Maluku and another in Sengata, Kalimantan. And we also have lots of Tournament. The most recent Tournament was the Bali Rugby Festival in 9-10 augustus. I was in that tournament, although my team lost pretty badly but it was a blast. I ended up cannot turn my head in any direction, my neck was really stiff. The next tournament is the Bali 10's International. It's in October. Hopefully, if i am fit and got picked, i could take a part in that tournament. But the competition for a place in the team are gonna be really hard. And also there are other tournament, like the Jakarta Series, ISCI 7's tournament and many others.
Well, i think i need to post another blog about the rules and regulation of rugby so i could tell you guys more about rugby. But if anyone read this blog, you are welcome to come practice with us at Senayan, Lapangan ABC every wednesday from 6.30-8.00 pm. It's free. So i would like you guys to come, and try out rugby for once. It is really fun, you get to hit other people for fun ! If you are in a fight with your friend or in any kind of stress, rugby is a constructive way to channel your anger. Bottom line is Rugby is fun ! So try it !
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia_national_rugby_union_team
http://rugbydata.com/indonesia/brunei
http://www.a5nrugby.com/news.php?act=read&id=26&news=Indonesia+wins+HSBC+Asian+Five+Nations+Regional+Tournament
http://indonesianrugby.com./download/
http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2651821069#/group.php?gid=2365037457
In 2007, the Rhinos did a lot better than they did the year before. They Won the Asian Regional Six Tournament in Brunei. After winnig all their matches against Laos 17-3, Cambodia 11-10, and Brunei 28-15. It was their first trophy. Even more recently, Indonesia hosted the tournament in 2008. The Tournament were held in Universitas Pelita Harapan. Indonesia Were Increadible in this tournament, they demolish Cambodia 55-3, and defeated Laos 23-11. In this year, most of the player are Indonesian. Most of them are my friends from Jakarta Banteng, it's the club that i play rugby with, like Yudha "the Man Mountain" Ramon, Boby Orlando, Fikri Al-Azhar. The top scorer for the Indonesian team was Kirk Aditya Arundale with 33 point in total.
If we look back to 2 years ago, Indonesia was defeated by Cambodia 30-7, yet today, they completely destroy Cambodia 55-3. That is what i like to call dramatic improvement. Other than the national teams, Indonesia also got a lot of clubs. There are about 3 clubs in Jakarta, those clubs are ISCI Komodo, ISCI Samurai and Jakarta Banteng. And there are also a club in Gosowong, Maluku and another in Sengata, Kalimantan. And we also have lots of Tournament. The most recent Tournament was the Bali Rugby Festival in 9-10 augustus. I was in that tournament, although my team lost pretty badly but it was a blast. I ended up cannot turn my head in any direction, my neck was really stiff. The next tournament is the Bali 10's International. It's in October. Hopefully, if i am fit and got picked, i could take a part in that tournament. But the competition for a place in the team are gonna be really hard. And also there are other tournament, like the Jakarta Series, ISCI 7's tournament and many others.
Well, i think i need to post another blog about the rules and regulation of rugby so i could tell you guys more about rugby. But if anyone read this blog, you are welcome to come practice with us at Senayan, Lapangan ABC every wednesday from 6.30-8.00 pm. It's free. So i would like you guys to come, and try out rugby for once. It is really fun, you get to hit other people for fun ! If you are in a fight with your friend or in any kind of stress, rugby is a constructive way to channel your anger. Bottom line is Rugby is fun ! So try it !
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia_national_rugby_union_team
http://rugbydata.com/indonesia/brunei
http://www.a5nrugby.com/news.php?act=read&id=26&news=Indonesia+wins+HSBC+Asian+Five+Nations+Regional+Tournament
http://indonesianrugby.com./download/
http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2651821069#/group.php?gid=2365037457
2 comments:
Have you ever injuried while playing rugby?
of course, but nothing serious... Just a couple of knocks here and there, some bruises... it's normal in rugby to have those kind of injuries...
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