MRU plan to bring in foreign players to beef up rugby Sevens


  • Rugby
  • Wednesday, 22 Jan 2020

BUKIT JALIL: The national rugby Sevens team could see naturalised faces in the future if the Malaysian Rugby Union (MRU) get their way.MRU president Datuk Shahrul Zaman Yahya is tinkering with the idea of roping in foreign players to beef up the national team and allow them to get Malaysian citizenship.

At the last year’s SEA Games, Malaysia took home silver by winning four matches out of five to finish second behind hosts the Philippines in the league.

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