2017 Malaysia Rugby League Division 1
# 2017 Malaysia Rugby League Division 1

The Malaysia Rugby League Division 1 2017 was the inaugural season of Malaysia Rugby League Division 1, Malaysia's domestic rugby union competition. The kick off will begin on 4 February 2017. Previously known as National Inter Club Championship (NICC), this season embarks the newly, organized league structure for more clubs to participate.

## Teams

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

* KL Saracens
* Kota Bharu RC
* IIUM Mustangs
* SAHOCA RC
* Silver Gaurus RC
* ATM Blackhawks
* Iskandar Troopers
* KL Tigers
* UTM Pirates
* Edwardian Tiger
* Beringin Rendang RC
* JLJ Diraja

## Season

In preliminary stage, all 12 teams were divided into 4 groups of three teams, and a single round-robin tournament was held by all groups.

### Standings

**Group A**

| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points difference | Bonus point | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| JLJ Diraja | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 13 | +43 | 1 | 9 |
| UTM Pirates | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 35 | -14 | 0 | 5 |
| Kota Bharu RC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 52 | -29 | 1 | 3 |
| JLJ Diraja | 22 - 3 | UTM Pirates | Port Dickson |
| UTM Pirates | 18 - 13 | Kota Bharu RC | UTM Skudai, Johor |
| Kota Bharu RC | 10 - 34 | JLJ Diraja | Kota Bharu |

**Group B**

| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points difference | Bonus point | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| KL Saracens | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 1 | 9 |
| Edwardian Tiger | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 31 | -2 | 1 | 4 |
| SAHOCA RC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 42 | -17 | 0 | 3 |
| Edwardian Tiger | 17 - 19 | KL Saracens | Esplanade, Taiping |
| KL Saracens | 30 - 13 | SAHOCA RC | UM, Kuala Lumpur |
| SAHOCA RC | 12 - 12 | Edwardian Tiger | Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid, Alor Setar |

**Group C**

| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points difference | Bonus point | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beringin Rendang | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 34 | +23 | 1 | 9 |
| IIUM Mustangs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 45 | +32 | 1 | 6 |
| Iskandar Troopers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 67 | -55 | 0 | 2 |
| IIUM Mustangs | 48 - 7 | Iskandar Troopers | IIUM, Gombak |
| Beringin Rendang | 38 - 29 | IIUM Mustangs | Kota Tinggi |
| Iskandar Troopers | 5 - 19 | Beringin Rendang | Kota Tinggi |

**Group D**

| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points difference | Bonus point | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Silver Gaurus RC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 13 | +74 | 2 | 10 |
| KL Tigers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 58 | -29 | 0 | 5 |
| ATM Blackhawks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 76 | -45 | 1 | 2 |
| ATM Blackhawks | 8 - 52 | Silver Gaurus RC | Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur |
| Silver Gaurus | 35 - 5 | KL Tigers | Ipoh |
| KL Tigers | 24 - 23 | ATM Blackhawks | VI, Kuala Lumpur |

Bold indicates teams that qualified to quarter-final.

Four 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 seven 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

### Final Round

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 February – Kota Tinggi | 25 February – Kota Tinggi | | | |
| Beringin Rendang | 22 | | | |
| Beringin Rendang | 22 | 5 March – Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur | 5 March – Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur | | |
| UTM Pirates | 10 | 5 March – Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur | 5 March – Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur | |
| UTM Pirates | 10 | Beringin Rendang | 12 | |
| 25 February – STAR, Ipoh | 25 February – STAR, Ipoh | | Beringin Rendang | 12 | |
| 25 February – STAR, Ipoh | 25 February – STAR, Ipoh | Silver Gaurus RC | 28 | |
| Silver Gaurus RC | 42 | Silver Gaurus RC | 28 | |
| Silver Gaurus RC | 42 | | | | 12 March – UPM, Serdang | 12 March – UPM, Serdang |
| Edwardian Tigers | 3 | | | | 12 March – UPM, Serdang | 12 March – UPM, Serdang |
| Edwardian Tigers | 3 | | | | Silver Gaurus RC | |
| 25 February – Port Dickson | 25 February – Port Dickson | | | | | Silver Gaurus RC |
| 25 February – Port Dickson | 25 February – Port Dickson | | | | JLJ Diraja | |
| JLJ Diraja | 24 | | | | JLJ Diraja | |
| JLJ Diraja | 24 | 5 March – Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur | 5 March – Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur | | | |
| IIUM Mustangs | 5 | 5 March – Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur | 5 March – Padang Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur | | | |
| IIUM Mustangs | 5 | JLJ Diraja | 15 | | | |
| 2 March – UM | 2 March – UM | | JLJ Diraja | 15 | | |
| 2 March – UM | 2 March – UM | KL Tigers | 12 | |
| KL Saracens | 19 | KL Tigers | 12 | |
| KL Tigers | 29 | | | |
