2016 MRU Super League
# 2016 MRU Super League

The MRU Super League 2016 was the 12th season of MRU Super League, Malaysia's domestic rugby union competition. The kick off will begin on 23 January 2016. The final was held on 3 April 2016 and won by UPM Angels, 16 - 13 over defending champions, Keris Conlay. It was the first title that were achieved by the Angels in their history.

## Teams

A total of 14 teams will compete in the 2016 season, increasing 2 teams from previous edition.

* Cobra RC
* NS Wanderers RC
* UPM Angels
* UiTM Lions
* ASAS RC
* Bandaraya Dragons RC
* KL Saracens
* Panthers Blowpipes
* Keris Conlay RC
* Iskandar Raiders
* JLJ Diraja
* SSTMI Tsunami
* Mersing Eagles
* Politeknik Merlimau

## Season

In preliminary stage, all 14 teams were divided into 2 groups, and a single round-robin tournament was held by both groups.

### Standings

* Teams 1 to 4 (Green background) at the end of the preliminary competition rounds qualify for the final stage.  • The lowest-placed teams (Red background) were relegated.

Group A :

| Pos | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Keris Conlay | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 144 | 79 | +65 | 3 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | UPM Angels | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 185 | 116 | +69 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| 3 | Iskandar Raiders | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 195 | 143 | +52 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
| 4 | UiTM Lions | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 131 | 123 | +8 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| 5 | Mersing Eagles | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 117 | 131 | -14 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | ASAS RC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 107 | 118 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | KL Saracens | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 77 | 207 | -130 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Group B |||||||||||||||
| Pos | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Points |
| 1 | SSTMI Tsunami | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 184 | 106 | +80 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| 2 | NS Wanderers | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 168 | 99 | +79 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| 3 | DBKL | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 130 | 110 | +20 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| 4 | Politeknik Merlimau | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 154 | 119 | +13 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| 5 | COBRA | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 138 | 186 | -48 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | JLJ Diraja | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 119 | 180 | -61 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Panthers Blowpipes | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 112 | 195 | -83 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 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 stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 March – UKM, Bangi | 19 March – UKM, Bangi | | | |
| Iskandar Raiders | 23 | | | |
| Iskandar Raiders | 23 | 27 March – UKM, Bangi | 27 March – UKM, Bangi | | |
| NS Wanderers | 34 | 27 March – UKM, Bangi | 27 March – UKM, Bangi | |
| NS Wanderers | 34 | Keris Conlay | 47 | |
| 19 March – UKM, Bangi | 19 March – UKM, Bangi | | Keris Conlay | 47 | |
| 19 March – UKM, Bangi | 19 March – UKM, Bangi | NS Wanderers | 16 | |
| Keris Conlay | 36 | NS Wanderers | 16 | |
| Keris Conlay | 36 | | | | 3 April – UKM, Bangi | 3 April – UKM, Bangi |
| Politeknik Merlimau | 0 | | | | 3 April – UKM, Bangi | 3 April – UKM, Bangi |
| Politeknik Merlimau | 0 | | | | Keris Conlay | 13 |
| 20 March – UKM, Bangi | 20 March – UKM, Bangi | | | | | Keris Conlay | 13 |
| 20 March – UKM, Bangi | 20 March – UKM, Bangi | | | | UPM Angels | 16 |
| UPM Angels | 14 | | | | UPM Angels | 16 |
| UPM Angels | 14 | 27 March – UKM, Bangi | 27 March – UKM, Bangi | | | |
| DBKL | 10 | 27 March – UKM, Bangi | 27 March – UKM, Bangi | | | |
| DBKL | 10 | UPM Angels | 20 | | | |
| 20 March – UKM, Bangi | 20 March – UKM, Bangi | | UPM Angels | 20 | | | |
| 20 March – UKM, Bangi | 20 March – UKM, Bangi | SSTMI | 15 | | Third place | Third place |
| SSTMI | 19 | SSTMI | 15 | | Third place | Third place |
| SSTMI | 19 | | | | 3 April – UKM, Bangi | 3 April – UKM, Bangi |
| UiTM Lions | 10 | | | | 3 April – UKM, Bangi | 3 April – UKM, Bangi |
| UiTM Lions | 10 | | | | NS Wanderers | 31 |
| | | | | | SSTMI | 42 |
