KUCHING: Kuching Rugby Football Club (KRFC) are looking for more players to form a women’s team.
Cassandra Sulau (left) and Erina Unyu.
It already has two pioneer members Cassandra Sulau and Erina Unyu who were formerly very active in Miri.
The duo are both 18 years old and now studying with Politeknik Kuching. Cassandra is undergoing a diploma course on Mechanical Engineering and Erina is pursuing her diploma for Business Studies.
They invited women rugby enthusiasts to join KRFC and enjoy playing the game.
“We are hoping to further promote contact rugby in Kuching and Sarawak. Contact rugby is being played in Semenanjung Malaysia and Singapore and we do hope to see the game become popular here too,” said Erina.
In Sarawak, there is as yet no contact rugby competition but touch rugby is quite popular among students in schools.
KRFC secretary Wan Ahmad Ramzy, who is teacher in-charge of touch rugby at SMK Muara Tuang, said only his school and Maktab Rendah Sains MARA actively play touch rugby.
Both fielded teams in the touch rugby event held in conjunction with the New Zealand Week at Padang Merdeka in March this year.
Last November, the CIMB-Cobra-KRFC Sevens touch rugby was also held at Song Kheng Hai ground.
“We have touch rugby in our school because the parents and school management object to contact rugby as the players are prone to injuries. Hopefully after they complete their secondary education, they can progress to playing contact rugby,” he said.
“With Cassandra and Erina as the pioneer members, I hope more players can join the KFRC team,” he added.