The Best Rugby Instagrams of the Week: ARWC 2019, Games and Hari Raya!

The match between South Korea and Malaysia dominated our Malaysian fans Instagram feed last week. Fans flooding Stadium Bukit Jalil last week to see our players, unfortunately losing to South Korea.

Rounding up our feed this week, we take a look a t our fans standing up to our team despite our losses. Rugbymania, still putting “Bunga Raya” team close to their hearts.

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BUNGARAYA DIHATI?? DEMI NEGARA?? #arc2019 #teammalaysia #bungaraya #hibiscus #malaysiarugby #ragbipadu #rugbymania #maniabros

A post shared by No 1 Rugbyshop In Malaysia?? (@rugbymania__) on May 26, 2019 at 12:58am PDT

Fadzly Razman on the other hand, mentioned that there are much improvement needed for our team. He commended our players for showing better performance than we were away two weeks ago.

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Korea 38 – Malaysia 16… Much improvement needed, but better performance than away game in Korea last week.. #Malaysia #MalaysianRugby #MalaysiaRugbyUnion #MRU #KesatuanRagbiMalaysia #KRM #Rugby #Ragbi #FadzlyStory #TripleZeroFourResources #JERKS0004

A post shared by Fadzly Razman (@fadzlyrazman) on May 25, 2019 at 8:32am PDT

What made us smile is this photo.. heavy burden it seems. Photos by @farhannajmiphotography.

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@dynn_baki physio pn badan siap ni. hehehe All right reserved. Kindly contact +60194742147 (Farhan) or email aaimanfarhan21@gmail.com #farhannajmiphotography #arc2019 #asianrugbychampionship #rugbyforall #malaysiarugby #demilencanadidada

A post shared by Farhan Najmi (@farhannajmiphotography) on May 26, 2019 at 9:47pm PDT

Of course, this has gained most traction – our coach putting words on his Instagram: proud to be part of it.

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Welldone Bunga Raya! Proud to be part of it. Never giveup. Trust the process and ur self. Congrats Coach @bradmika and team. salute ????? This is Malaysia Ragbi #hibiscus? #malaysiaragbi

A post shared by Coach Saizulhafifi (@saizulhafifi) on May 25, 2019 at 9:27am PDT

On another note, we see our ladies here from KLTigers winning Phuket 2019 Plate Cup! This is something worth sharing – well, we want to see more ladies playing rugby in our Instagram feed, definitely!

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Well done!! The ladies are Phuket 2019 Plate Cup Winners! So proud of everyone and special thanks to @pritchard745 for being such an awesome coach! Couldn’t have done it without you! Love you Andy! Thanks to all our Tigers family and also club sponsors! @sidspubs @myboostjuice @nutrenics @princecourtmc AGS Four Winds Malaysia & Capstone Financial Our playing kit by @canterburyasia @legendbrands1 @guinness with pride and commitment to the game for women's rugby! #kltigers #multiculture #diversity #respect #health #strengthening #endurance #fitness #cardiovascular #tigersfamily #rugbygirls #rugby #womensrugby #malaysiarugby #ragbimalaysia #ragbiwanita #ragbikualalumpur #kltigersragbi #ragbi #commitedtothegame #getintorugby

A post shared by KL Tigers RFC Women's Rugby (@kltigers_wrfc) on May 26, 2019 at 7:00am PDT

Raya is coming and the spirit is apparently wide awake in Datuk Shahrul Zaman Yahya wishing all of us Selamat Hari Raya.

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Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Maaf Zahir dan Batin. . @tv1_rtm @shahrulyahya @kbsmalaysia @msn_malaysia_official @isnmalaysia @uemgroup @bankislam @canterburymalaysia @forca.energydrink @gatorade @gilbertrugby @atfsporttaping @hannanmedispa

A post shared by Malaysia Rugby (@malaysiarugbyunion) on Jun 2, 2019 at 11:52am PDT

Some smiles when shirt was delivered…

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#theshirt #delivered … #mcobarugby #mcobaroosters #??

A post shared by Mustaffa Fazil (@maximus_rugbylife) on Jun 1, 2019 at 4:47pm PDT

From all of us at RAGBI.MY, we wish you happy birthday too Coach @bradmika!

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Happy Birthday coach @bradmika !!! Have a blast in this year ARC!! #malaysia #mru #rugby #uem

A post shared by Malaysia Rugby (@malaysiarugbyunion) on Jun 2, 2019 at 6:15am PDT