Indonesia national rugby union team

Rugby team
country = Indonesia


union = Indonesian Rugby Football Union
nickname = Rhinos
coach = Mohammad Ismail Bin A Kadir
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first = flagicon|CAM Cambodia 30-7 flagicon|IDN Indonesia
(27 June, 2006)
bigwin = flagicon|IDN Indonesia 55-3 flagicon|CAM Cambodia
(19 July, 2008)
bigloss = flagicon|CAM Cambodia 30-7 flagicon|IDN Indonesia
(27 June, 2006)The Indonesia national rugby union team represents Indonesia in rugby union. They are nicknamed the "Rhinos". The first ever Indonesian Squad was formed in 2006 to attend the IRB sanctioned Six Division Asian Rugby Football Tournament between Brunei, Laos, Cambodia and Indonesia.

The first Six Division Asian Rugby Football Tournament was hosted by Cambodia in Phnom Penh.

The first ever Indonesian XV played against Cambodia, on 27th June 2006, losing 30-7

These were the Indonesian Rhinos:

# Rodney Bridges (Sangatta Saracens RFC)
# George Deda (Kotekas RFC)
# Daniel Kobak (Kotekas RFC)
# Stephen Barber (ISCI Jakarta RFC)
# Hardiyanto Bitjara (Gosowong RFC)
# Putugede Negara (Sangatta Saracens RFC)
# Nelson Joku (Kotekas RFC)
# Andries Smallberger (Sumbawa Nagas RFC)
# Uju Juhara (Balikpapan RFC)
# Warren Wilcox (Sumbawa Nagas RFC)
# Yani Alhabsi (Gosowong RFC)
# Nicolaas Alfius (Kotekas RFC)
# Fadin Purimahua (Sangatta Saracens RFC)
# Willem Simopiaref (Kotekas RFC)
# Kirk Aditya Arundale (MMU Cheshire).
# David Keefe -sub (1) (ISCI Jakarta RFC)
# Iksan Robo -sub (2) (Gosowong RFC)
# Fikri Al-Azhar -sub (11) (Jakarta Bantengs RFC)
# Markus Lahunde -sub (13) (Gosowong RFC)
# Dwikie Pinontoan -sub (6) (Dubai Exiles RFC, Arabian Gulf U-19s)
# Husni Siduar - sub (5) (Balikpapan RFC)
# Nurhalis Sydin (Gosowong RFC)

In 2007, the Rhinos won the Asian Division 6 Championships in Brunei Darussalam after recording wins against Lao 17-3, Cambodia 11-10 & Brunei 28-13.

Recently, the Rhinos won the HSBC a5n Regional Tournament, Indonesia 2008, which was played at the Universitas Pelita Harapan, Jakarta. The Rhinos defeated Lao 23-11 on Tuesday, July 15 and Cambodia 55-3 on Saturday, July 19 in front of an appreciative home crowd.

Top points scorer for the Rhinos in 2008, was flyhalf Kirk Aditya Arundale who tallied 33 points (1 try, 8 conv, 4 pen). Leading try scorer was second rower Steve Barber, who scored 3 tries (2 against Lao & 1 against Cambodia) and was also the Leading Try Scorer of the 2008 Tournament.

2008 Rhinos Points Scorers: Kirk Aditya Arundale - 33pts = 1 try, 8 conv, 4 pen; Steve Barber - 15pts = 3 tries; Nathan Flax - 10pts = 2 tries; Yudha Ramon, Ben Peter, Sly Egua, Victor - 5pts each = 1 try each

The Rhinos have now won their past 7 Tests in a row, having only ever lost their 1st international back in June 2006.

ee also

* Rugby union in Indonesia

External links

* [http://www.indonesianrugby.com/ Official site of the Indonesian Rugby Football Union ]
* [http://rugbydata.com/indonesia/ Rugbydata]