Cobra were crowned champions of the MRU Super League competition last weekend. But the manner in which they were handed the title left Cobra somewhat disappointed. Down to play their last match of the league against SMS Old Boys at the UPM Ground in Serdang, Cobra were left aghast when their opponents simply handed them a walkover!

SMS Old Boys were also the “whipping boys” of the other teams in the competition and finished sixth and last in the rankings. But as Cobra coach Mohd Romli Saad put it, there was simply no reason for SMS Old Boys to concede a walkover.

“SMS Old Boys displayed poor sporting spirit and professionalism. We are very disappointed with the walkover. We wanted to win this last match and celebrate victory and the title in grand fashion.

“We were also expecting SMS Old Boys to put up a good fight in this last match,” an annoyed Mohd Romli stated.
As it was, too few SMS Old Boys players turned up for the match at UPM and team officials were forced to concede the walkover. It was learnt that the reason for the players not turning up was to avoid a thrashing from Cobra.

Cobra ended the second round with a 21-12 win over defending champions NS Wanderers, 30-8 over JLJ DiRaja and a 48-7 thrashing of RMAF Blackhawks. The match against one another team, Staroba was abandoned due to heavy rain with Cobra leading 5-0.
SMS Old Boys in finishing last will now be back playing in the National Inter-Club Championships of which they were the champions last season.

In other MRU Super League matches played, RMAF Blackhawks some measure of pride in beating JLJ DiRaja 23-15 at the Jalan Bellamy Field.

With that win, Blackhawks have maintained their place in the MRU Super League competition for next season.

NS Wanderers finished second to Cobra in defeating Staroba 38-29 in their last match. Staroba finished third. Staroba lost their grip on the title in losing 12-21 to Cobra in a second round match with both teams tied on points.

So, it is now left to next season to see if the rankings will change.