Passion For Rugby

I am truly humbled to be writing this first message as President of this amazing club. The COBRA Rugby Club’s 53rd AGM held in April 2021 marked a change of guard in COBRA with the solid fundamentals of the Legacy of the club very much intact.

Let me once again take this opportunity to thank Col. (Rtd.)Tommy Pereira for his tenure as President and being a beacon of strength for this club for the very many years of service rendered.  I also believe we are where we are today and continue to make our mark in Malaysian rugby because of the many heroes we have had. Heroes who on a regular basis have been contributing in one way or another, always above and beyond and in various capacities to the numerous sections and diverse programmes we are and have been involved in.

Our club today stands proud with an array of physical and “programme-based” assets and it’s all been to the efforts of our own COBRA stalwarts. It’s my firm belief that our greatest asset is the fine men and women that make and define COBRA. It’s the legacy of the spirit of our founding fathers established in1967 which our present day culture is built on which and that we will continue to grow on.

This pandemic period that all humanity is going through has impacted us as a club too. We have witnessed our resilience as a Club in facing this extremely challenging time considering lockdown rules that impact the social sector the most severely.

Our aspiration that we have set forth now is to strengthen all our rugby sections further and to make all our rugby sections “Champions”. We have some areas of development that we need to build on and other areas we need to regather our steps to get back ahead. Our quest to becoming a talent factory that churns out great rugby players, great teams and also great professionals will be our “order of business”. Whilst the challenges may have been compounded by the pandemic, I am hugely optimistic that COBRA has within itself the capacity to achieve this. “Leaders create leaders and we will play with purpose.”

COBRA 10s has been our flagship tournament in Malaysia every year. It is sad to see the years 2020 and 2021 pass by without us being able to host this famous event. We will soon be celebrating our 50^th Anniversary of the tournament and I do hope we will be able to host this event towards the end of next year (2022). If we can, we will hold a week-long Rugby Festival featuring Junior Rugby, Men’s, Women’s and Veteran’s rugby.

This year as we focus on strengthening and building our rugby programmes, it’s very likely the year will pass with no tournaments and travels allowed. We can look into our clubhouse infrastructure improvements during this period. We will set this as an initiative for the year 2021.

Whilst Rugby as a game is played with defined rules, known number of players and with a clear timeline making it a “finite game” to play, COBRA as a rugby club itself lives through an “infinite game” and our intent to continue making an impact in sports development through rugby in Malaysia and in the lives of our players, members, family and friends remains intact.

Finally, to all our dear friends and partners who have been with us through all these years enabling our programmes and all our successful activities, I would like to express the Club’s deep gratitude for your generous support all this while and hope that you continue to partner us in any way possible.

Darryll Sinnappa
President of COBRA Rugby Club
2021 – Present

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