Jakarta Banteng Rugby Club

by Tito Vau

Setelah sukses dengan pelaksanaan Kejuaraan Rugby Sevens Britmindo Banteng Skybattle pada bulan Februari lalu, Jakarta Banteng Rugby Club selaku klub Pengda PRUI DKI Jakarta kembali menggelar turnamen serupa yaitu Kejuaraan Rugby Sevens Banteng-ANTICC the 6th pada hari Rabu 24 November 2010 di GOR Pertamina Simprug.

Diikuti empat tim putra dan tiga tim putri dari sekolah-sekolah menengah atas binaan Jakarta Banteng kegiatan tersebut berjalan secara meriah dan dibarengi oleh tingkat permainan yang semakin membaik. Acara tersebut dibuka secara resmi oleh Bapak Jamil dari DISORDA DKI Jakarta.

“Ini adalah kejuaraan kedua yang telah saya hadiri dan meningkatnya kuantitas maupun kualitas pemain patut diacungi jempol.” kata beliau, “Saya berharap anak-anak yang berpartisipasi dapat terus meningkatkan prestasinya dan tetap menjaga sportifitas rugby yang terkenal itu.”

“Memang merupakan program kerja kami untuk tidak saja memperkenalkan olahraga rugby union pada para generasi muda tetapi untuk juga menyediakan kompetisi dan turnamen agar mereka terus mengasah kemampuannya,” ujar Denny selaku Ketua Umum Jakarta Banteng, “Berkat sponsor-sponsor kami Laing O’Rourke, Britmindo dan AEL kami tidak saja dapat berlatih tapi juga turut melatih mereka yang muda-muda dan hasilnya terlihat banyak wajah baru yang bermain dan itu berarti semakin banyak atlet berpotensi yang lahir.”

Pada final putri, SMA 3 Jakarta menang atas SMA Al-Chasanah 20-5 sementara pada final putra SMA Darunnajah mengalahkan SMA Al-Chasanah 17-5.

Kejuaraan yang sempat disertai hujan yang membuat permukaan lapangan licin dan berlumpur itu menjadikan pertandingan demi pertandingan berjalan sangat ketat dan sulit namun para pemain tetap merasa puas dengan digelarnya acara ini.

“Kami memang perlu banyak berlatih,” kata Ditia salah satu pemain putri SMA Labschool Kebayoran, “tetapi kami senang dan sebenarnya ingin sekali adanya turnamen rugby XV’s juga yang digelar di masa yang akan datang.”

“Ya… kami juga memang belum puas dengan hasil yang kami dapatkan kali ini,” sambung Habibie selaku kapten tim putra SMA 3, “tapi kami akan terus berlatih agar dapat lebih baik bersaing dengan tim-tim yang lebih berpengalaman.”

Cabang olahraga Rugby 7’s akan dipertandingkan pada Olimpiade Musim Panas, Rio de Janeiro 2016 dan sedang giat dipopulerkan di seluruh dunia karena memberikan kesempatan pada pemain dengan postur tubuh relatif kecil sekalipun untuk dapat bersaing pada olahraga rugby.

ENGLISH Version:

After the success of February’s Britmindo Banteng Skybattle High School Sevens held last February, Jakarta Banteng Rugby Club as part of PRUI DKI Jakarta Union held the Banteng-NATICC the 6th Rugby Sevens Tournament for high schools on Wednesday 24 November 2010 at Pertamina Simprug Field, Jakarta.

Participating were four boys teams and three girls teams from schools where Jakarta Banteng conduct rugby development. The event was attended and officially opened by Mr. Jamil of the Jakarta Sports Bureau.

“This is the second tournament that I’ve attended and the increasing number of participants along with the increase in players skills is admirable,” says Mr. Jamil, “I hope the kids continue their rugby and uphold the values which the sport is so famous for.”

“Part of our program is not only to introduce rugby and develop it to the youth but also to provide tournaments such as this so they can improve their rugby,” says Denny, Chairman of Jakarta Banteng, “Thanks to our sponsors Laing O’Rourke, Britmindo and AEL we can not only train our first team but also train at schools and the results can be seen here today. More players means more potential for the future of rugby here.”

In the girls Cup final, SMA 3 Jakarta defeated SMA Al-Chasanah 20-5 whilst SMA Darunnajah went on to beat SMA Al-Chasanah 17-5 in the boys Cup final.

The tournament was occasionally accompanied by rain which made the pitch slippery and difficult but meant that each game was a hard-fought match.

“We definitely have to train harder,” says Ditia of SMA Labschool Kebayoran girl’s team, “but we definitely enjoy playing and even hope that maybe one day we can have a XV’s tournament too.”

“We weren’t too happy with our results either,” says Habibie, captain of the SMA 3 boys team, “but we’ll carry on practicing so we cn compete with the more experienced teams in the future.”

Rugby 7’s will be competed in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and is actively being developed around the world as it gives players with relatively smaller body size the chance to compete in the Game of Rugby.

(TV)

Dear all,

dengan penuh suka cita dan rasa bangga, kami persembahkan piala kejurnas rugby 7s pertama di indonesia yang diadakan di bali pada tanggal 9-10 Oktober kemarin.

maaf belum sempat bikin laporan lengkapnya, namun untuk sementara akan di post laporan dari president bali rugby union di bawah ini:

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2010 XP Bali Rugby Fest 9-10 October 2010 Report

Taken from Bali Rugby Union president’s email:

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The weekend of October 9th and 10th saw over 500 rugby players and supporters descend on the island of Bali for the 16th annual XP Xclusive Property Bali Rugby Fest. This year’s tournament consisted of 3 divisions: Open Men’s 10’s, Open Women’s 7’s and for the first time, the Indonesian 7’s National Championships.

Held at the picturesque Canggu Club, Bali, play started at 8am sharp on Day 1 with 26 teams from New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia competing in a total of 39 games running through till nearly 8pm. The hot conditions were matched with skillful play on the field. Not even an untimely monsoonal downpour in the early afternoon could dampen the atmosphere that was building as play progressed through to the evening.

At the completion of the first days play, the pre tournament favorites were holding true to form. Finishing top of their respective pools in the Open Men’s 10’s were the Australian side, Nedlands, and NZ’s High School Old Boys. Though the composite side of the Naga Bush Turkeyz along with the Jakarta Komodos would make sure the two top qualifiers didn’t have things all their own way. The two Darwin sides, the Indigenous Bunnies and Southern Bunnies, were caught in a logjam at the top of the Women’s 7’s division together with Singapore’s Institute of Management. In the Indonesian 7’s the front-runners for Sunday’s final looked to be the Jakarta Bantengs and the Koteka’s from Papua, but the Sengatta Hornbills were not too far off the pace and an upset was a distinct possibility.

Sunday saw Day 2 of the tournament commence in near perfect weather, with round 4 of the Women’s kicking things off before moving into the quarter final rounds. There was to be no repeat of the rain from Saturday and by time the afternoon rolled around a large and vocal crowd had gathered to enjoy the finals.

In the Indonesian Women’s 7’s, the Bali Barbarians, consisting of ladies from Bandung, Jakarta and Bali went up against the Menaga women’s side from Tamika. It was truly great to see the Indonesian women enjoy themselves in a great spectacle with Bali getting up 15-0 and in the process, wining the inaugural PRUI Women’s National 7’s title. Next up was the Indonesian Men’s Plate final where a physical Sengatta team proved too strong for the local Bali development side winning by 3 tries to Bali’s 1. The Open Men’s Bowl final was contested by the Naga Dragons from Sumbawa who won out in a tight one against the Jakarta based French expat side, Jago Dulu, 7-5 much to the delight of the large group of Naga supporters and cheerleaders.

The Open Men’s Plate was a cracker with perennial rivals the Jakarta Komodos renewing old acquaintances with the home team, the Bali Chili’s. An arm wrestle if ever there was one, at the end of regular play there was nothing separating the two sides with the score tied up at 7-7. The first 4 minutes of extra time couldn’t produce a result but from the kick off for the second period of extra time, the Chili’s forced a turnover, rumbled the ball up the centre for two phases then passed it back to Izzy Kadir to knock the drop goal over from 35 meters out. The home fans went crazy as the Chili’s had finally beaten their big city rivals for the first time in 2 years.

The Open Women’s final saw Australian side, the Darwin Indigenous Bunnies, take on SIM (Singapore Institute of Management). The Indigenous Bunnies had skill and size and this combination proved to be too much for the smaller Singaporeans, who, despite playing with a lot of heart and intensity, were unable to overcome the odds. Final score 19-5 to the Darwin Indigenous Bunnies. Tournament MVP, Bo Delacruz, was outstanding in all facets of play and even showed the men up slotting conversions from the sidelines on several occasions.

The PRUI Indonesian Men’s National 7’s final was another nail bitter and the standard of play on show was indicative of just how far Indonesian rugby has progressed in the past 5 years. The Kotekas power game was personified by Rhino front rower Nico Joku, who’s ball carrying produced meters on every charge. In the past, the Papuans have had the speed out wide, but this year it was the Bantengs who had the edge on the flanks with a speedy set of outside backs looking dangerous with ball in hand. As with the Open Plate final, extra time was required and this time Michael Bavin was the hero when he crashed over to score the winning try for a memorable 24-19 victory. MVP for the division was Banteng forward Daniel Rahadian Nugroho. The award capped off a memorable year for Nugroho who was also voted Indonesia’s player of the tournament at this year IRB A5N tournament held in Jakarta.

The penultimate game, the XP Xclusive Property Open Men’s 10’s Cup final, was to be a battle royal between the Nedland Rugby Club of Perth, Australia, and Canterbury, New Zealand’s High School Old Boys (HSOB). Playing extended 10 minute halves, the level on display was worthy of a major final with both sides putting their bodies on the line for the trophy and bragging rights. Nedland drew first blood with an unconverted try to take a 5 point lead. HSOB had several chances, but were unable to turn pressure into points. Nedland pulled further ahead to extend their lead to 12 and time was fast running out for the Kiwi team. A late consolation try to HSOB was converted but when the whistle blew it was the Australian’s that emerged victors by 12-7. Open’s MVP went to HSOB’s Nick Muir who had a strong tournament but was unable to influence the final result.

Trophy presentation was followed by the presentation dinner, enjoyment of Heineken’s fine product, beats from DJ Flic and a massive after party at Eikon nightclub in Kuta. All in all another great tournament played in the true spirit that is Rugby Union.

On behalf of the Bali Rugby Club I would like to thank the tournaments major sponsor, Mr Neil Power of XP Xclusive Properties. I would also like to thank the Canggu Club, SOS International, Heineken, Karma Resorts and Scott Staniforth, Coca-Cola, Villa 8 Bali, Bali Construction Services, PT GDR and PT Wangsa.

Special thanks to Jean Luc from Singapore for organizing the weekend’s Referee’s from Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and NT, Australia. A special mention to local Referee, Fikri Al- Azhar, who refereed in his first major tournament.

Finally, I would like to thank the BRU committee for all the hard work and support:

Greg Hinchliffe
Faiz & Kurt Lovell
Georgina Barnett
Dave Thomas
Michael Serong
Mark Parthezius
Denim McHardy

Yours in Rugby,

Nick Mesritz
President
Bali Rugby Union

Panasnya terik matahari di Sabtu siang, 31 July pukul 14.00 WIB, membakar semangat komunitas olahraga Rugby Union Indonesia dengan berlangsungnya pertandingan eksibisi antara tuan rumah Bandung Rams melawan Jakarta Banteng Rugby Club di Stadion Sabuga, Bandung dalam rangka “Bandung Rugby Expo 2010”.

Walaupun hanya disaksikan beberapa puluh pasang mata pecinta olahraga kota Bandung, pertandingan yang diselenggarakan sebagai upaya untuk lebih mempopulerkan olahraga alternatif yang sangat dinamis ini dapat dinilai cukup berhasil. Terbukti dari kehadiran Dra. Hj. Ai Supriati dari Komisi Hukum KONI Daerah JABAR yang sangat antusias mengikuti jalannya pertandingan ini.
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Bertempat di Lapangan ABC, Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta Banteng Rugby Club (JBRC) menyelenggarakan acara “Banteng Internal Sevens – Rugby Sevens di Jakarta” pada hari Sabtu 17 Juli 2010.

Empat tim yang terdiri dari gabungan senior dan junior JBRC bertarung dengan keras untuk menunjukkan kepada Jakarta olahraga Rugby Sevens yang pada awal tahun ini terpilih untuk dipertandingkan sebagai cabang pada Olimpiade musim Panas di Rio de Janeiro 2016 nanti. Event yang disponsori oleh Laing-O’Rourke, Britmindo dan AEL ini sekaligus untuk memperebutkan “Craig Senger Cup” yang dicanangkan untuk mengenang salah satu anggota JBRC, Craig Senger, yang tewas dalam tragedi bom JW Marriott II setahun yang lalu.

“Craig Senger lebih dari sekedar pemain rugby.” jelas Bobby Orlando yang dijuluki ‘Babeh’ oleh teman-teman satu klubnya, “Ia seorang yang sangat mencintai Indonesia, terbukti dari ia memilih untuk bermain bersama tim yang mayoritasnya adalah orang Indonesia dan bukan ekspatriat, sementara ia sendiri orang Australia. Dia orangnya sangat sportif dan juga senang bercanda… apalagi kalau dia suka salah mengucapkan kata-kata dalam bahasa Indonesia… lucu banget! Tapi itulah… dia memang berusaha keras untuk bergabung dengan orang kita…” kenangnya.

“Rugby itu olahraga yang sisi sosialnya sangat positif dan penuh keakraban,” kata Denny selaku Ketua JBRC, “Sekarang dengan banyaknya anggota dari tingkat sekolah hingga tingkat senior, kita serasa punya ‘keluarga’ besar sekali dan kita menginginkan lebih banyak orang lagi yang dapat merasakan suasana ini.”

Pada akhir turnamen, Tim Debeejeez keluar sebagai juara setelah mengalahkan Tim Revo pada final sementara Tim Manis Manja mengalahkan Tim Flying Lily untuk mendapatkan peringkat ketiga. Para anggota JBRC wanita juga sempat melakukan pertandingan eksebisi di antara kedua pertandingan final.

“Kami dari Persatuan Rugby Union Indonesia sangat bangga terhadap JBRC atas terselenggaranya acara ini,” kata Stephen Barber selaku Ketua PRUI, “Besar harapan kami bahwa Rugby Sevens semakin terkenal dan banyak dimainkan di Indonesia sehingga cita-cita kami untuk turut dalam Olimpiade 2016 dapat menjadi kenyataan.”

Dengan penuh semangat, walaupun terdapat luka dan lecet akibat tackling yang menjadi ciri khas olahraga keras ini, para pemain dan ofisial JBRC terlihat sangat gembira. Dalam caranya sendiri, mereka telah memperkenalkan olahraga yang mereka cintai pada masyarakat Jakarta.

–English version–
JAKARTA SAMPLES TASTE OF OLYMPIC RUGBY

Although many may have forgotten the name of Australian, Craig Senger, to a growing group of Jakarta rugby union players that make up the predominantly Indonesian Jakarta Banteng Rugby Club, the name will always be remembered.

Craig was an avid rugby player and fan who after coming to work in Jakarta for Austrade, opted to play with Jakarta Banteng whose members are mainly Indonesian and have very little experience of the game. Craig Senger played with the Banteng for almost two seasons before tragically losing his life on the morning of the 17th of July 2009, in a suicide bomb attack inside the J. W. Marriott hotel restaurant where he was attending a breakfast meeting….

One year to the day of this tragic event, Jakarta Banteng Rugby Club held an internal Rugby Sevens tournament in which four teams made up of the club’s increasing number of senior and junior players vied for the first ever Craig Senger Cup to honour their departed brother. The event was also showcased as a Jakarta exposè for the fast-paced version of Rugby Union, which will be an Olympic event in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. The tournament was held at Lapangan ABC on Saturday and whilst the competition was thrilling and hard-fought, for the club players and supporters along with the many soccer players who sat wide-eyed and watched their first ever games of rugby, the event was an example of a thoroughly enjoyable day; a day of rugby camaraderie.

“Craig wasn’t just a player” said Bobby Orlando, the recognized father-figure of the club who is nick-named ‘Babeh’ by his clubmates. “Craig was an all-round good man who loved the spirit of the game, the club, his friends and especially the people of Indonesia. We remember our brother with love today by playing the game that we loved to play together.”

Seniors and juniors of the club were divided to form four mini-teams that allowed for pool games as well as two finals to be played. An exhibition game by the club’s girls & women’s players was held in between the two finals.

“Rugby is definitely growing in Indonesia and you can see that by the number of players that now belong to the club” says Denny, the club Chairman. “When we first started, there were times that only five or six players turned up to training but now we get sessions where up to 50 people turn up, both male and female” he continues.

The club attempts to be self-funded and raises money through sponsorship from companies such as Laing-O’Rourke, Britmindo and AEL as well as carrying out raffles, selling club apparel, souvenirs and also donations from the players. Several players have been capped in both the national XV’s Rhinos squad as well as the national Sevens team, dubbed the Harimau.

“We love rugby!” says Jounah Christy and Akmal Nasser almost in unison. “We don’t just love the sport but also the social aspects of the rugby culture.” continues Jounah.

“Yes, rugby is a great sport but it also brings people together as friends and family”, Akmal chips in, “I’m a student in Jakarta and my parents and family live in Sumatra but I’ve got my ‘brothers and sisters’ here in Banteng,” he concludes.

“That’s right!” agrees SMA Al-Chasanah student and girl rugby player Saima. “Jakarta Banteng has introduced us to rugby and rugby has introduced us to new friends who have become our brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts. We really are like a big family and more than just the sport, I think that’s what’s so great about rugby.”

Team Debeejeez eventually took the inaugural Craig Senger Cup after beating Team Revos 5-0 in a very tight and fast-paced final, whilst Team Manis-Manja took out the Bowl after beating Team Flying Lilys in the game beforehand.

Persatuan Rugby Union Indonesia (PRUI – the Indonesian Rugby Football Union) Chairman Stephen Barber who was also in attendance pledged support from the union for continued and sustainable rugby development. “The sport has grown in significance over the past few years here in Indonesia and PRUI now has in place sponsorship from companies such as Asiarep, Offshore Services International, Coca-Cola and Maxidrill to make sure that rugby continues to be developed at ‘grass-roots’ level, through all age groups. Two thumbs up to Banteng for the tournament which commemorates a fallen comrade… that truly embodies the rugby spirit.”

When asked about the prospect for Indonesian Rugby making the Olympic Games, Mr. Barber responds with enthusiasm. “Nothing is impossible and Rugby Sevens in the Olympics gives Asian countries such as Indonesia a chance to go for Olympic glory despite being a little smaller than their western counterparts. In rugby, what really matters is heart and Indonesian rugby players have plenty of that. But we also believe in growing XV’s rugby in line with the Asian Rugby Football Union and International Rugby Board’s long-term vision. It would be a dream come true to have an Indonesian team in the Rugby World Cup one day!”

For now however, Indonesian rugby must continue to work hard and play hard for rugby to take root in the Indonesian sporting community but rest assured that clubs such as Jakarta Banteng scattered across the archipelago are keeping the dream alive.