How It Starts

Ttbe rse nk story how it all starts..=)

~RUGBY~

A tale from Syarif Nurhidayat's life.....

Ianya bermula ketika sy berada di tingkatan 2..time tu mula2 msuk RMC..b4 i enrolled there,i was a track star..star lah sgt..hahaha..i played a lot in track n field..lompat jauh, lompat tggi, 110m hurdels, 4x100m...xpernah qualified utk maen team games yg kat ats pdg lgsung..i did try to go for soccer selection in my previous primary school but i never got the team..xde la frust sgt..tp my abh slalu ajr maen bola..i got my first boot mse darjah 4..die ajr gua sepak bola smpi nanges2 kot..haha..klaka..maybe sbb die player slangor kot dlu..tp ank die x maen bola..maen sket2 je la..hehe..then lpas da kat RMC, mmg xdpt la nk tanding ngan bdk2 track n field diorg..they were all good..n i'm outclassed..cmtu je..serious diorg terer..haha..

Then dlm clas ade la mmber yg maen rgby..at first i dunno wut the hell is rugby..seriously..haha..tp berminat..diorg da ade basic time skola rndh..da maen touch rgby..gua nie mane ade basic..rgby pon xtau amende..then minat punya psl n sbb da xde game kn..bola mmg xdpt la..so i went 4 training..bermulalah hikayat syarif bermaen rugby..haha..sepanjang thun tu, gua training je..xde maen game n not even in friendlies..not a single match for me thru out my first year there..some of the new boys putus asa..sbb xdpt team..i never gave up dat time..nk gak maen..then msuk form 3, my body got bigger..much bigger then the year b4..haha..training punya training..jeng3~

Ade frenly 1 hari nie..test game utk select player for U-15 team..my first game..against Alam Shah..i went in for 2nd half if i'm not mistaken..maen position blindside winger kot xsilap..pastu maen dlm 10 min je kot..ade mamat nie break ikot gua..besar gak la kn..sbb die forward..gua backline..nk xnk gua kne tadah la..kne la tackle mamat tu..lekat beb..it was quite good..that guy didn't get to pass me..amek kau!!haha..tp jari gua luka dlm tackle 2..sbb pdg mcm haram..haha..then gua kne change..tp puas hati gak la...

I got the team!!yesss!!bermula lah hari sebagai seorang college player..puas ati aku..haha..maen la u-15 pnye MSSKL..tp mcm biase la, xkn bru msuk team tros nk 1st team..mmg mintak kaki la kn..gua subs je dlu..xpe,lek je dok kat bench..msuk 2nd half..tp teammates sume ok..baek je..yela,ktorg kire senior la dlm u-15 tu kn..then ade 1 game tu..igt lg..gua msuk maen flyhalf a.k.a standoff..lpas try ade conversion..conversion kick nie agk jauh la..then mmber gua yg gua ganti tu ckp kat coach," coach,nie kalau masuk nie..sy xmaen rgby dah la pasnie.."(smbil gelak2)....skali gua sepak,msuk..hahaha..t'kjut sume kat tpi pdg tu..then i got some respect among the players..

We trained hard..tiap ptg frenly ngan U-18..mmg diorg sayur je la ktorg nie kn..haha..tp it all paid off..ktorg menang final MSSKL thun tu..RMC were the defending champion..so,it's a big responsible for us..n ktorg mng..nicee~ game nie agk dramatic la..ade opponent patah kaki..gua masuk 10min nk abes kot..sempat la beraksi..haha..lepas abes tournament MSSKL nie,ade SBP 10's kat Skola Menengah Sains Tunku Jaafar,STJ...U-16..games antara sekolah berasrama penuh malaysia..msti la bwk form 4 rmi..n i guess i had show some impressive rugby..i got selected among few form 3 yg dpt..haha..ade 5 org form 3 je kot dpt..kire achievement la for me..bru maen stahun..da dpt cmnie..dlm tournament nie la bnyk gua blaja bnde baru..n bond chemistry ngan teammates..ngan senior..best la..n frankly speaking, i can still remember each skola yg ktorg lwn n some of them i can even remember the scores..kenangan~

Ujung thun ade KRM...Kejohanan Rugby Malaysia..nie kire mcm MSSM la..tp dlm rgby, U-15 xde MSSM..they called it KRM..1 negeri anta 2 team..finalist dri setiap negeri la yg akn msuk KRM nie..so, for KL..the representative was RMC n SMSS..the tournament was held at STAR Ipoh. I got to play in the 1st team..i was really proud beb..haha..mse grouping ktorg champ group..mse kat group stage tu,1 game lwn Skola Za'ba from Negeri Sembilan...power gak la skola nie..the past year pnye finalist kot x silap..we fought well, n we won the game..mmg ktorg da bajet bleh pg jauh la dlm tournament tu..On the second day,rmi player ktorg yg injured disebabkn oleh game smlm tu..bru grouping..maen mcm final je..n ktorg klh 2nd day tu..lwn King Edward..lepas lwn KE,ktorg trun division..lwn SMK Gunung Rapat plak..pon ktorg klh gak..pastu bleh kne perli ngan coach..die ckp,"tula angpa..smlm maen x saving bdn lgsung utk arinie.."..sbb beberapa player ktorg injured..yg 1st team plak tu..xpe la..hard luck...

Ktorg kat RMC ade dinner ujung thun..dinner nie utk meraikan kejayaan utk thun tu...n to gives honour for those who get good achievement in studies n sports..nie la saat yg gua tggu2..kat RMC, klau kau maen wakil negeri akn dpt pingat la..di panggil COLLEGE COLOURS..ade FULL COLOURS n HALF COLOURS..klau maen pringkat kebangsaan,dpt half colours..n klau jd finalist kat peringkat kebangsaan or wakil malaysia..dpt la full colours..utk thun nie, gua dpt half colours..bgga gler kot..haha..pki pingat pg clas..kau x bgga ke??maybe x kot sbb korg xde kat dlm life RMC..haha..to get this colours was one of the reason why i played rugby..hehe..

Msuk form 4..da maen U-18 da...for MSSKL dat year, it was quite tuff la kn..sbb da msuk geng abg2..haha..we played well..smpi final..but diz time we lost..to the same opponent which is SMSS..dlu mse under 15 mng..time under 18 klh plak..shit gler..xpe la, then lpas tournament MSSKL ade SBP 10's..juz like last the year b4..diz year punya game kat Sekolah Menengah Sains Teluk Intan (SEMESTI)..ktorg mmg on fire gak la dlm tournament nie..haha..menang besar..smpi lah ke quater final..we met Skolah Alam Shah...n ktorg klh 5-0..1 try je..n Alam Shah won the tournament..xrse bengang ke..klh sket je n diorg dpt jd champ..sigh~ tp xpe...hard luck..after that ade selection for U-18 KL team utk ke MSSM kat Penang..i didn't get the team..the selection was quite bias..biase la..politic..haha..standard la 2...

Near the end of that year, ade COBRA 10's..RMC was the representative for KL..b4 dat,ktorg ade qualifying dlu nk msuk tournament nie..6 teams were selected from the qualifying tournament..nk msuk qualifying tu pon bukn sume team..team yg menang dlm state bru layak msuk qualifying round..lbey kurg cmtu la..haha..when we got qualified,we got to stay in Hilton Hotel,PJ for the whole tournament..haha..best gak la..In this tournament, we got into final for the plate category which is the 2nd category..we faced Sekolah Menengah Sains Johor n we won the game..hehe..bangga2..ade lg vdeo ktorg kat dlm youtube utk tournament nie..

2007..thun nie form 5 kat RMC..MSSKL thun nie gua maen position 'number 8'..mmg nme position tu 'number 8'..haha..ktorg tibai sume team dri grouping,quater n semi..sumenye clean sheet..not a single try ktorg bolos..but in the finals..again,lwn SMSS..da mcm musuh tradisi da diorg nie..haha..we lost again in the finals..kli nie ktorg plak kne '0'..11-0 was the score back then if i'm not mistaken..tula..syok sgt tibai org..last2 kne tibai plak..huhu..i and some of my teammates cried when the final whistle was blown..we failed to bring glory to RMC in our final year studying there..Then ade selection utk U-18 team KL for MSSM..i got selected diz year..seronok gler..dpt maen utk KL..n time kat MSSM tu, KL were really good..we fought well..mse grouping ktorg champ group..lwn jhor,ktorg lek je bantai jhor..pdhal diorg ade 6 org kot player skola sukan..ktorg xde pon budak skola sukan.. n got thru the finals..against NEGERI SEMBILAN..they were tough team..we lost in dat game but i scored the try n the only try for KL in that final..hehehe..We were then given another chance to prove ourselves again in the Primier School Tournament..Primier School tournament nie utk skola yg da lbey 50 years...ktorg maen dlm zon tengah...b4 pg peringkat kebangsaan..mse kat peringkat zon tengah tu ktorg mmg lwn kaw2 la..bls dendam blek..n we got thru the final..final against Alam Shah..nie pon bleh kira musuh tradisi gak nie..da game was quite dramatic..mmg maen all out la..mmg fight gler game tu..at first diorg leading..then ktorg leading plak..we defended untill near the end..diorg berjaya gak score another try..then after the try,the conversion..conversion tu x msuk..then the final whistle blown..ktorg mng!!!yeaaa,dpt pg SABAH utk peringkat kebangsaan...

That was the last big tournament i played in my final year in RMC..after that, i entered matriculation..while i was there, my rugby career stops for a while..xde maen tournament ke..ape ke..juz maen ptg2 wit my matrix buddies..klau bwat rgby inter matrix rsenye matrix perak bleh menang..haha..bdk2 ktorg agk solid la..dri skola2 yg bleh thn power die..smpi lah semester 2 kot klau x silap..there was a tournament kat PJ..ANSARA 10's..dat time was the first time i got called to play for a club...then after that, ade tournament kat segamat..gua ngan mmber gua fly ikot pagar blakang matrix ktorg sbb nk pg maen punya psl...then after finish matriculation, while waiting to enroll in universities, i played for clubs in selangor league n putrajaya league..

As i entered my unirversity..the first thing i searched for was the rugby post..usha2 pnye usha,nmpk la ade rgby post kat UMP tu..ok la..nmpk pdg pon 'mcm' cantik..dri jauh nmpk je cantik..haha..lpas tu ade 1 mlm nie gua bli brg..sorg brader nie tegur gua..tnye maen rgby ke sbb time tu pki bju rgby..then die suro trun ptg2 maen ngan UMP pnye players..then ade frenly games..ngan POLISAS n PETRONAS..gua dpt maen game tu..xde rse ape sgt pon..laen la klau dpt maen utk UiTM ke..UPM ke xpon UTM..best gak..haha..pastu ade tournament Kuantan 10's..1st tournament gua utk team UMP..mmg serabut kepala maen tournament nie..serabut gler team..tp maen je laa..tu je yg ade..haha..pastu ujung thun ade tournament antara universiti teknikal malaysia..b4 tu mse ktorg wat latihan pusat..ade la tournament pahang closed..UMP pon anta team..maen 7's side..gua perform la tournament tu..then diorg pggl utk maen ngan pahang U-19 utk NATIONAL 7's ujung thun..at the same time,gua dpt gak call utk Selangor..tp segan nk pg..sbb sedar dri nie..xde la star mane..so,maen la utk pahang..National 7's kat Ipoh..penat gler maen utk phg..ktorg klh dlm tournament tu..cnfrm2 la kn..haha..

The nxt year, aku still 1st year kat UMP..the ade tournament PRA-MASUM..maen kat UPM..ktorg maen mcm haram..geram je gua..captain ktorg injured time 2nd game..so,gua dpt naek captain..bru 1st year da dpt captain..haha..we lost in dat tournament..as usual..haha..dpt gelaran loser of the winning pool..given among of us gak..haha..b4 pg pra masum nie ade selection utk team SUKMA PAHANG..gua xpg selection tu pon..sbb injured..pastu lpas pra masum tu, team sukma pahang nie wat la frenly kat jengka utk mencari player lg..then brader yg bwk gua maen phg utk U-19 thun lepas tu suro gua join frenly tu..then i got selected to play for pahang..it sounds so easy kn..haha..then lpas abes je exam utk semester 2 kat UMP tu, beberapa ari lpas tu da kne join ade kem sukan kat muadzam..dgn player2 sukan phg yg laen..

Then dkat sebulan la training utk SUKMA nie..mmg mengarut gak la management pahang nie..mcm2 hal..suro train, tp xbwat frenly games bnyk..susa la nk tgk player pnye tahap cmne..ready ke x..mse dah dekat nk pg sukma, manager bodoh tu bleh amek player bru..mmg la mamat tu maen messia kn..tp susa la jgk nk commit dgn tggl bape hari je lg nk pg sukma..SUKMA thun tu kat MELAKA..ktorg maen kat POLITEKNIK MERLIMAU..1st time ever maen SUKMA..dtg2 je tgk pdg die..perghh..lawa gler..haha..semangat gler nk maen..pahang grouping dgn WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN,JOHOR n PERAK..1st game lwn JOHOR..mmg bersepai2 ktorg kne tibai..haha..the nxt game lwn KL plak..dpt la score sebijik try..but still klh..then last game of the group..lwn perak..pon ktorg klh..the nxt day maen 2nd round catergory bowl..lwn PENANG..pon klh gak..haha..mmg loser..eventhough we lost but for me, i'd learn sumthing there..being in one of the prestiege tournament in malaysia..

Mse 2nd year kat UMP, ade tournament PIALA AGONG..n i played for pahang lg skali..n lg skali ktorg klh..haha..da mcm sebati plak dgn k'klhn nie..i guess this was the last game i played for pahang kot..xde da maen..haha..after that i concentrated on bringing up the name of UMP..ssun training sume..ade la sket improvement..we got better and better..but not as good as i want to..haha..i'd done wut i'm capable of..n i got the pencalonan atlet lelaki terbaik UMP bg thun 2010..tp pencalonan je la..haha..=)

This is some of the tale on how i got involved in rugby n how it developed untill i am wut i am rite now...PASSION FOR THE GAME!! =)