The Malta Rugby Union National Championship, better known as the Cisk Lager League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of Rugby Union in
Malta
Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...
. It is sponsored by
Cisk Lager and run by the
Malta Rugby Football Union. Champions of the previous season play the winner of the
Mediterranean Bank Cup, which runs parallel, in the
Ray Elliot Cup, which serves a super cup.
The league is played in the
Marsa Sports Complex since the clubs do not own stadiums.
Teams
The league consists of four teams:
* Sliema
Stompers RFC
* Ħamrun
Kavallieri RFC
* Qrendi
Falcons RFC
* Swieqi
Overseas RFC
Former teams include Qormi Wasps,
Valletta Lions, and
Birkirkara Alligators.
References
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Rugby union in Malta
Malta
Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...