Draft:UM Wolves RFC

UM Wolves RFC
Full name	University of Malta Wolves Rugby Football Club
Founded	13 October 2017
Location	Msida, Malta
President	Albert Galea
Coach(es)	Keenan Kleinsmith (Men) and Carmelo Longo (Women)
Captain(s)	Gabriel Seychell (Men) and Raisa Farrugia (Women)
League(s)	Malta Rugby Union National Championship and Malta Rugby Sevens Women's League
Men's kit	Women's kit
Official website
	wolves.mt

Submission declined on 28 December 2023 by MicrobiologyMarcus (talk).

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Submission declined on 19 December 2023 by Qcne (talk).

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Declined by Qcne 5 months ago.

Comment: I've removed the sponsors but I agree with the concerns about promotional language. With a strong University-based following, the Club has built a strong image and a vibrant social atmosphere in the past six years of its existence is puffery and has four citations that don't even back up what it is saying. The article should simply be written in a factual, encyclopedic prose. microbiologyMarcus ^{(petri dish·growths)} 17:12, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Comment: I'm worried this is too promotional to accept - the sponsors section needs to go, there are too many external links, and it's not written encyclopedically, but I'm commenting instead of declining because I'd like a second opinion. SportingFlyer T·C 02:00, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Comment: Please see the referencing tutorial at WP:INTREFVE Qcne (talk) 15:43, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

UM Wolves RFC is the University of Malta's official rugby club. Competing in Malta's domestic rugby union leagues,..^[1] the Club's men's and women's teams are the youngest on the island, while the newly-launched Youth Academy is building a solid base for the future of the Club out of Ġ.F. Abela Junior College.

With a strong University-based following, the Club has built a strong image and a vibrant social atmosphere in the past six years of its existence^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

History[edit]

The Club was founded on 13 October 2017, and has since become a recognised Voluntary Organisation with the Malta Council for the Voluntary Sector, as well as a recognised organisation with the University of Malta Senate, and Sport Malta. Further, the Club is a member of the Malta Rugby Football Union.^[6]

After a period of development, the Club started to compete in Malta's domestic rugby union leagues, with the women's team starting to compete in the 2019/2020 season,^[7] and the men's team entering the CISK league for the first time in January 2022^[8]^[9]^[10]

Current Squads[edit]

Men's Team[edit]

UM Wolves RFC Men's squad 2023/2024
Props Matteo Alessandro Kurt Sciberras Danilo Camenzuli Aitor Santos Juanes Aaron Cole Michael Galea Hookers Jonathan Pace Nick Xuereb Locks Gareth Blundell (VC) Marco Gauci Braden Refalo Luke Maistre Miroslav Mihajlov Mark Baluci	Back row George Strickland Hamish Boult Sami Oudjedaoui Kurt Aquilina Fernando Teyssier Ian Grima Isaac Scerri Scrum-halves Cody Schmidt Daniel Ghirlando Claudio Condemi Fly-halves Virain Hariramani	Centres Gabriel Seychell (C) Philippe Ioffe Wings Tyrese Hayman Simon Borg Damian Mifsud Pavel Dalli Axel Jeffers Michele Azzopardi Hugh Lenicker Karl Carabott Fullbacks Declan Kearney Oscar Cerchiaro

Bold denotes internationally capped players. (C) denotes Captain, (VC) denotes Vice-Captain.

Women's Team[edit]

UM Wolves RFC Women's squad 2023/2024
Raisa Farrugia (C) Tessabelle Sultana Evans Mari Clemensen Deborah Cutajar Rebekka Bartolo Sairita Cassar Raquel Pace	Rasvita Sluckute Amber Dalli Emma Borg Anthea Borg Jessica Pace Amy Munro Nathalie Shaqiri	Storm Ghirlando Connie Toledo Martina Zammit Annah Mallia Luana Borg Luz Milena Calderon

Bold denotes internationally capped players. (C) denotes Captain.

External Links[edit]

References[edit]

^ "UM Wolves RFC prepare for first competitive season in Maltese rugby". 7 December 2021.
^ "Rugby community comes together for summer beach rugby tournament - the Malta Independent".
^ "UM Wolves RFC launches project 'The Next Step' - the Malta Independent".
^ "Maltese rugby clubs, university organisations launch COVID-19 vaccine campaign". 17 May 2021.
^ "UM Wolves Claim Two Victories, Registering in their First Competitive Wins". 10 April 2023.
^ "A new look for Wolves RFC". 19 February 2020.
^ "Wolves RFC Women's Team power into second place in MRFU Women's 7s Series".
^ "UM Wolves RFC prepare for first competitive season in Maltese rugby". 7 December 2021.
^ "UM Wolves RFC b'parteċipazzjoni fil-kompetizzjonijiet maġġuri tal-Malta Rugby Football Union". 13 December 2021.
^ "UM Wolves RFC gets ready for first competitive season in Maltese rugby: 'We want to give a good game to everyone' | Insite Malta". 7 December 2021.

[1] "UM Wolves RFC prepare for first competitive season in Maltese rugby". 7 December 2021.

[2] "Rugby community comes together for summer beach rugby tournament - the Malta Independent".

[3] "UM Wolves RFC launches project 'The Next Step' - the Malta Independent".

[4] "Maltese rugby clubs, university organisations launch COVID-19 vaccine campaign". 17 May 2021.

[5] "UM Wolves Claim Two Victories, Registering in their First Competitive Wins". 10 April 2023.

[6] "A new look for Wolves RFC". 19 February 2020.

[7] "Wolves RFC Women's Team power into second place in MRFU Women's 7s Series".

[8] "UM Wolves RFC prepare for first competitive season in Maltese rugby". 7 December 2021.

[9] "UM Wolves RFC b'parteċipazzjoni fil-kompetizzjonijiet maġġuri tal-Malta Rugby Football Union". 13 December 2021.

[10] "UM Wolves RFC gets ready for first competitive season in Maltese rugby: 'We want to give a good game to everyone' | Insite Malta". 7 December 2021.

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