WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY – Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) is honoured to have its Sports Science lecturer from the Faculty of Psychology and Education, Dr. Mohamad Nizam Nazarudin selected as an Assessor for the World Rugby Referee Coaching Course Level 2, recently.

Dr. Nizam said the course which was held in Hong Kong saw him being given the task in evaluating referees from Singapore and two assistant referees from Japan.

“The evaluation session took place when they were refereeing a match between Hong Kong and South Korea,” he said in a statement to UMS media.

Dr. Nizam is currently the President of the Rugby Referee Association Sabah and Vice President of the Rugby Association Kota Kinabalu.

Among his impressive achievements are, being the only referee from Malaysia who achieved the highest level of rugby refereeing and an Educator for World Rugby that can conduct and issue referee certificates at international level. – SS (fl)


Source: Sports Science, FPP


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