Martin Galea has been unanimously co-opted as acting President of the Malta Rugby Football Union until the forthcoming annual general meeting in September. The decision was taken at last Tuesday’s Council meeting.

He will be taking the place of Juan Borg Manduca who resigned because of personal reasons a few days ago.

Mr Galea was the first president of the Rugby Association of Malta (RAM) when it was officially founded in 1991.

On his appointment Mr Galea said that he was very pleased to be associated with rugby, having been a player and official for many years in the past.

He was greatly impressed with the way the sport has developed over the years both on the international front but also at club level and the recent gains made involving youth.

He thanked the outgoing president for all the good work he had done and said that he would continue to build on what has been done to date for the good of the sport.

The council thanked Mr David Smith for taking on the temporary role of acting president over the past week.