Sekolah Dato' Abdul Razak - Cocurricular Achievements

Cocurricular Achievements

Rugby is one of the most popular sports played in SDAR. SDAR Lions is the name of the SDAR rugby team, established since the school was founded. Throughout the years, SDAR rugby players have represented the State and Malaysia in championships.

Just before moving to the Jalan Sikamat campus in Seremban from Tanjung Malim, the school's rugby team won the Perak state title and went on to win the MORI Cup in 1971. SDAR also won the Negeri Sembilan school rugby championship and became the only school to win the title in two different states. The SDAR "rugby culture" is also associated with the annual rugby match with King's College of Thailand, which has become a tradition for both schools since 1973. In 1998, SDAR Lions won the National Premier Schools Rugby Championship. SDAR Lions also featured in the final of the 1999 and 2001 seasons. A number of SDAR rugby players were also selected to play in the Malaysian national rugby team.

Other popular sports in SDAR are football, basketball, hockey, tennis, badminton, sepak takraw and volleyball.

SDAR has good orators and strong debating teams. The SDAR Debate Teams participate in the annual Prime Minister's Cup or Piala Perdana Menteri (PPM), a competition among Fully Residential Schools in Malaysia. For the Malay Language category, SDAR emerged as PPM Champions in 1982 and 2010 as well as top runner-up in 1978 and 1980. For the English Language category, SDAR emerged as PPM Champions in 1985. A decade later, in 1996, a member of the SDAR English debate team was selected to represent Malaysia in the World Schools Debating Championship held in Sydney and Canberra, Australia. In the previous year, the SDAR English debate team had become the State Champions for the Piala Tan Sri Dato' Wira Abd Rahman Arshad. In 1998, the SDAR English debate team became the State Champions for the Piala Tan Sri Dato' Wira Abd Rahman Arshad again, after defeating Kolej Tunku Kurshiah.

The school band was founded in the early 1970s in Tanjung Malim. Originally, it was a bugle band which then evolved into a brass band, a marching band and now a symphonic band. The band had won first place in the Marching Band Competition at state level in 2002 and 2004. They also represented Negeri Sembilan at the National Level Marching Band Competition in 2002.

The band went through a period of changes during 2004 under the guidance of then instructor Mr. Edwin Yeap Hock Beng and was later known as SDAR Symphonic Crew. Later in 2005, under the then Conductor and Band President, Azhan Zhafri, the band made a major achievement when they emerged as first runner-up. In 2006 they emerged as second runner-up under the then Conductor Nizar Nordin. In 2007, they were first runner-up in the Wind Orchestra Competition held at the Putrajaya International Convention Center (PICC). The school band had been awarded the gold status for five consecutive years since 2002 for their performance. In 2011, the school band have been featured in a flashmob style, reality programme, Refleksi Orkestra in conjuction with Orkestra RTM 50 Golden Jubilee.

Apart from performing as a wind orchestra, they are active as a marching band but currently on hiatus. SDAR Symphonic Band is the champion in the Malaysia Wind Orchestra Competition in 2009, beating teams from other schools and also from other universities. SDAR Symphonic Band has an annual concert, 'La Reverie' in March 2010, and entered the international level competition, Singapore International Band Festival (SIBF) 2010 in Singapore.

SDAR has a strong chess team. In 1976, Mohd Noor Yahya, a player from SDAR won the MSSM Individual Chess Championship and repeated the achievement in 1977 and 1979 an unprecedented feat then. He subsequently represented Malaysia in several Asian Championships and Olympiads. In 1999, 2000 and 2001, SDAR won the state trophy after defeating nine other districts. In the years to follow, the format of the chess tournament had changed to an individual format. However, starting from 2003, there has always been a representative from SDAR in the nationals representing the state. In 2005, the Negeri Sembilan state champion was from SDAR.