United Arab Emirates national rugby union team
Union | UAE Rugby Association | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Falcons | ||
Ground(s) | 7he Sevens | ||
Coach(es) | Duncan Hall | ||
Captain(s) | Renier Els | ||
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First international | |||
Sri Lanka 13–13 UAE (23 April 2011) | |||
Largest win | |||
UAE 46–31 Kazakhstan (11 May 2012) | |||
Largest defeat | |||
UAE 0–111 Japan (13 May 2011) |
The United Arab Emirates national rugby union team represents the United Arab Emirates in rugby union. They compete in the annual Asian Five Nations. They were once part of the Arabian Gulf team which consisted of players from various Arab States of the Persian Gulf. In 2011 they were granted membership into the Asian Rugby Football Union and following a successful bid, were granted full membership with the IRB. They are the newest and 100th member to do so.
Overall Records
Their Test record against all nations:
Team | Mat | Won | Lost | Draw | % | For | Aga | Diff |
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Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 94 | -91 |
Brazil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 66 | -63 |
Hong Kong | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 40 | 323 | -283 |
Japan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 310 | -304 |
Kazakhstan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 70 | 41 | +29 |
Kenya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 12 | 55 | -43 |
Philippines | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | 24 | -16 |
South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 31 | 122 | -91 |
Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 15 | -8 |
Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 14 | 65 | -51 |
Total | 18 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 11.1 | 207 | 1,128 | -979 |
Current Squad
Squad to 2013 Asian Five Nations:
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Substitutes:
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