United Arab Emirates national rugby union team

This article is about the United Arab Emirates rugby union team. For the United Arab Emirates rugby league team, see United Arab Emirates national rugby league team.
United Arab Emirates
Union UAE Rugby Association
Nickname(s) The Falcons
Ground(s) 7he Sevens
Coach(es) Duncan Hall
Captain(s) Renier Els
Team kit
Change kit
First international
 Sri Lanka 13–13 UAE United Arab Emirates
(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.

The United Arab Emirates rugby union caused consternation in the international rugby community when they moved to suppress the competing United Arab Emirates rugby league during their successful 2015 competition.[1]

Results

Asian Rugby Championship

Cup of Nations

Overall Records

Their Test record against all nations:

Team Mat Won Lost Draw % For Aga Diff
 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:

  • 1.Graham Murphy
  • 2.Oliver Delapp
  • 3.Brett Bowie
  • 4.Anthony Murphy
  • 5.Edward Talbot
  • 6.Renier Els (C)
  • 7.David Knight
  • 8.Brett Williams
  • 9.Gareth Armstrong
  • 10.James Ham
  • 11.Cyrus Homayoun
  • 12.Christopher Burch
  • 13.Harry Woods
  • 14.Jonathan Bester
  • 15.Steve Smith

Substitutes:

  • 16.Jonathan Greenwood
  • 17.Christopher Jones Griffiths
  • 18.Daniel Boatwright
  • 19.David Matasio
  • 20.George Perkins
  • 21.Christophe Debreu
  • 22.Malcolm Greenslade
  • 23.Sean Hurley

References

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