Union | United Arab Emirates Rugby Federation |
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Captain | Matthew Mills |
World Rugby ranking | |
Current | 60 (as of 16 January 2023) |
World Cup | |
Appearances | 0 |
The United Arab Emirates national rugby union team represents the United Arab Emirates in rugby union and is governed by the United Arab Emirates Rugby Federation.[1] The team competes in the annual Asia Rugby competition. They were once part of the Arabian Gulf team which consisted of players from the Gulf Cooperation Countries on the Arabian Peninsula. In 2011 they were granted membership into the Asian Rugby Football Union and, following a successful bid, were granted full membership in World Rugby. The majority of the UAE National squad is selected from UAE Premiership and Division One rugby teams.
Squad
The UAE squad for the 2024 Asia Rugby Championship, Caps As of 23 May 2024.
United Arab Emirates Squad[2] | |||
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Name | Position | Caps | Club |
Lukas Waddington | Prop | 4 | ![]() |
Pieter Killian | 2 | ![]() | |
Riaan Barnard | 2 | ![]() | |
Sunia Laladidi | 0 | ![]() | |
Moeneeb Galant | Hooker | 2 | ![]() |
David Gairn | 2 | ![]() | |
Esekaia Dranibota | Lock | 2 | ![]() |
Jonathan Harris | 2 | ![]() | |
Jaen Botes | Back row | 10 | ![]() |
Matthew Mills (c) | 4 | ![]() | |
Epeli Davetawalu | 2 | ![]() | |
Marcus Guerin | 0 | ![]() | |
Ian Surtees | 0 | ![]() | |
Chris McKee | 0 | ![]() | |
Carel Thomas | Scrumhalf | 2 | ![]() |
Andrew Semple | 0 | ![]() | |
Jamie Gavin | Flyhalf | 0 | ![]() |
Handre Snetler | 0 | ![]() | |
Sakiusa Naisau | Center | 4 | ![]() |
Rory Arthur | 0 | ![]() | |
Liam Caldwell | Outside Back | 0 | ![]() |
Justin Walsh | 0 | ![]() | |
Emosi Vecenaua | 0 | ![]() | |
Matt Richards | 0 | ![]() | |
Connor Kennedy | 0 | ![]() |
Results
2016
Asia Rugby Championship Division II - Winners
UAE 65–13 Uzbekistan
UAE 70–18 Thailand
2015
2015 Asian Rugby Championship Division 2 2nd (2 wins, 1 loss)
UAE 53–22 Thailand
UAE 19–20 Malaysia
UAE 16–12 Chinese Taipei
2014
2014 Asian Five Nations Division 1: 1 loss.
2013
2013 Asian Five Nations: 5th (4 losses)
2012
2012 Asian Five Nations: 4th (1 win, 3 losses)
2011
2011 Asian Five Nations: 3rd (1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses)
Cup of Nations
- 2011 Cup of Nations: 4th (3 losses)
- 2012 Cup of Nations: 4th (3 losses)
Overall Records
Their Test record against all nations:
Team | Mat | Won | Lost | Draw | % | For | Aga | Diff |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 94 | -91 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 66 | -63 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 82 | 7 | +75 |
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5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 40 | 323 | -283 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 6 | 310 | -304 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 70 | 41 | +29 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 12 | 55 | -43 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 8 | 24 | -16 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 31 | 122 | -91 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 19 | 20 | -1 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 13 | 13 | 0 |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 173 | 52 | +121 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 7 | 15 | -8 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 16 | 12 | +4 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 65 | 13 | +42 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 14 | 65 | -51 |
Total | 25 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 32% | 535 | 1,222 | -687 |
References
- ^ "Latest League Table Standings For UAE Rugby". Yalla Rugby. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
- ^ Hinato (2024-05-21). "Le groupe émirati pour le déplacement à Hong Kong". Asierugby (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-21.