United Arab Emirates national rugby sevens team

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United Arab Emirates Sevens
Union UAE Rugby Association
Coach(es) Wayne Marsters
Captain(s) Tim Fletcher
First international
2011 Dubai Sevens
World Cup Sevens
Appearances 0

The United Arab Emirates Sevens team are new to the sevens scene. They previously formed the Arabian Gulf sevens team along with Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia as part of the Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union before the IRB disbanded the union.[1]

The 2011 Dubai Sevens will be their debut as a national team.

Current Squad

12 Men squad to 2011 Dubai Sevens:

  • Tim Fletcher
  • Murray Strang
  • Shane Rutherford
  • Brad Barker
  • Emad Reyal
  • Mohammed Rahma
  • Sean Hurley
  • Chris Gregory
  • Steve Smith
  • Cyrus Homayoun
  • Stefan Imbert
  • David Matasio

Results

2011

2011 Dubai Sevens

Pool Games
Samoa 55 – 12 United Arab Emirates
Fiji 43 – 0 United Arab Emirates
Argentina 73 – 7 United Arab Emirates
1/4 final Bowl
Scotland 40 – 5 United Arab Emirates

References

  1. Fifty-seven nations on rise in rankings