United Arab Emirates national rugby union team

United Arab Emirates

Union	UAE Rugby Federation
Nickname(s)	UAERF
Ground(s)	7he Sevens
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The United Arab Emirates National Rugby Union Team represents the United Arab Emirates in rugby union. They compete in the annual Asia Rugby Competitions. They were once part of the Arabian Gulf team which consisted of players from various Arab States of the Arabian Gulf. In 2011 they were granted membership into the Asian Rugby Football Union and following a successful bid, were granted full membership with World Rugby. They are the newest and 100th member to do so. The current coach of the UAE national team is Apollo Perelini who has been in this role since 2015.

Rugby Union in the United Arab Emirates is governed by the UAE Rugby Federation (UAERF) who oversee the ever increasing popularity of domestic expat rugby union leagues and competitions.^[1]

The majority of the UAE National squad are selected local expat rugby players from various UAE Premiership and Conference rugby teams. To qualify to play for the national team, players need to have completed thirty six consecutive months of residence within the UAE.

Results

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
Thailand	2	2	0	0	100.00	123	40	+83
Malaysia	1	0	1	0	0.00	19	20	-1
Taiwan	1	1	0	0	100.00	16	12	+4
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	100.00	65	13	+42
Total	23	6	16	1	?	403	1,213	-810

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