United Arab Emirates national rugby union team

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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 (now Asia Rugby) 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.

The UAE squad for the 2024 Asia Rugby Championship, Caps As of 23 May 2024^[update].

United Arab Emirates Squad[2]
Name	Position	Caps	Club
Lukas Waddington	Prop	4	Dubai Exiles RFC
Pieter Killian		2	Dubai Exiles RFC
Riaan Barnard		2	Barrelhouse RC
Sunia Laladidi		0	Abu Dhabi Harlequins
Moeneeb Galant	Hooker	2	Dubai Exiles RFC
David Gairn		2	Dubai Exiles RFC
Esekaia Dranibota	Lock	2	Dubai Tigers RFC
Jonathan Harris		2	Jebel Ali Dragons
Jaen Botes	Back row	10	Dubai Exiles RFC
Matthew Mills (c)		4	Dubai Exiles RFC
Epeli Davetawalu		2	Dubai Exiles RFC
Marcus Guerin		0	Dubai Tigers RFC
Ian Surtees		0	Jebel Ali Dragons
Chris McKee		0	Abu Dhabi Harlequins
Carel Thomas	Scrumhalf	2	Dubai Exiles RFC
Andrew Semple		0	Abu Dhabi Harlequins
Jamie Gavin	Flyhalf	0	Shannon RFC
Handre Snetler		0	Dubai Exiles RFC
Sakiusa Naisau	Center	4	Dubai Tigers RFC
Rory Arthur		0	Dubai Exiles RFC
Liam Caldwell	Outside Back	0	Dubai Tigers RFC
Justin Walsh		0	Dubai Exiles RFC
Emosi Vecenaua		0	Dubai Tigers RFC
Matt Richards		0	Jebel Ali Dragons
Connor Kennedy		0	Dubai Exiles RFC

Asia Rugby Championship Division II - Winners

UAE 65–13 Uzbekistan

UAE 70–18 Thailand

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 Asian Five Nations Division 1: 1 loss.

2013 Asian Five Nations: 5th (4 losses)

2012 Asian Five Nations: 4th (1 win, 3 losses)

2011 Asian Five Nations: 3rd (1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses)

• 2011 Cup of Nations: 4th (3 losses)
• 2012 Cup of Nations: 4th (3 losses)

Their Test record against all nations:

Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Draw	%	For	Aga	Diff
Belgium	1	0	1	0	0%	3	94	-91
Brazil	1	0	1	0	0%	3	66	-63
Guam	1	1	0	0	100%	82	7	+75
Hong Kong	5	0	5	0	0%	40	323	-283
Japan	3	0	3	0	0%	6	310	-304
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	100%	70	41	+29
Kenya	1	0	1	0	0%	12	55	-43
Philippines	1	0	1	0	0%	8	24	-16
South Korea	1	0	1	0	0%	31	122	-91
Malaysia	1	0	1	0	0%	19	20	-1
Sri Lanka	1	0	0	1	0%	13	13	0
Thailand	3	3	0	0	100%	173	52	+121
Tunisia	1	0	1	0	0%	7	15	-8
Taiwan	1	1	0	0	100%	16	12	+4
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	100%	65	13	+42
Zimbabwe	1	0	1	0	0%	14	65	-51
Total	25	8	16	1	32%	535	1,222	-687