United Arab Emirates national rugby sevens team explained

Country:	United Arab Emirates Sevens
Union:	UAE Rugby Association
Captain:	Niall Statham
Coach:	Apollo Perelini
First:	2015 Asia Rugby Sevens Series
Sevens:	yes
World Cup Apps:	0

The United Arab Emirates Sevens team is 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
• Adam V Robinson
• Emad Reyal
• Mohammed Rahma
• Sean Hurley
• Chris Gregory
• Steve Smith
• Cyrus Homayoun
• Stefan Imbert
• David Matasio

2015-2016 Men's Squad:

• Niall Statham
• Andrew Carphin
• Christopher Marshall
• Munier Kenny
• Ryno Fourie
• Devante Steele
• Imad Reyal
• Charlie Sargent
• Hassan Al Noobi
• Ian Overton
• Mohammad Hassan
• Adel Al Hendi
• Jerry Baleilautoka
• Tuharangi Kahukuranui

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

References

1. http://www.irb.com/rankings/news/newsid=2041317.html Fifty-seven nations on rise in rankings