# United Arab Emirates national rugby union team

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. 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.

## Squad

The UAE squad for the 2024 Asia Rugby Championship, Caps As of 23 May 2024.
United Arab Emirates Squad :
| Name | Position | Caps | Club |
| Lukas Waddington | Prop | 4 | Dubai Exiles RFC |
| Pieter Killian | Prop | 2 | Dubai Exiles RFC |
| Riaan Barnard | Prop | 2 | Barrelhouse RC |
| Sunia Laladidi | Prop | 0 | Abu Dhabi Harlequins |
| Moeneeb Galant | Hooker | 2 | Dubai Exiles RFC |
| David Gairn | Hooker | 2 | Dubai Exiles RFC |
| Esekaia Dranibota | Lock | 2 | Dubai Tigers RFC |
| Jonathan Harris | Lock | 2 | Jebel Ali Dragons |
| Jaen Botes | Back row | 10 | Dubai Exiles RFC |
| Matthew Mills (c) | Back row | 4 | Dubai Exiles RFC |
| Epeli Davetawalu | Back row | 2 | Dubai Exiles RFC |
| Marcus Guerin | Back row | 0 | Dubai Tigers RFC |
| Ian Surtees | Back row | 0 | Jebel Ali Dragons |
| Chris McKee | Back row | 0 | Abu Dhabi Harlequins |
| Carel Thomas | Scrumhalf | 2 | Dubai Exiles RFC |
| Andrew Semple | Scrumhalf | 0 | Abu Dhabi Harlequins |
| Jamie Gavin | Flyhalf | 0 | Shannon RFC |
| Handre Snetler | Flyhalf | 0 | Dubai Exiles RFC |
| Sakiusa Naisau | Center | 4 | Dubai Tigers RFC |
| Rory Arthur | Center | 0 | Dubai Exiles RFC |
| Liam Caldwell | Outside Back | 0 | Dubai Tigers RFC |
| Justin Walsh | Outside Back | 0 | Dubai Exiles RFC |
| Emosi Vecenaua | Outside Back | 0 | Dubai Tigers RFC |
| Matt Richards | Outside Back | 0 | Jebel Ali Dragons |
| Connor Kennedy | Outside Back | 0 | Dubai Exiles RFC |

## 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 |
| 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 |