Arabian Gulf rugby union team
Union | Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union | |
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Nickname(s) | Arugby, Soundos | |
Coach(es) | Matt Trail | |
Captain(s) | David Clark | |
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First match | ||
Arabian Gulf 20–64 Namibia 3 July 1993[1] Last international Arabian Gulf 21–19 South Korea 14 May 2010[2] | ||
Largest win | ||
Arabian Gulf 97–3 India 27 April 2001[3] | ||
Largest defeat | ||
Japan 114–6 Arabian Gulf 3 May 2008[4] |
The Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players that represented the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council in international rugby union competitions. The team competed in international matches between 1993 and 2010,[2] and was governed by the Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union (AGRFU). Associate members were Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan.
The Arabian Gulf participated in the highest tier of the inaugural 2008
However, on 16 January 2009, the sport's international governing body, the
The team's final tournament before the breakup was the
World Cup record
- 1987 - Not invited
- 1991 - Did not qualify.
- 1995 - Did not qualify.
- 1999 - Did not qualify.
- 2003 - Did not qualify.
- 2007 - Did not qualify. (See 2007 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification)
- 2011 - Did not qualify. (See 2011 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification)
The team did not take part in the 2015 tournament qualifying as it had been broken up by then.[2]
Women's rugby
Although Arabian Gulf's women never played test match rugby, they were at the time one of the most active
Successor teams
Former associate members of the AGRFU, Jordan and Lebanon played each other on 14 May 2010, the first match for both national teams.[citation needed]
The UAE Rugby Federation,[6] and the respective federations of Lebanon, Jordan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, all subsequently joined Asia Rugby in their own right.[8]
See also
- Rugby union in the Arabian Peninsula
- Arabian Gulf Cup
- Arabian Gulf Futsal Cup
- GCC Games
- Gulf Cooperation Council Athletics Championships
- Gulf Cooperation Council Youth Athletics Championships
References
- ^ "Arabian Gulf v Namibia". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Japan run 100 points past Kazakhstan". Scrum.com. 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
- ^ "Asian Rugby Championship 2001". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Japan v Arabian Gulf". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Inaugural Asian Five Nations set for kick off". IRB.com. February 21, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
- ^ a b "Major boost for West Asia" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 2009-01-16. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
- ^ "UAE become 100th full member of the IRB -". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ^ "Membership". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 28 September 2015.