News and Features
Teams announced for Cable & Wireless Hong Kong Women’s Rugby Sevens 2010
04 Mar 2010
The twelve participating teams for the Cable & Wireless Worldwide Hong Kong Women’s Rugby Sevens 2010 (HKWRS) have been announced today by the tournament organizers. The event will be held on Friday March 26, 2010 at the Hong Kong Football Club with the Cup final being played at 7.04pm in the Hong Kong Stadium as part of the Cathay Pacific/Credit Suisse Hong Kong Sevens 2010.
Quins must now hope for shock Exiles win
02 Mar 2010
An under strength Abu Dhabi Harlequins were narrowly defeated by Bahrain last weekend and they must now rely on Dubai Exiles to pull off a shock result against the same opposition, for them to have any mathematical possibility of holding on to their Arabian Gulf Premiership title.
Bahrain steamroller Muscat to open gap at top
05 Feb 2010
Bahrain, for twenty years the dominant team in Arabian Gulf rugby are well on their way to regaining former glories.
Last weekend they absolutely annihilated Muscat running in thirteen tries, iwth nine players contributing. Muscat’s cause was seriously damaged in only the second minute of the game when a freak collision saw their top scorer Johan De Lange and another senior player Ross O’Loughlin have to leave the field for the remainder of the game.
Twenty point win may not be enough
12 Jan 2010
Kuwait’s inability to field a team and the resulting forfeiture of the game, meant Quins were gifted a 20-0 win and got the all important bonus point that they sought. Although the maximum five sees them join Bahrain on 27 points at the top of the table it might well prove to be a pyrrhic victory.
Invictus
11 Jan 2010
Released last month in the United States and coming to a screen near you soon, wherever you live, ‘Invictus’ is the 2009 biographical drama film based on Nelson Mandela’s life during the 1995 Rugby World Cup Finals in South Africa.
The all important bonus point
07 Jan 2010
After a lengthy break, action resumes in the Arabian Gulf this weekend and both Harlequins and Bahrain will be determined to maintain their one hundred per cent records in the Arabian Gulf Prosperity Premiership.
Welcome to Rugby in the Arabian Gulf. Until December 31st 2010 this region is made up the countries of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. After that date the countries will be represented individually in line with an I.R.B. directive.
There is a well established league structure in both men’s and women’s club rugby and a strong development programme introducing the sport to the Arabic residents with several new teams having been formed recently
The Arabian Gulf hosted the Rugby World Cup Sevens in 2009 and Dubai is the venue for the first stop on the I.R.B. Sevens circuit each year.
Follow the links to discover more about rugby in the Arabian Gulf.
Arabian Sevens 2009
Other News
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Never ever write off the All Blacks
After the first day of the Dubai Sevens on Friday, it was all as expected. Big guns South Africa, Fiji, England and New Zealand were all comfortably through to the Cup quarter-finals and joining them were Australia, Samoa, Kenya and Argentina.
08 Dec 2009
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Dubai’s sevens extravaganza
Back in 1970 the lads of the Staffordshire Regiment (now a battalion of the Mercian Regiment), could have hardly imagined that the tournament that they had just won, on a sand pitch and watched by a handful of fans would develop into the world-class extravaganza that it is today.
03 Dec 2009
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Marsters unable to slow down Quins
With three Danway Cup fixtures being postponed due to the inability of clubs to field a team, the only match took place in Abu Dhabi between home side the Harlequins and the visiting Exiles from Dubai.
26 Nov 2009
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Al Azri grabs hat-trick inside fifteen minutes of debut
Last weekend saw the third round of games in the Arabian Gulf Bowl and yet again it was Al Ain Amblers who impressed. OK they didn’t rack up a century this time round, but they weren’t far off, with a 95-7 destruction of Doha’ second string. Al Ain have now scored 254 points in three cup outings this term and only conceded a measly ten points.
19 Nov 2009
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Al Ain Amblers Youth Rugby Tournament 2009-10
Al Ain Amblers Rugby Club hosted it 7’s Youth Tournament in Al Ain this weekend at the club grounds situated in the Palm Sports Resort Al Ain. The Al Ain Rugby Club comes under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Finance Department and Chairman of the Palm Sports Resort, which is managed by H.E. Mohammed Rashid Al Nasseri. This marvelous facility has been provided for us as part of Sheikh Mohammed’s vision of sport for all in Al Ain.
12 Nov 2009
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Canes hit form and top table
With three of the seven rounds of the Arabian Gulf Women’s Championship now completed Dubai Hurricanes hold a narrow lead over the reigning champions Abu Dhabi Harlequins.
10 Nov 2009
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Bahrain march on
Undefeated Bahrain RFC demonstrated why they are undefeated this season when they kept Dubai Exiles scoreless in their AGRFU Prosperity Premiership clash played at The Sevens on Friday night.
09 Nov 2009
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Half centuries put Quins and Amblers on top
With Bahrain not playing last weekend, Abu Dhabi Harlequins eight try roasting of a Muscat team beset by injury problems has put them in poll position atop the Arabian Gulf Prosperity Premiership. Alistair Thompson contributed three tries in a 53-11 win for Quins, but this score does not tell the full story.
06 Nov 2009
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Rhinos win Angkor Tens without conceding a single point
Rhinos RFC, a touring side from Hong Kong, captured top honours, while three Cambodian-based clubs won runner-up trophies in the ANZ Royal Bank Angkor 10s Rugby Tournament on Saturday at the Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium.
28 Oct 2009
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Dragons stumble at home
Defending champions Abu Dhabi Harlequins and Bahrain who are eager to relive past glories maintained their one hundred per cent records in the Arabian Gulf Prosperity Premiership, with Bahrain edging one point further ahead at the top, courtesy of their bonus point win at home to Dubai Hurricanes.
27 Oct 2009
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Angkor Tens
The Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh will host the Angkor Tens this coming Saturday. Twelve teams, initially split into four pools, will battle for the title which was won last year by local club Sisowath Knights.
22 Oct 2009
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Ton up for Amblers
In the second round of Danway Gulf cup games last weekend Kuwait Nomads nearly pulled off a win of epic proportions. True, they were playing at home, but their opponents were Bahrain who have won three from three this season. For Nomads, last year’s whipping boys and winless this season, their one point loss to the Premiership leaders is a huge achievement and will give them confidence going forward.
20 Oct 2009
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19 Oct 2009
