Gulf Rugby News Archive

News Articles From 2022

20/09/22

Incoming RAK Rugby Chairman to Drive Community Focussed Initiatives

16/09/22

Dubai Hurricanes Withdraw From 2022 Premiership Rugby

15/09/22

A List of Rugby Clubs In Dubai – By Location

23/05/22

Rocky Truter Gets England Call Up From Eddie Jones

11/05/22

Trio of Ex Dubai Hurricanes Coaches Now Swimming With The Sharks

10/05/22

Former England Captain Hartley Unveiled As Director of Rugby At Dubai Sharks

20/03/22

Harlequins’ ‘raging inferno’ inspires stunning comeback win over Exiles

05/03/22

Nick Young Memorial Rugby Match 2022

14/01/22

When Saturday comes: weekend change ushers in a new era for Gulf rugby

News Articles From 2021

04/12/21

Exiles Celebrate Return To Sevens Glory On Golden Jubilee Weekend

01/12/21

UAE’s Most Historic Sports Event Makes Return

17/10/21

Hurricanes make winning start to UAE Women’s Sevens Series

04/09/21

Fans set to return at Dubai Sevens as part of major changes to series

02/09/21

Emirati student Sophie Shams ‘star struck’ after move to English Premiership side Saracens

27/08/21

Seren Gough-Walters’ Rugby League Journey From Sharjah To Wales

25/08/21

Muscat RFC Celebrate 50th Anniversary

02/08/21

Jon Beeton – 10 Years Since Former UAE National Player Passing

05/07/21

Mike Cox-Hill And A Tale Of Two Teams

25/06/21

Harry McNulty helps Ireland to Olympic qualification

13/06/21

Ives Lands New Coaching Role With Hurricanes RFC

26/05/21

2020/21 End Of Season Report

11/05/21

Former Bahrain RFC Head Coach, Jim Rowark Passes Away

26/04/21

Club Pays Tribute To Coach Who Dies During Touch Rugby Match

22/04/21

UAE Rugby’s Debut International [10 Years On]

20/01/21

Sevens Set To Make A Return In 2021

News Articles From 2020

27/12/20

A Christmas Miracle For UAE Rugby Fans

11/10/20

Dubai Rugby 7s Cancelled For 2020 – Official Statement

06/10/20

RAK Rugby Welcome New Chairman Eddie Presch

21/09/20

UAERF Suspend All Rugby Again With Immediate Effect

15/09/20

All Change At The Canes

10/09/20

Ladies Rugby Back On Menu At Dubai Sharks RFC

03/09/20

Rugby’s Return To Play – Phase 2 Guidelines Discussed With RCC

31/08/20

On your marks, get set, PLAY TOUCH!

26/08/20

All Eyes on Tigresses as New Coach McEwen Takes Charge

14/08/20

New Mini & Youth Rugby Club Launched In Dubai

10/08/20

New Gulf Focussed Dubai 7s Tournament Proposed For December

06/08/20

Latest Guidelines For The Safe Return to Rugby Released by UAERF

19/07/20

Assault Bike Fitness Competition 2020

09/07/20

UAE Rugby Reveal New League Management For 2020/21 Season

20/05/20

UAE Rugby Announce Tenders For New League Management

12/05/20

Could NFL Style Rugby Posts Really Be The Future?

15/04/20

West Asia Premiership 2019/20 Season By The Numbers

31/03/20

GRM Announce 2019/20 League Winners Of Gulf Rugby

26/03/20

UAERF Season 2019/20 Coronavirus Update

05/03/20

All Rugby Activities Are To Cease Until Further Notice

02/03/20

Remaining West Asia Premiership 2019/20 Rugby Fixtures Cancelled

29/02/20

Tigers Meet Storm Trentham and Coach Rugby in Kenya

29/02/20

Coronavirus Causes Further Rugby Cancellations In The Gulf

24/02/20

UAE Division 1 Rugby Playoffs Journey 2020

16/02/20

KnightsEagles Show Heart To Claim First Win

27/01/20

Another Successful HSBC Rugby Festival

22/01/20

Two Teams Withdraw From UAE Division 2

News Articles From 2019

11/12/19

Celebrating Gulf Rugby Winners of Dubai 7s

08/12/19

Alexandrea Cook’s four tries inspire Hurricanes to Women’s Dubai 7s Title

07/12/19

Dubai Hurricanes hold off Bahrain to retain Dubai 7s title

04/12/19

Gulf Rugby FAQs

01/12/19

Dubai Rugby Sevens Gulf Rugby Preview 2019

25/11/19

Gulf Rugby Roundup – Half Way Point

19/11/19

Choosday Chat with Amblers Paul Kirsten

17/11/19

Qais Al-Dhalai voted as new Asia Rugby President

29/10/19

Sean Stevens – Quins Back Row Has A Choosday Chat

25/10/19

Gulf Rugby Roundup Week 3

22/10/19

Oliver Johnson From Dragons RFC Is With Us For This Weeks Choosday Chat

15/10/19

An Exciting New Chapter in the Rak Rugby Story book

14/10/19

Gulf Rugby Roundup Is Back With A Combo From Week 1-2

08/10/19

Summer Transfer List Revealed. Who’s In? Who’s Out?

07/10/19

A New Era Begins For Harlequins Under Niall Lear

05/10/19

Aaron Persico hits the ground running in Dubai Tigers’ tough initiation

03/10/19

What’s New With Gulf Rugby In 2019?

26/09/19

A First For Dubai’s Repton School Rugby Players

19/09/19

Looking For Rugby Coaching In The UAE? Could You Be The Next Eddie Jones!

17/09/19

Where To Watch The Japan Rugby World Cup 2019 In Dubai?

07/09/19

Saracens benefit from boosted club numbers for 2019/20

04/09/19

Jalajel Named New West Asia Rugby Regional Development Officer

29/08/19

Mens 2019/20 official fixtures released

25/07/19

Enver Johns Appointed New Coach of Dubai Sharks RFC

24/07/19

Yalla Rugby Partnership With New Local Sports Nutrition Company

23/07/19

Niall Lear Announced as New DOR of Harlequins

22/07/19

UAE Rugby Referee Maurice Butler Has A Choosday Chat

11/07/19

Summer Touch Rugby

04/07/19

The Wanderers Return for the 2019/20 UAE Rugby Season

03/07/19

Is Your Rugby Club Concussion Ready?

26/06/19

Dubai Eagles and Arabian Knights Set To Merge

25/06/19

Who’s Your 2019 Club of The Year Then?

18/06/19

Club of the Year Nominations – Who’s in the running?

17/06/19

Concussion Baseline Testing For Rugby [INFORMATION]

11/06/19

Mike Wolff, Dubai Exiles Chairman has Choosday Chat [EXTENDED]

20/05/19

Conference Rugby By Numbers

19/05/19

UAE Set to Return to Asia Rugby Division 1

16/05/19

UAE Head For Final Showdown Against Thailand

15/05/19

Warriors’ Rose goes to Japan World Cup with DHL

14/05/19

Perelini Names UAE Team To Face Guam In Semi Final

14/05/19

Justin Brits from Dubai Warrior’s RFC Has A Choosday Chat

12/05/19

Amblers Ladies Host Eagles in 1st Leg of XVs Rugby Fixtures

07/05/19

UAE Rugby Referee Simon Dodd Has A Choosday Chat

01/05/19

RAK Chairman Simon Williams Announces Retirement

30/04/19

Barrelhouse RFC’s Matt Rubin Has A Choosday Chat

26/04/19

Dubai Tigers Sign Off Monumental Season

23/04/19

Amblers RFC’s Lucian Jansen Has A Choosday Chat

19/04/19

Premiership Rugby By Numbers

13/04/19

Dubai Tigers Earn Place In UAE Rugby Premiership

02/04/19

National Rugby Squad Announced For Thailand Championships

30/03/19

Abu Dhabi Harlequins Regain Premiership Trophy

30/03/19

Dubai Tigers – UAE Conference Champions 2018/19

27/03/19

UAE Rugby Finals Day 2019 – Preview

08/03/19

Bahrain Edge Past Exiles In Late West Asia Premiership Final Drama

06/03/19

West Asia Premiership Final Preview

03/03/19

Gulf Rugby Round Up Week 16

19/02/19

Kyle Bennie From RAK Rugby Is With Us For This Weeks Choosday Chat

18/02/19

Gulf Rugby Round Up Week 14

08/02/19

‘Mystic Mike’ Gives Us His 2019 Six Nations Predictions Video

05/02/19

Matthis Bathe, Knights U16’s Scrum Half Has A Choosday Chat

04/02/19

The 13th Friday Of Gulf Rugby – Would It Be Unlucky For Some?

29/01/19

Sandy Naylor From Dubai Eagles Has A Choosday Chat With Us

27/01/19

Week 12’s Rugby Action From All 3 Leagues In The UAE

22/01/19

Mike McFarlane – A Final Farewell ChoosdayChat With The Quins Head Coach

20/01/19

Gulf Rugby Roundup Week 11

15/01/19

Your First Roundup of Gulf Rugby Action In 2019

07/01/19

New Years Gulf Rugby Review – 2019

News Articles From 2018

19/12/18

UAE Rugby ranked 5th in World Rugby’s ‘Get Into Rugby’

17/12/18

Your Final Gulf Rugby Roundup Of 2018

11/12/18

Saracens Captain Taylor Has A Choosday Chat With Us

02/12/18

Dubai Eagles Women retain 7s Title After Semi-Final Drama

02/12/18

Hurricanes blow away misfiring Quins for first Dubai 7s title in over a decade

26/11/18

Your Dubai 7s 2018 Preview

20/11/18

Win Tickets To An Evening With Brian O’Driscoll

20/11/18

Jamie Clarke From The Tigers Has A Choosday Chat

19/11/18

Dubai Rugby 7s 2018 Messages From Famous faces

12/11/18

Gulf Rugby Roundup Week 7

04/11/18

Latest Gulf Rugby Roundup From Week 6

01/11/18

Nick Young – Annual Golf Day

30/10/18

Gulf Rugby Weekly Roundup 30.10.18

23/10/18

RAK Rugby’s – Gloria Patil Has A Choosday Chat

16/10/18

Alex Lee From The Dragons Has A Choosday Chat

15/10/18

Yalla Rugby Week 3-4 Roundup

09/10/18

Barrelhouse Coach Taylor Hamilton’s Choosday Chat

02/10/18

Choosday Chat With Knights Scrum Half Shane Narara

01/10/18

Gulf Rugby Week 1-2 Round Up

30/09/18

Yalla Rugby Sign New Partnership With Gulf Rugby Management

25/09/18

Choosday Chat With UAE Referee Jaco de Wit

19/09/18

Your Gulf Rugby 2018/19 Season Preview

17/09/18

Choosday Chat With Exiles Centre Alice Luckhurst

13/09/18

Concussion Baseline Testing – WHY?

12/09/18

“The Wanderer’s (WON’T) Return”

10/09/18

Choosday Chat With Sharks Hooker Armel van Erck

04/09/18

Womens Rugby Union Soaring In Popularity

03/09/18

Choosday Chat With Canes Hooker Max Physick

31/08/18

Wihan Grobler Appointed New Head Coach of Amblers

28/08/18

UAE Expat Rugby Player Transfers Over The Summer

28/08/18

Asian Games 2018 – All Emirati UAE National Sevens Squad

23/08/18

Saracens Withdraw From UAE Premiership Rugby

14/08/18

Choosday Chat With UAE Referee Tony Duminy

13/08/18

Beavers Withdraw From Community League Rugby

07/08/18

Choosday Chat With Quins Fly Half Luke Stevenson

03/08/18

Arabian Knights Charge Into 2018/19 UAE Rugby Season

01/08/18

UAE National Sevens Squad On Route To Asia Rugby 7s Debut Singapore

31/07/18

Choosday Chat With Al Ain Ambler’s Hannah Hall

24/07/18

Choosday Chat With Dubai Eagles Player Conor Coakley

18/07/18

Al Maha – All-Emirati U18 Girls Team In Successful Sri Lanka Training Camp

17/07/18

Dubai Sharks Open New SportsZone Clubhouse

17/07/18

Choosday Chat With Exiles Back Row Jaen Botes

10/07/18

Concussion Management – Are You Ready For The 2018/19 Season?

26/06/18

Pre-Season Training Gets Under Way For Harlequins

24/06/18

UAERF And MoE Partnership Goes From Strength To Strength

15/06/18

Saracens Launch Pre Season Attack Ready For 2018/19

14/06/18

Changes To The UAERF Transfer Window That You Should Be Aware Of

12/06/18

Dragons Snare Ex British & Irish Lion Mike Phillips For Director Of Rugby

28/05/18

RAK Rugby Club Presented With Club Of The Year Award

15/05/18

Local Rivals Come Together To Honour Fellow Rugby Player Nick Young

11/05/18

Yalla Rugby Club Of The Year 2018

09/05/18

Community Clubs By Numbers

08/05/18

Conference Clubs By Numbers

02/05/18

Premiership Clubs By Numbers

01/05/18

A Familiar Face Prowling The Touchlines In The Singapore Sevens

28/04/18

UAE Rugby Defeat A Spirited Gibraltar Side To Bring The 2017/18 Season To A Close

27/04/18

A UAE Barbarians XV Win Convincingly Against A Gibraltar Development Side

24/04/18

UAE National Squad Announced For Friendly Against Tourist Gibraltar

14/04/18

Dubai Exiles canter to UAE Premiership Triumph

13/04/18

Dubai Tigers Claim Maiden UAE Conference Title with Extra Time Golden Try

11/04/18

UAE Finals Day Is Upon Us Again – Heres Our Guide To The Weekend’s Action

04/04/18

Our final weekly round up of the season ahead as league action comes to a close

02/04/18

What Women’s Rugby Can Teach Us

26/03/18

How many competitions & leagues are there? Confused? Here’s our guide

13/03/18

Action from a weekend where two pieces of silverware were awarded

05/03/18

Action from all three leagues on a wet weekend in the Emirates

26/02/18

Action from the UAE Rugby as the contenders for the end of season playoffs take shape

21/02/18

Rocktape Barrelhouse 10s Tournament 2018

20/02/18

Your Yalla Rugby Roundup From 16.02.18

12/02/18

Community League Rugby Gets A Well Deserved Addition For 2018/19

04/02/18

UAE Rugby Roundup – Now Including Womens 7 Series

31/01/18

Our Gulf Rugby Round Up For Last Weeks Fixtures

22/01/18

Another Busy Weekend Of UAE Rugby – Here’s Our RoundUp

18/01/18

Rugby Now Included In Emirati Schools Physical Education Curriculum

16/01/18

UAE Domestic Rugby New Years Round Up

10/01/18

UAE Rugby Returns This Weekend

News Articles From 2017

20/12/17

UAE Rugby Winter Roundup 2017

12/12/17

Mike Phillips Teams Up With Just Play To Launch UAE Rugby Academy

06/12/17

We Interview Brian O’Driscoll At Last Weeks Dubai 7s

05/12/17

Eagles Swoop For First Silverware In Gulf Women’s 7s

02/12/17

Exiles Comeback Stuns Dragons In Dubai 7s Final

07/11/17

UAE Rugby Roundup – Week 7

31/10/17

UAE Rugby Roundup – Week 6

25/10/17

Harlequins Think Pink For Cancer Patients & Their Families

22/10/17

UAE Rugby Roundup – Week 5

19/10/17

Abdullah Bin Humaid Al Qasimi Becomes Patron Of RAK Rugby Club

17/10/17

UAE Rugby Roundup Week 4

12/10/17

Yalla Rugby’s Team Of The Week

04/10/17

UAE Rugby To Be Represented By All-Emirati Side At Arab 7’s

01/10/17

UAE Rugby Applauds Successful Asia Rugby Conference

21/09/17

Premiership League Preview

20/09/17

Conference League Preview

19/09/17

Community League Preview

09/09/17

Eagles Feathers Ruffled In First Outing Against Dragons

07/09/17

UAE Squad Head For Asia Rugby U17 Sevens 2017

31/08/17

RAK Rugby Goes Green For 2017

17/08/17

Pre Season Rugby Training – With Max Physick

12/08/17

Dubai Wasps Call It A Day

02/08/17

The 2016/17 UAE Rugby Clubs By Numbers

03/07/17

UAE Rugby Federation’s U18 Emirati Girls To Compete In Paris World Games

16/05/17

Beaver Nomads – A Dubai Rugby Team That’s All About Fun

11/05/17

UAE Rugby Captain Ben Bolger Looks To Top Off A Fantastic Season

09/05/17

Tom Stapley – Former Exiles Player Selected For Ireland Rugby Sevens Squad

07/05/17

Asia Rugby Division One Championship – Japan 2019 One Step Closer For UAE

06/05/17

UAERF sign Memorandum of Understanding with the French Rugby Federation

05/04/17

Inaugural UAE Rugby Grand Finals Day to be played

06/03/17

NAS Dubai Rugby Looking Ahead To This Weeks DASSA League Finals

News Articles From 2016

28/11/16

U18 Girl’s International Sevens Tournament Schedule

18/11/16

Jonah Lomu – 1 Year On From The Late Great Rugby Player | Yalla Rugby

16/11/16

Dubai Sevens Rugby Training – The Ultimate Guide To Peak Performance

29/09/16

Amblers Withdraw From West Asia Premiership And UAE Premiership

02/03/16

Dubai Sharks Rugby Club Write Their Own History

News Articles From 2015

23/11/15

Dubai Potbellies celebrate a successful Bali 10s tour

05/10/15