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.^[1] 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 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.

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