It was a breezy day at the Jebel Ali Dragons and despite a promising start, the Dubai Exiles left themselves with far too much ground to make up on their hosts. The Exiles kicked off with a strong breeze blowing against them, the game’s early exchanges were enthusiastically physical with the Exiles enjoying the lion’s…
Despite a minor injury crisis, the Exiles went into this fixture with high expectations after convincing wins over the DSC Eagles and Bahrain in recent weeks. However, it was back down to earth with a hefty bump when the team from the capital went home with a 44 – 20 victory.
The Exiles headed down to Dubai Sports City for the West Asia and UAE Premiership clash with the DSC Eagles. The UAE’s newest Premiership side are a different proposition to the side that struggled to find any momentum in last season’s Premiership. The Exiles kicked off playing from left to right from the stadium vantage…
West Asia Premiership Champions Bahrain were in town and bringing their undefeated record to the Exiles at the Sevens Stadium. There was a real rugby atmosphere in the air for this Friday evening kick off, both sides knowing it was a big game and a must win for the Exiles. The opening exchanges saw Bahrain…
The Exiles put their laboured loss to Jebel Ali Dragons far behind them this weekend when they took on the next door neighbours, Dubai Hurricanes. A slow start again dogged the Exiles with Hurricanes applying all of the early pressure. Some weak tackling from the Exiles, a lost lineout and a succession of penalties saw…
Dubai Exiles surrendered control to lose their West Asia Premiership opening game to champions Jebel Ali Dragons – but head coach Jacques Benade was pleased with his side’s performance. Exiles – double winners last season after collecting the Dubai Sevens and UAE Premiership titles – arguably had the most difficult start to the new 2018/19 campaign last Friday as they…
The Exiles benefited from their trip to The Amblers (Al Ain RFC) for their only preseason friendly. With many new players in this season’s squad it was a chance to try out some combinations and have a look at some of the new faces. After what started out as an intense arm wrestle between the…
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