Dave Gairn gets ready to apply fend number 2 Be in no doubt, a trip to Zayed Sports City to play Abu Dhabi Harlequins in the UAE Premiership is a very tough undertaking. You’re going to be in for an extremely physical contest. After the Exiles’ opening 91 – 0 blowout win over the Dubai Tigers,…
Aidan Seyfferdt scores It was a very hot 3pm kick off at Zayed Sports City in UAE Division 1 as the young, and not so young, Exiles players took to the field against Abu Dhabi Harlequins. Louis George Snyman was thrilled to run the line! Tarek Mursal put in some enormous hits The Exiles had come…
Jaen Botes, the Dubai Exiles’ big hitting and hard carrying Number 8 has been sponsored by the Exiles’ Under 12s for the 2021-21 UAE Premiership rugby season. Jaen is a current UAE international in both Seven-a-Side and 15-a-Side formats of the game and has also played in the Welsh Premiership, most notably with Neath RFC,…
Schalk Du Preez, Robbie Sproul, and Conor Kennedy in the Exiles’ 2021-22 Virtuzone sponsored kit After investing heavily in new players during the off season, the Dubai Tigers would have travelled up to the Exiles’ home at The Sevens Stadium with a certain amount of confidence. A new look team with a raft of new…
UAE PREMIERSHIP RUGBY OPENER – DUBAI EXILES RFC v THE TIGGERS THIS FRIDAY Dubai Exiles RFC and UAE RUGBY returns to 15-a-Side Premiership and Division 1 competition this Friday afternoon with the Dubai Tigers making the trip up the E66 to The Sevens Stadium. The Exiles Super-Twos kick off in Division 1 at 4pm against…
Dubai Exiles Rugby Club‘s Premiership Hooker Dave ‘Good Darts’ Gairn has been sponsored by the generous mums and dads of the Exiles’ U11, U13 & U15 Girls for the upcoming 2021-22 UAE Premiership Rugby season. Dave, a PE Teacher at Nord Anglia School Dubai, is a top bloke who gives up his time on Wednesday…
It’s been a while since some meaningful competitive rugby has been played, Covid-19 put the block on any form of International competition in the region until this weekend’s Asia Rugby Under 18 Girls Sevens Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The United Arab Emirates Under 18 Girls Team will have travelled to Tashkent with a reasonable degree…
Victor Pereira gets ready to put the ball in Friday evening saw the Dubai Exiles play their first 15-a-side match for over 18 months as hosts, Jebel Ali Dragons, generously invited the Exiles to a pre-season warm-up. Four x 20 minute periods with an assortment of contested, uncontested, scrums and uncontested contested, line-outs allowed both…
