On Saturday 12th October 15 Youth Players from the Dubai Exiles RFC (U19s & U16s) participated in a World Rugby L1 Match Officials Course – these players represent boys from three schools across Dubai (Dubai College, Dubai English Speaking College & Jumeirah English Speaking School) ranging in age from 14 to 18 years. The Match…
The 2019/20 season opener in the West Asia / UAE Premiership picked up where the previous season left off, a final kick of the match to win a hard-fought contest at Dubai Hurricanes. This time however, there was no debate about whether or not the ball had gone over the crossbar, Exiles number 10 DuRandt…
Never too far away from the Exiles, despite what a map might indicate, former Chairman Mike Wolff and his family have taken a player sponsorship package with Exiles new arrival Paul Tupai. Paul and his wife Naomi arrived in the summer from New Zealand and have been a regular feature at the club helping to…
It was a busy first day at the Exiles Clubhouse on the top of the Players’ Club at the World Famous Dubai Sevens Stadium. The Exiles season got off to a very busy start with over 400 Mini, Youth, Girls rugby and netball players coming to collect their 2019/20 season Exiles kit. This season’s kit…
This season The Exiles ‘Super 2s’ will benefit from the coaching experience of Emil Seyfferdt. Emil brings vast rugby experience to the senior side and has been a significant figure in Gulf Rugby for many years. Emil played for the Free State Cheetah’s in his early career and has also competed in many significant sevens…
Justin Walsh, Jaen Botes and new Exiles signing Kiniviliame ‘Kini’ Natuna jetted off to Korea yesterday with the UAE National Sevens side for round 1 of the Asia Rugby Sevens Series. The UAE are competing in Group A along with Japan, Sri Lanka and China. The first game of the group is against Japan who…
Kenya based Safarilink has taken a Gold Player Sponsorship Package with the Dubai Exiles by sponsoring the ‘Cameroonian Wrecking Ball’ – Josue Essome Makongo for the 2019/20 season. This season, the Dubai Exiles are offering the opportunity to sponsor members of the senior playing squad by either a business, institution, family or an individual. This…
Paris, France, will host the Junior Touch Rugby Championships this August. Teams and referees from around the world have almost finished preparing for this year’s event which begins on August 16th. 5 Dubai Exiles players will be helping to represent the Middle East in Under 18 Mixed, Under 18 Girls and Under 15 Mixed Touch…
