Abu Dhabi Harlequins

Abu Dhabi Harlequins
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Full name	Abu Dhabi Harlequins
Founded	1970; 54 years ago (1970)
Location	United Arab Emirates
Ground(s)	Zayed Sports Stadium
Chairman	Andy Cole
League(s)	UAE Premiership
www.abudhabiquins.com

Abu Dhabi Harlequins is a rugby union and rugby league team based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. They currently play in the UAE Premiership.^[1] The team was founded as the Abu Dhabi RUFC in 1970.

The 'Quins' were recently crowned UAE Premiership Champions of the 2022 rugby season, having had an entire 2020/21 season without any rugby at all due to covid restrictions.

They beat the Dubai Exiles 28-34 in the UAE Premiership Final.

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2012-13 Squad

in bold = players internationals
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player	Position	Union
Sean Crombie	Hooker	Scotland
Charles Lilley	Hooker	United Arab Emirates
Chris Jones-Griffiths	Prop	United Arab Emirates
Graham Murphy	Prop	United Arab Emirates
Paul Hart	Lock	England
Mike McFarlane	Lock	United States
Phil Brady	Lock	Scotland
Ben Bolger	Flanker	England
Sam Cook	Flanker	United Arab Emirates
Billy Graham (c)	Flanker	England
Renier Els	Number 8	United Arab Emirates

Player	Position	Union
Ed Lewsey	Scrum-half	Wales
Patrick Hegarty	Scrum-half	United Arab Emirates
Jeremy Manning	Fly-half	Ireland
Murray Strang	Fly-half	United Arab Emirates
Jonathon O'Connor	Centre	United Arab Emirates
Rama Chand	Centre	United Arab Emirates
Clendon Pene	Centre	New Zealand
Joel Pikari	Wing	United Arab Emirates
Imad Reyal	Wing	United Arab Emirates
Matt Hutchins	Fullback	England

Notable players

Jeremy Manning - 50 caps for Munster Rugby, 30 for Newcastle Falcons.
Sean Crombie - Scotland U21 and Scotland 7's international. Former Edinburgh Rugby and Newcastle Falcons player
Ed Lewsey - Wales U19 international. former Exeter Chiefs and Plymouth Albion player
Ben Bolger - former London Broncos (Super League) rugby league footballer.

Rugby League

The Harlequins switched to rugby league in 2013, taking part in the inaugural Emirates Rugby League Cup competition.^[2] They were the inaugural Emirates Rugby League champions, beating Mana Dubai in the final of the competition.^[3]

References

^ "UAE Mens Premiership Rugby Championship". Yalla Rugby. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
^ "Abu Dhabi Harlequins - News".
^ "Rugby League Cup final: Harlequins break their finals jinx in style". 31 May 2013.

This page was last edited on 6 December 2023, at 08:15

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