Qatar national rugby union team

Qatar
Union	Qatar Rugby Federation
Most caps	Abulaziz Al Dosari; Tom Featherstone (17)
World Rugby ranking
Current	90 (as of 4 November 2024)
Lowest	94 (2024)
First international
	Jordan 8–26 Qatar; (11 May 2011)

The Qatar national rugby union team represents Qatar in men's international rugby union. The team plays in the West Asia division of the Asia Rugby Championship. The Qatar Rugby Federation is a full member of Asia Rugby and an associate member of World Rugby.

History

Prior to 2011, the Qataris had some involvement with the Arabian Gulf rugby union team. ^{[citation needed]}

The Qatar national team made its debut in the 2011 Asian Five Nations fourth division. The team, with a blend of veteran international players qualifying under IRB residency regulations and young local players, beat both Jordan and Lebanon to claim the divisional title.^{[citation needed]}

Record

Overall

Against	Played	Won	Lost	% Won
China	1	1	0	100.00
Guam	1	1	0	100.00
Iran	2	1	1	50.00
Jordan	3	3	0	100.00
Lebanon	4	4	0	100.00
Malaysia	1	0	1	0.00
Thailand	1	1	0	100.00
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	100.00
India	2	2	0	100.00
Kazakhstan	1	1	0	100.00
Total	17	15	2	88.24%

2016

The Qatar Rugby Federation hosted Asia Rugby Championship Division III at the Aspire warm up and purpose built rugby pitch on the 16, 19 and 22 of April.

Qatar	35 - 12	Iran
Iran	12 - 34	Lebanon
Qatar	25 - 19	Lebanon

2018

Qatar will be competing in the Asia Rugby Championship in 2018.^{[citation needed]}

Current squad

The Qatar squad for the Asia Rugby Championship Division 2 2023, caps updated 10 May 2023,

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Abdulaziz Al-Dosari	Hooker	(1984-07-28) 28 July 1984 (age 40)	17	Qatar Camels
Wade Lotter	Hooker	(1990-02-21) 21 February 1990 (age 35)	3	Doha RFC
Brett Allam	Prop	(1989-11-17) 17 November 1989 (age 35)	3	Doha RFC
Dylan Pietersen	Prop	(1986-12-11) 11 December 1986 (age 38)	3	Bahrain RFC
Nicholas Lock	Prop	(1988-09-21) 21 September 1988 (age 36)	3	Doha RFC
Steve Elumeze	Prop	(1977-01-29) 29 January 1977 (age 48)	4	Qatar Camels
Joseph Dharshan De Silva Goobetilleke	Prop	(1985-09-12) 12 September 1985 (age 39)	11	Doha RFC
Darshan Gangineni	Lock	(2003-08-29) 29 August 2003 (age 21)	2	Doha RFC
Huw Kinsella	Lock	(1983-08-12) 12 August 1983 (age 41)	5	Al Khor RFC
Guy Briggs	Lock	(1989-11-02) 2 November 1989 (age 35)	3	Doha RFC
Ismail El Hatmi	Lock	(1989-07-11) 11 July 1989 (age 35)	7	Qatar Camels
Guillermo Villegas Bardo	Back row	(1989-01-02) 2 January 1989 (age 36)	5	Doha RFC
Tom Featherstone	Back row	(1990-03-12) 12 March 1990 (age 35)	17	Doha RFC
Dave Ford (c)	Back row	(1987-04-27) 27 April 1987 (age 37)	7	Doha RFC / Newport HSOB RFC
Elliot Johnston	Back row	(1987-04-10) 10 April 1987 (age 38)	4	Doha RFC
Thomas Metcalf	Back row	(1987-05-23) 23 May 1987 (age 37)	3	Blue Falcons RFC
James Phillips	Scrum-half	(1994-08-25) 25 August 1994 (age 30)	3	Doha RFC
Murshud Ahmat	Scrum-half	(1983-10-02) 2 October 1983 (age 41)	1	Orycx RFC
Brook Tremayne	Fly-half	(1988-11-25) 25 November 1988 (age 36)	5	Kaierau RFC / Whanganui
Abdulaziz Alhanek	Fly-half	(1999-02-24) 24 February 1999 (age 26)	3	Qatar Camels
Iliesa Rakabu	Centre	(1990-07-10) 10 July 1990 (age 34)	3	Qatar Camels
Johann-Henry Bezuidenhout	Centre	(1994-10-27) 27 October 1994 (age 30)	3	Doha RFC
Pita Tuilagi Beracibi	Centre	(1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 30)	2	Qatar Camels
Breda Dreyer	Centre	(1992-07-16) 16 July 1992 (age 32)	1	Doha RFC
Badre Bakaddouri	Wing	(1992-07-16) 16 July 1992 (age 32)	7	Qatar Camels
Frank Hughes	Wing	(1986-11-06) 6 November 1986 (age 38)	3	Doha RFC
Mubarak Al Malik	Wing	(1987-03-25) 25 March 1987 (age 38)	2	Qatar Camels
Oliver Kinnaird-Barr	Wing	(2003-02-22) 22 February 2003 (age 22)	1	St George's Rugby
Hamza Saied	Fullback	(1997-10-04) 4 October 1997 (age 27)	2	Qatar Camels
Oussama Lakhbib	Fullback	(2000-02-24) 24 February 2000 (age 25)	7	Qatar Camels
Beau Swart	Fullback	(2000-06-23) 23 June 2000 (age 24)	2	ASCRUM

HSBC Asian 5 Nations (Division III)

Qatar have been promoted to Division III of the HSBC Asian Five Nations. Division III is made up of four teams, China, Indonesia, Guam and Qatar.^{[citation needed]}

Qatar won both of their matches in the 2013 Asian 5 Nations held in Kuala Lumpur, securing a promotion to Division II in next year's tournament.^{[citation needed]}