Iran national rugby union team

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Iran
Union Iran Rugby Union
Nickname(s) Team Melli
Emblem(s) Faravahar
Ground(s) Azadi Training Pitch
Coach Flag of New Zealand Rob Yule
Most caps -
Top scorer -
Most tries -
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
　
Team kit
First international
 Iran 22–11 Pakistan 
(18 August 2007)
Largest win
 Iran 39–7 India 
(8 November 2007)
Worst defeat
-
World Cup
Appearances 0 (First in -)
Best result -

The Iran national rugby union team (Persian: تیم ملی راگبی یونیون ایران) is a sporting side that represents Iran in rugby union.

Iran is yet to become a member of the International Rugby Board (IRB) although as of November 2005 are part of the Asian Rugby Football Union and currently play in the regional Central Asia group in the 2008 HSBC Asian Five Nations alongside Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Contents

History

On August 18, 2007 Iran played its first international friendly as part of the Pakistan Tour and won 22 - 11 in Lahore, Pakistan.[1]

It has been announced that Iran will be actively participating in the rugby sevens tournament at the 2010 Asian Games.[2]

Results summary

Their Test match record against all nations (listed alphabetically), updated to October 9th 2008, is as follows:

Against Played Won Lost Drawn
 India 1 1 0 0
 Kyrgyzstan 1 1 0 0
 Pakistan 2 2 0 0
 Uzbekistan 1 1 0 0
Total 5 5 0 0

Current squad

26 players were called up by Rob Yule for the Central Asia regional competition of the 2008 HSBC Asian Five Nations to be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.[3]

  • Bahram Hamedi
  • Nima Asghari
  • Mohammad Khalili
  • Yousef Jalali
  • Shahab Baladi
  • Meysam Khadem
  • Iraj Rostami
  • Ahmed Etehadpoor
  • Jalal Jahanbakhsh
  • Amin Hosseinzadeh
  • Majid Fallahi
  • Behzad Hedayati
  • Rasoul Tila
  • Sajad Yazdi
  • Ramin Najafi
  • Majid Rajabi
  • Hossein Noorzadeh
  • Reza Daghaghleh
  • Pedram Baniamerian
  • Hamid Taghavinejad
  • Amin Iraj
  • Mahiar Asghari
  • Morteza Rasouli
  • Reza Kazemi

Honours

  • 2007 IRB Singer Rugby Asiad Shield Championship

Coaches

  • Flag of India Emil Vartazarian (2007)
  • Flag of New Zealand Rob Yule (2008-Present)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Iran taking their rugby seriously". Retrieved on 2007-08-18.
  2. ^ "Ali Kaffashian: “Our country’s Rugby team shall actively participate in Guangzhou Asian Games, China”". Retrieved on 2008-04-21.
  3. ^ http://www4.irna.ir/View/FullStory/?NewsId=165007

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