Iran national rugby union team
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| Union | Iran Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Team Melli | |||||||||||||||||
| Ground(s) | Azadi Stadium | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach |   Emil Vartazarian |
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Iran 22 - 11  Pakistan(18 August 2007) |
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| Iran 39 - 7 India (8 November 2007) |
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The Iran national rugby union team (Persian: تیم ملی راگبی 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 2007 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.
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[edit] 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]
[edit] Results summary
Their Test match record against all nations (listed alphabetically), updated to November 8th 2007, is as follows:
| Against | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
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| India |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pakistan |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Matches
[edit] Last matches
Pakistan Tour
- Pakistan Development 0 - 44 Iran , friendly match, August 15, 2007, Lahore, Pakistan
- Pakistan 11 - 22 Iran , friendly match, August 18, 2007, Lahore, Pakistan
Singer Rugby Asiad Shield Championship [1][2]
- Iran - Qatar
, Singer Rugby Asiad Shield Championship, November 4, 2007, Colombo, Sri Lanka (Qatar withdrew) - Iran 32 - 3 Pakistan , Singer Rugby Asiad Shield Championship, November 6, 2007, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Iran 39 - 7 India , Singer Rugby Asiad Shield Championship, November 8, 2007, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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National sports teams of Iran
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