The Iran national rugby union team ( fa, تیم ملی راگبی یونیون ایران) is a sporting side that represents

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and is controlled by the I.R. Iran Rugby Federation. The I.R. Iran Rugby Federation is a member of

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and the

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(ARFU). The team currently competes in Division 3 (West) of the

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History

On August 18, 2007, Iran played its first international friendly as part of the ''Pakistan Tour'' and won 22–11 in

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Results summary

Their test match record against all nations (listed alphabetically), updated to April 19, 2016, is as follows:

Honours

* 2007 IRB Singer Rugby Asiad Shield Championship * 2008 Asian Five Nations Central Asia Regional tournament Champions * 2010 Asian Five Nations Division III tournament Champions * 2013 West Asia Championship in Dubai

Coaches

* Sadegh Nabidoust (2007) * Emil Vartazarian (2007) * Rob Yule (2008–2009) * Sadegh Nabidoust (2010) * Wayne Marsters (2010–2011) * Sadegh Nabidoust (2011) * Mahyar Askari (2012) * Pedram Baniamerian (2013) * Liam Dunseath (2016) * Mahyar Askari 2019–present

Notes

External links

I.R. Iran Rugby Federation

Iran
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Rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...