Arabian Gulf rugby sevens team
[5] The following year, Robert Blignaut scored a try for the Arabian Gulf against eight-time champions New Zealand in their pool match loss at the 2001 Hong Kong Sevens [6] before the team beat Sri Lanka 22–0 in the quarterfinals of the Bowl competition.[7] Arabian Gulf claimed their third match win on the world tour at the 2001 South Africa Sevens, defeating Georgia by 7–5.The team was also a regular competitor at the Sri Lanka Sevens tournament between 2000 and 2008, winning the Bowl trophy in 2003 [8] and 2005.[11] After hosting the World Cup in 2009, the Arabian Gulf sevens team played only one further season before being disbanded due to regulation modifications from the International Rugby Board.After 2009, when rugby sevens was selected as a sport in the 2016 Summer Olympics,[12] multiple-country unions were replaced by single-country ones.