UAE TAKES SECOND PLACE IN ARC DII

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​ARC: UAE 16 - CHINESE TAIPEI 12
 
United Arab Emirates (UAE) clinched the second place in the Asian Rugby Championship (ARC) DII after beating Chinese Taipei 16-12 in Kelana Jaya, Malaysia on Saturday. However, the win did not come easily for the Emirates as the Taiwanese showed a great fighting spirit throughout the match.

UAE opened the scoring with a try by Michael Botha just five minutes after the start. Chinese Taipei did not give up, they improved and compete against the physically stronger UAE. Wei-Ming Lin gave them the equalizer with a try in the 23rd minute. The try gave Chinese Taipei a good motivation to keep on going. Five minutes later the Emirates were down 5-12 from Lun-Wei Chang's try and Yuan-Che Hsueh's conversion.

​UAE put themselves together and started put more pressure on their opponent. As a result, they scored from a penalty before going into the break 8-12. UAE looked more organized in the second half. The players showed better commitments to overcome the Taiwanese. The Emirates were back in front after a try by Christopher Jones-Griffiths in the 58th minute. Chinese Taipei attempted for a fightback, but the experiences are on UAE side. UAE got another penalty ten minutes later, and Hassan Al Noobi kicked it through to put them 16-12 up.

​UAE held on tight in the last 10 minutes despite continuous pressure from Chinese Taipei. The win gave them the second place in the ARC DII, while Chinese Taipei have to be satisfied with their third place finishing.



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