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Full time4 July 2025
Sri Lanka
21–29
United Arab Emirates
Race Course Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2025Head-to-head

United Arab Emirates won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. 6’TUnited Arab Emirates try · Jack Stapley0–5
  2. 7’CUnited Arab Emirates conversion · Max Johnson0–7
  3. 11’PSri Lanka penalty · Tarinda Ratwatte3–7
  4. 12’TUnited Arab Emirates try · Bradley Janes3–12
  5. 19’TSri Lanka try · Mohamed Rifan8–12
  6. 20’CSri Lanka conversion · Tarinda Ratwatte10–12
  7. 23’PSri Lanka penalty · Tarinda Ratwatte13–12
  8. 29’PUnited Arab Emirates penalty · Max Johnson13–15
  9. 38’TUnited Arab Emirates try · Sakiusa Naisau13–20
  10. 39’CUnited Arab Emirates conversion · Max Johnson13–22
  11. 41’PSri Lanka penalty · Tarinda Ratwatte16–22
  12. 43’TSri Lanka try · Shamika Kaushan21–22
  13. 73’TUnited Arab Emirates try · Jack Stapley21–27
  14. 73’CUnited Arab Emirates conversion · Max Johnson21–29

Line-ups

Sri Lanka

  1. 1Malitha WijesundaeaProp
  2. 2Shamika KaushanHooker
  3. 3Vimukthi GamageProp
  4. 4Naveen MarasingheSecond row
  5. 5Thilina Bandara Kekeorale GadaraSecond row
  6. 6Mohomed Nillar NizranFlanker
  7. 7Tharindu ChathurangaFlanker
  8. 8Lasindu KarunathilakeNumber 8
  9. 9Mohamed RifanScrum-half
  10. 10Thenuka NanayakkaraFly-half
  11. 11Dinal EkanayakeWing
  12. 12Tarinda RatwatteCentre
  13. 13Akash MadushankaCentre
  14. 14Pasindu BandaraWing
  15. 15Adam GauderFull-back
  16. 16Amjad FaumeeBench
  17. 17Dushmantha PriyadarshanaBench
  18. 19Pulasthi DasanayakeBench
  19. 20Chathura SoyzaBench
  20. 21Primesh DhanushkaBench
  21. 22Shaahid ZumriBench
  22. 23Mursheed ZubairBench
  23. 25Nirosh PereraBench

United Arab Emirates

  1. 1Pieter KillianProp
  2. 2Micahel SejeanHooker
  3. 3Riaan BarnardProp
  4. 4Marcus GuerinSecond row
  5. 5Jaen BotesSecond row
  6. 6Ethan MatthewsNumber 8
  7. 7Bradley JanesFlanker
  8. 8Emosi RatuvecanuaFlanker
  9. 9Andrew SempleScrum-half
  10. 10Max JohnsonFly-half
  11. 11Sakiusa NaisauWing
  12. 12James CrossleyCentre
  13. 13Jack StapleyCentre
  14. 14Niko VolavolaWing
  15. 15Gerard PieterseFull-back
  16. 16Epeli DavetawaluBench
  17. 17Lukas WaddingtonBench
  18. 18Moeneeb GalantBench
  19. 19Chris McKeeBench
  20. 23Sam BullockBench
  21. 28Tobias OakeleyBench
  22. 30Matt MillsBench
  23. 33Liam CaldwellBench

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Context

All-time, Sri Lanka 1–1 United Arab Emirates, 1 drawn in 3 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Sri Lanka going in
United Arab Emirates going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.