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Full time18 April 1997
Arabian Gulf
53–13
Botswana
Venue not recorded · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1999Head-to-head

Arabian Gulf won by 40 points.

Scoring

  1. –CArabian Gulf conversion · Chris Matthews2–0
  2. –CArabian Gulf conversion · Chris Matthews4–0
  3. –CArabian Gulf conversion · Chris Matthews6–0
  4. –CArabian Gulf conversion · Chris Matthews8–0
  5. –CArabian Gulf conversion · Chris Matthews10–0
  6. –PArabian Gulf penalty · Chris Matthews13–0
  7. –TArabian Gulf try · Chris Johns18–0
  8. –TArabian Gulf try · Jean-Noel Robert23–0
  9. –TArabian Gulf try · Colin Gunning28–0
  10. –TArabian Gulf try · Dan Close33–0
  11. –TArabian Gulf try · Paul Turner38–0
  12. –TArabian Gulf try · Mark Griffiths43–0
  13. –TArabian Gulf try · Nigel Palmer48–0
  14. –TArabian Gulf try · Julian Pritchard53–0
  15. –CBotswana conversion · B Besterlink53–2
  16. –PBotswana penalty · B Besterlink53–5
  17. –PBotswana penalty · B Besterlink53–8
  18. –TBotswana try · Derrrick 'Bubbles' Soames53–13

Line-ups

Arabian Gulf

  1. 1Mark GathercoleProp
  2. 2A ColeHooker
  3. 3Julian PritchardProp
  4. 4S FowlerSecond row
  5. 5Ian UnworthSecond row
  6. 6Nigel PalmerFlanker
  7. 7Jason PowellFlanker
  8. 8E RossNumber 8
  9. 9Mark GriffithsScrum-half
  10. 10Paul TurnerFly-half
  11. 11Chris MatthewsWing
  12. 12Dan CloseCentre
  13. 13Colin GunningCentre
  14. 14Jean-Noel RobertWing
  15. 15Chris JohnsFull-back

Botswana

  1. 1L GroblerProp
  2. 2G RorkeHooker
  3. 3J TheartProp
  4. 4Stephen WilliamsSecond row
  5. 5P FergusSecond row
  6. 6A ChilisaFlanker
  7. 7Denzel GreenFlanker
  8. 8Derrrick 'Bubbles' SoamesNumber 8
  9. 9B BesterlinkScrum-half
  10. 10A HerbstFly-half
  11. 11K MatholeWing
  12. 12C RouseCentre
  13. 13D JonesCentre
  14. 14H HerbstWing
  15. 15P Van EedernFull-back

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Context

All-time, Arabian Gulf 1–0 Botswana in 1 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Arabian Gulf going in
Botswana going in

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