TheBreakdown
Full time13 June 1997
Arabian Gulf
12–11
Tunisia
Bahrain Rugby Club, Manama, Bahrain · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1999Head-to-head

Arabian Gulf won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. –PArabian Gulf penalty · Chris Matthews3–0
  2. –PArabian Gulf penalty · Chris Matthews6–0
  3. –PArabian Gulf penalty · Chris Matthews9–0
  4. –DArabian Gulf drop goal · Chris Matthews12–0
  5. –PTunisia penalty · Fehri Selman12–3
  6. –PTunisia penalty · Fehri Selman12–6
  7. –TTunisia try · Fehri Selman12–11

Line-ups

Arabian Gulf

  1. 1Mark GathercoleProp
  2. 2Mike GoughHooker
  3. 3Julian PritchardProp
  4. 4Peter StapleySecond row
  5. 5S FowlerSecond row
  6. 6E RossFlanker
  7. 7Nigel PalmerFlanker
  8. 8Simon GriffithsNumber 8
  9. 9A KardouniScrum-half
  10. 10Paul TurnerFly-half
  11. 11Chris MatthewsWing
  12. 12Colin GunningCentre
  13. 13Jean-Noel RobertCentre
  14. 14Dan CloseWing
  15. 15Chris JohnsFull-back
  16. Andy KeeganBench
  17. A ColeBench
  18. Emil SayfferdtBench
  19. DafouriBench

Tunisia

  1. 1R RekikProp
  2. 2S HomamiHooker
  3. 3M Ali DardourProp
  4. 4R DhoaudiSecond row
  5. 5F JaziSecond row
  6. 6Tiab BouazizFlanker
  7. 7Mohamed MonsouriFlanker
  8. 8Hamedi PonmirNumber 8
  9. 9Fehri SelmanScrum-half
  10. 10Jabrane GannarFly-half
  11. 11S MsalemWing
  12. 12A MiliCentre
  13. 13Kais IssaCentre
  14. 14Atef OuniWing
  15. 15Mohamed HmidaFull-back
  16. BonatiaBench
  17. MekuiBench

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Context

All-time, Arabian Gulf 1–1 Tunisia in 2 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Arabian Gulf going in
Tunisia 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.