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Full time11 November 2005
Arabian Gulf
24–22
China
Venue not recorded · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2007Head-to-head

Arabian Gulf won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PArabian Gulf penalty · Sebastien Mouchet3–0
  2. 20’TChina try · Ma Bing3–5
  3. 23’TArabian Gulf try · Marcus Smith8–5
  4. 33’CChina conversion · Zhi Quang Zhang8–7
  5. 33’TChina try · Yang Li8–12
  6. 40’PArabian Gulf penalty · Sebastien Mouchet11–12
  7. 50’TChina try · Zhong Liang He11–17
  8. 69’TArabian Gulf try · Francois Coetzer16–17
  9. 77’DArabian Gulf drop goal · Sebastien Mouchet19–17
  10. 81’TChina try · Jian Chun Chen19–22
  11. 83’TArabian Gulf try · James Tometzki24–22

Line-ups

Arabian Gulf

  1. 1Mark GathercoleProp
  2. 2Vivian AlbertsonHooker
  3. 3Sharbel KhordahiProp
  4. 4Damien GraySecond row
  5. 5Michael ZaicekSecond row
  6. 6Eben RollittFlanker
  7. 7Marcus SmithFlanker
  8. 8David ClarkNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth AllumScrum-half
  10. 10Sebastien MouchetFly-half
  11. 11Francois CoetzerWing
  12. 12Stephen CooperCentre
  13. 13Paul AustinCentre
  14. 14Stephen SpehrWing
  15. 15Rob SubbianiFull-back
  16. 16Dushan RaugendmakumarBench
  17. 17Jonathan BlackburnBench
  18. 18Sean HurleyBench
  19. 19Andrew McFarlaneBench
  20. 20James TometzkiBench
  21. 21Munib HaddadBench
  22. 22Edward NicholasBench

China

  1. 1Shi TongProp
  2. 2Yong Yong ChuHooker
  3. 3Wei HuProp
  4. 4Ma BingSecond row
  5. 5Shu Feng LiSecond row
  6. 6Zhu PeihouFlanker
  7. 7Jun ZhangFlanker
  8. 8Zhong Liang HeNumber 8
  9. 9Xu HuiScrum-half
  10. 10Xu Ming JiangFly-half
  11. 11Yang LiWing
  12. 12Feng YuanCentre
  13. 13Ming HuCentre
  14. 14Guo Liang YuanWing
  15. 15Zhi Quang ZhangFull-back
  16. 16Kai ZhouBench
  17. 17Jia Cheng WangBench
  18. 18Nan LiBench
  19. 19Hai Rua LiuBench
  20. 20Sheng LiBench
  21. 21Xin ZhangBench
  22. 22Jian Chun ChenBench

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Context

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

Arabian Gulf going in
China going in

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