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UAE face a straight loss of 0-74 to Pakistan in 18th Asian Games Rugby

PAK thrashed UAE in Men's Ranking Round 9-12 to claim their second win in 2018 Asian Games Rugby.

 

Faisal Aslam lead Pakistan's charge against United Arab Emirates in men’s rugby ranking round for 9th to 12th position at the 18th Asian Games. Pakistan faced Win-less UAE in their second encounter of the day, and the last of the Asian Games for their consolidatory 10th place.

Pakistan made an incredible start in the game with scoring the first try at the start of the second minute. Pakistan's Rugby team displayed splendid show and finished the first half with Pakistan leading on 31-0 points.

As the second half started, Pakistani Rugby team started with playing yet again an aggressive game. UAE team tried their level best to make their mark but Pakistan did not allow UAE players to score any points at all. Pakistan dominated the entire second half as UAE players could not match the toughness of Pakistani players. With such hard moves, Pakistan’s Rugby team gathered their second win in the event with the final score of 74-0 points.

Faisal Aslam remained outstanding with 5 try, while Nasir Mehmood scored 4 try and 4 post-try conversions.

This is the second win of Pakistan in the Rugby event at the 18 th Asian Games, previously Pakistan lost to Hong Kong, Thailand and China in their group A preliminary matches and to Afghanistan in their men’s ranking round for 9 th to 12 th position.

However, Pakistan registered its first win yesterday defeating the hosts Indonesia by 21-5.

Play-by-Play details of the match are as below:

00:00            Start of First Half   
01:11            ASLAM Faisal (PAK) scores a try!                    PAK 5 - 0 UAE
01:22            MEHMOOD Nasir (PAK) converts the try!      PAK 7 - 0 UAE
04:06           ASLAM Faisal (PAK) scores a try!                    PAK 12 - 0 UAE
04:25           AKRAM Ahmed Wasim (PAK) misses the conversion   
05:11           MEHMOOD Nasir (PAK) scores a try!             PAK 17 - 0 UAE
05:16           MEHMOOD Nasir (PAK) converts the try!      PAK 19 - 0 UAE
06:29           ASLAM Faisal (PAK) scores a try!                    PAK 24 - 0 UAE
06:37          AFZAL Muhammad (PAK) converts the try!    PAK 26 - 0 UAE
08:33          MEHMOOD Nasir (PAK) scores a try!               PAK 31 - 0 UAE
08:33          AKRAM Ahmed Wasim (PAK) misses the conversion   
        End of First Half   

Second Half
00:00        Start of Second Half   
00:41        ASLAM Faisal (PAK) scores a try!                       PAK 36 - 0 UAE
00:47        AFZAL Muhammad (PAK) converts the try!      PAK 38 - 0 UAE
02:18        GILL Daud (PAK) scores a try!                             PAK 43 - 0 UAE
02:27        AKRAM Ahmed Wasim (PAK) converts the try!    PAK 45 - 0 UAE
03:08        MEHMOOD Nasir (PAK) scores a try!                PAK 50 - 0 UAE
03:12        MEHMOOD Nasir (PAK) converts the try!        PAK 52 - 0 UAE
04:00        AKRAM Ahmed Wasim (PAK) scores a try!      PAK 57 - 0 UAE
04:12        AKRAM Ahmed Wasim (PAK) misses the conversion   
04:51        GILL Daud (PAK) scores a try!                            PAK 62 - 0 UAE
05:11        AFZAL Muhammad (PAK) misses the conversion   
06:20        ASLAM Faisal (PAK) scores a try!                    PAK 67 - 0 UAE
06:40        AFZAL Muhammad (PAK) misses the conversion   
07:15        MEHMOOD Nasir (PAK) scores a try!               PAK 72 - 0 UAE
07:32        MEHMOOD Nasir (PAK) converts the try!       PAK 74 - 0 UAE
        End of Match

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