With the UAE rugby scene rapidly growing in popularity, Sport360° decided that it was time to learn a bit more about the players lighting up the Gulf Top Six this season.
This week we spoke to Jebel Ali Dragons hooker Sean Crombie to find out who his favourite team are and his greatest moment playing the sport.
Sean Crombie
Height: 5 ft 11 in
Weight: 103kg
Position: Hooker
Age: 27
Birthplace: Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Years in UAE: 18 months
Honours: UAE Premiership (twice), Gulf Top Six, WACC final
Favourite childhood memory of rugby: Scotland’s last Five Nations championship in 1999
Favourite player growing up: Jonah Lomu
Rugby team you support: Scotland and Kirkcaldy RFC
Best international at the moment and why: Sean O’Brien, all-round athlete who I enjoy watching when he’s fit
Rule you would change and why: The one that annoys me is touch judges being fussy on myself standing in the middle of the line-out and making eight players move rather than me stepping a foot to the right
Best game you ever saw: Scotland 19-13 England, in 2000 at Murrayfield
Toughest opponent in UAE: Duncan Murray (Hurricanes)
Funniest moment in your career: Coming back from injury and my first game is out of position, lining up in the back row against Jerry Collins
Greatest achievement in any sport: Winning international caps for Scotland in sevens
If you could be a professional in any sport what it would be? NFL, same amount of contact but a third of the games
Favourite meal: Anything involving goat’s cheese
Favourite place in the UAE: Girders, Ocean View Hotel, JBR