Local player Excel and the national rugby team, Asmaa al-Zaabi, made a double effort to persuade her family to play her favorite game, after finding strong opposition as a violent game that could cause her injuries, stressing that she later succeeded in attracting her father to rugby, so keen Follow them from the field during workouts and matches.

She told Emirates Today: “The first difficulty I faced was how to convince my father of my desire to play the game after I found strong opposition from him, and I was able to do so by introducing her to her own laws and that the injury can be experienced by any athlete in various games. It is not limited to a particular game, to turn this opposition gradually to support, he found that my level is evolving, and I play the game with my modest clothes ».

Asmaa Al Zaabi has a great dream to reach the world from the gateway to a strange game on the Arab community, and the Gulf in particular, to continue to shine and appear in the World Cup, challenging the obstacles encountered since the game in 2015, and was able to quickly attract the attention of officials in the Federation and crowned twice in a row. In 2016 and 2017, she was named the best player, representing her passage to the women's team, and participating in foreign benefits, most notably the Asian Championships.

"Rugby, like any team sport, needs physical preparation to ensure that its practitioners, both men and women, shine in their corridors, which I have worked on in the past years, in order to achieve my dream of attaining the world, by winning the Asian title in tournaments," she added. The continental Sevens, which will be a step to participate in the Women's World Cup in the coming years ».

Al-Zaabi pointed to the beginning of her career, and the difficulties she faced and how to overcome it, and said: «coincidence led me to play this game, after I participated with a foreign team playing the game in Dubai, and I was impressed with the game and enthusiasm for its players, which led me to ask about its laws, especially after most of me confirmed The players that I shared in my first experience, that the game is non-violent and also suitable for girls, which encouraged me to come back with this team, and to train exercises to learn and benefit ».

She added: «During one of the games that recorded (Tri goal), an official of the Union watched me, and suggested to formally join the game, and the formation of the first team for girls, which increased my enthusiasm by inviting my friends and colleagues to join, to achieve the dream of forming the team, and participated in the foreign league to acquire Experience and friction ».

She continued: «I quickly opened the doors to external participation with the national team that I represented in the Asian Championships, and I seek to reach the world, especially after the outstanding level that we have managed to reach recently, and I think that winning the Asian Championship is an ambitious project we can build on Realizing the dream of participating in the Women's World Cup ».

- Coincidentally led

"The names"

To rugby.

- Contributed to the formation

First team for girls.