Abu Dhabi Harlequins set a date with Dubai Exiles in the UAE Premiership final later this month after winning their semi-final play-off against Dubai Tigers on Saturday.
The side from the capital ran in six tries in a 42-10 win at Zayed Sports City, to avenge a first defeat against the same side in the final game of the regular season.
James McCarthy crossed twice, with Siri Laladidi, Sunny Nasaubo, Kobi Bates and Johann Watermeyer touching down the other tries for Harlequins.
The previous night, Exiles had booked their own place in the final with a 35-22 win over Jebel Ali Dragons at The Sevens.
The Exiles, who also won the Gulf Men’s League title at the Dubai Sevens in December, have been faultless in the defence of their 15-a-side title so far.
They won all eight matches in the regular season of the Premiership, before meeting Dragons in the playoff. They will play for the title when they meet Harlequins on March 19.
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Family reunited
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was born and raised in Tehran and studied English literature before working as a translator in the relief effort for the Japanese International Co-operation Agency in 2003.
She moved to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies before moving to the World Health Organisation as a communications officer.
She came to the UK in 2007 after securing a scholarship at London Metropolitan University to study a master's in communication management and met her future husband through mutual friends a month later.
The couple were married in August 2009 in Winchester and their daughter was born in June 2014.
She was held in her native country a year later.
