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Muscat Rugby Football Club (MRFC) outplayed Doha 45-27 in the opening match of the Gulf Conference League at the ABA ground on Friday. MRFC opened the scoring with a penalty by Johan de Lange in the fourth minute and Doha replied with a breakaway try after ten minutes.
Another penalty and a converted try by de Lange extended MRFC’s lead but Doha struck back with a penalty and a converted try to take a slender lead. De Lange then added another penalty at the stroke of half-time to take MRFC ahead.
Early on in the second half, MRFC’s Ross O’Loughlin spotted a gap in the Doha defence and broke through successfully to score a try. Doha narrowed the gap with a penalty but Dan Moloney got a try which was converted as MRFC stayed ahead in the match till the end.
MRFC’s next game is against Dubai Wasps at the same venue on October 21.
