The Cavaliers formed 4 years ago as a group of friends looking for a fun alternative to going to the gym. Originally they started training on the Al Safa sandpit before moving to Al Safa park. The team strives to be competitive on the field but with an emphasis on sportsmanship and fun. The Cavaliers ethos is that the most important thing is to be, above all, a good guy.

This is their 4^th year playing at the Dubai 7s and their 3^rd year at Al Ain. The Cavaliers only silverware to date was winning the Al Ain bowl in 2010, though this is set to change!

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Name: Charlie Barlow
Nickname: Carter
Position: Flyhalf
Achievements: This is Charlie’s fourth season for the Cavaliers. He is the most capped player and top all time try scorer.
What do you look forward to at Dubai 7s: Living in the dream world of being a star for a day. The proximity to the professionals and the organisation and atmosphere of Dubai 7s.
Best Cavaliers Memories: Winning Al Ain bowl 2009, Doug singing every Bond theme tune on the team bus on the way back from the Al Ain 7’s every year!

Name: Alex Wilson
Nickname: Wiz
Position: Prop
Achievements: 1^st XV Wellington College. Captained London Scottish under 21’s aged 18, and then played for University and then Sandhurst.
What do you look forward to at Dubai 7s: The chance to make some of my sporting fantasies – the big hits, the audacious tries – come true.
Best Cavaliers Memories: A try-saving tackle by Mark Kammer in the first year and a match winning try by Ulick last year.  Hearing one of our supporters shouting “dive, dive” as I was coming in to score under the posts and then saying “book him ref” when I disappointed him with demure placement of the ball on the ground.
Adam shouting at Rollo to sprint and Rollo shouting back “I am sprinting!!”  Rollo getting knocked out in the first 20 seconds of our first contact training session two years ago and no one noticing or quite believing it.

Name: Ulick Burke
Nickname: MVP, Young Guns
Position: Utility Forward
Achievements: Played provincial schools back home for 2 years in Ireland & won a provincial senior cup medal.
What do you look forward to at Dubai 7s: The sheer excitement & atmosphere when entering the stadium & of course the post-match refreshments & banter!!
Best Cavaliers Memories: Consoling/ganging up on little Max (our only veteran player…he turns 42 in December) for not scoring any tries in last year’s Dubai 7’s after hearing how many amazing tries he intended  on scoring before every game.

Name: Jeremy Thomson
Nickname: Dogger
Position: Stand Off/Center
Achievements: Scottish Schoolboys
What do you look forward to at Dubai 7s: Playing with the man mountain Max and watching Max man up.
Best Cavaliers Memories:As I am making my Cavaliers debut I don’t have many yet but I hopefully I won’t be short on Cavaliers memories after Dubai!