Action from the Asia Rugby Championship 2018 Division III West match between Qatar (in grey) and Iran (in red) at Fouad Chehab Stadium near Beirut, Lebanon, yesterday. Qatar started well with Bader Bakaddouri scoring a try in the third minute before Amin Biabani Zadeh levelling the score with a try and Ramin Najafi converting for a 7-5 lead. Jalal Jahanbakhsh consolidated Iran’s lead with another try in the 34th minute. A second half penalty by Andor Benyi cut Qatar’s deficit to 8-12, but Zadeh’s second try of the match took Iran to 17-8 30 minutes into the second half. Iran will take on hosts
Lebanon, who beat Jordan 62-3, in the final on Friday, while Qatar will play in the 3rd place playoff against Jordan. (Twitter/AsiaRugby)