Preparations are well underway for next month’s trip to Asia but first Apollo Perelini’s side contest two tough friendly outings against a UAE Conference Select XV at The Sevens on Friday, before facing a UAE Premiership Select XV next week in Sharjah.

The UAE have been training twice a week in the build up to these matches, with Bolger set to lead the team as captain in Malaysia.

Sport360 caught up with the squad as they fine tuned their skills in Dubai.

Read Matt Jones‘ recent interview with Ben Bolger, click here.

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