 The team proceeded to win Division One in 2009, securing promotion to the Asian Five Nations for 2010.However, on 16 January 2009, the sport's international governing body, the International Rugby Board (IRB), announced that the Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union, which organised the national team, would be split into separate national unions and would cease to exist by the end of 2010.The first new union to be formed was that of the UAE, which became a full IRB member in November 2012.