iRule that compares user agent string to a regular expression...

This wouldn't require regex, unless there is more to what you are trying to accomplish.

when HTTP_REQUEST {
  if { [ string tolower [HTTP::header User-Agent]] contains "sqlmap"} {
  drop
  log local0. "Client  IP:[IP::client_addr] has been blocked with user agent :[HTTP::header User-Agent]"
  }
}

Code borrowed from other DevCentral post(s).

Nothing more just want to block User-agent: sqlmap*" at all Internet perimeters