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Lebanon

Full name	Lebanese National Rugby Team
Unions	Lebanese Rugby Union Federation (LRUF)
Nickname(s)	The Phoenix
Emblem(s)	Phoenix Emblem
Founded	2002
Location	Lebanon
Region	Beirut
Ground(s)	Fouad Chehab Stadium (Capacity: 4000)
Chairman	Ghassan Hajjar
CEO	Sol Mokdad
Director of Rugby	Steve Wrigglesworth
Coach(es)	Steve Penberthy, Rony Bhachour
Captain(s)	Karim Jammal (9)
Most caps	14
Fly-Half
Team kit Change kit
First international
Lebanon 104 – 0 Morocco (2 november 2002)
Largest win
Lebanon 104 – 0 Morocco (17 november 1999)
Largest defeat
Lebanon 0 – 80 Russia (28 september 2008)
Official website
www.lebanonrugby.com

The Lebanese National Rugby Union team have yet to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup. Lebanon played their first test match against Jordan on 14 May 2010 in Dubai The Phoenix currently mpetes in the Asian Rugby Football Union's, Asian Rugby Championship in Division Three West. In November 2018 Lebanon Rugby attained World Rugby Associate Membersh

In March 2017, Lebanon competed in the Asian Rugby Championship, hosted by Uzbekistan in Tashkent. Lebanon defeated Iran 25 to 24 in the semi-final and drawing with hosts Uzbekistan 24 all in the final of the tournament to run out narrow ARC Div III West Champions.

On 24 April, Lebanon hosted the 2018 Asian Rugby Championship Division 3 West tournament in Jounieh, Lebanon. They defeated Jordan in the first round 62 – 3 and won against Iran 27 – 17 who had defeated Qatar in the semi-final to secure their fifth Asian title in six years.

Current squad

Backs Player Position Club Karim Jammal Scrum-half San Diego Hassan Al Jammal Wing/Centre/Fullback Beirut Phoenicians RUFC Georges Cassab Scrum-half Jamhour Lions RFC Omar Hamaoui Scrum-half Beirut Phoenicians RUFC Ben Abood Fly-half South Sydney Rams Lawrence Abood Fly-half Saint Patricks Jad Hashem Fly-half Beaver Nomads Rugby Team Raymond Asfour Centre Catford RUFC Steve Pere Wing Jounieh Dragons RFC Robin Hachache Centre Beirut Phoenicians RFC Anthony Manassa Wing Eastwood Fadi Saad Wing Sydney University Rugby Club. Martin Wahbe Fullback Eastwood Thomas Alexander Saliba Fullback Finchley RFC

Forwards Player Position Club Tariq Khaldi Prop Barnes RFC Rony Bachour Prop Staines RFC Salem ElDessouki Prop Calgary Canadian Irish Athletic Feda ElDessouki Hooker Calgary Canadian Irish Athletic Fadi Barakat Diab Prop Kuwait Scorpions Joshua Taweel Hooker West Harbour Rugby Club Mohammed Turk Hooker RC Compiègnois Raymond Finan Lock Beirut Phoenicians RFC Mounir Finan Lock Beirut Phoenicians RFC Joe Bakhache Hooker French Froggies RFC Cyril Irani Prop Jamhour Blacklions RFC Firas El Chami Lock TSV Handschuhsheim Bilal Elbatoury Prop Sydney University Football Club Kamil Abdallah Flanker Balmain Rugby Football Club Jason Khoury Flanker West Harbour Rugby Football Club Ibrahim Ballout Flanker Beirut Phoenicians RFC François Zgheib Fournier Flanker San Diego Camil Abou Farhat Flanker Jamhour Blacklions RFC Rudy Hachache Number 8 Beirut Phoenicians RFC Frederick Makhlouf Flanker Jebel Ali Dragons Kahil Bejjani Flanker Beirut Phoenicians RFC Sol Mokdad Lock Beirut Phoenicians RFC Joseph Touma Number eight Barking Rugby Football Club

A full list of all capped Lebanese players: https://web.archive.org/web/20180428120026/http://www.lruf.org/player-profiles/

Record

Overall

Source

Against	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	% Won	Highest scoring Game total
Australia	1	0	1	0	0%	Australia (34-0) Lebanon
England	1	0	1	0	0%	England (29-10) Lebanon
Fiji	3	1	2	0	33.33%	Fiji (58-14) Lebanon
France	4	3	0	1	75%
Iran	4	4	0	0	100%
Italy	8	4	3	1	50%	Lebanon (86-0) Italy
Jordan	5	5	0	0	100%
Kazakhstan	1	0	1	0	0%
Malaysia	1	0	1	0	0%
Malta	3	3	0	0	100%	Lebanon (38-16) Malta
Morocco	3	3	0	0	100%	Morocco (0-78) Lebanon
Niue	1	1	0	0	100%
Pakistan	2	2	0	0	100%
Qatar	4	0	4	0	0%
Samoa	1	0	1	0	0%	Lebanon (16-38) Samoa
Serbia	7	4	2	1	57.14%
Tonga	1	0	1	0	0%
Uzbekistan	5	4	0	1	80%
Total	22	15	6	1	68.18%

Hounors

Middle-East Africa Championship – 2015

Mediterranean Cup – 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2016, 2017

Middle-East and North-African Cup – 2012

See also

• Rugby union in Lebanon

References

1. "Official RWC 2015 Site - Arabian Gulf bow out with A5N victory". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014.

External links

• Lebanon on rugbydata.com
• https://web.archive.org/web/20180420143415/http://www.lruf.org/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20140909171325/http://www.globalrfu.com/2014/06/19/lebanese-phoenix-team-named-for-battle-in-lahore/

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