Lebanon national rugby union team

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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
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^[1] The Phoenix currently competes in the Asian Rugby Football Union's, Asian Rugby Championship in Division Three West. In November 2018 Lebanon Rugby attained World Rugby Associate Membership.

On 19 June 2014 the Phoenix defeated Pakistan in the semifinal of the Asian Rugby Football Union's, Asian Five Nation Division 3 West tournament in Lahore, Pakistan, 17 - 3 to book a place in the final on 22 June 2014 against Uzbekistan in Lahore. Lebanon defeated Uzbekistan 20 - 19 to win the tournament.

On 14 April 2015 Lebanon hosted the 2015 Asian Rugby Championship division 3 West tournament in Jounieh, Lebanon. They defeated Jordan in the first round 71 - 3 and won against Iran 27 - 8 to secure their third consecutive Asian title.

In April 2016 Lebanon took part in the Asian Rugby Championship division 3 West tournament held in Doha, Qatar. On 19 April 2016, Lebanon beat Iran 34-12 and went on to face Qatar in the final. Although they led the majority of the match, being penalized down to 13 men gave Qatar an opportunity to take the lead. At the final whistle the score was 25-19 to Qatar.

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 Scrum-half Scrum-half Fly-half Fly-half Jad Hashem Fly-half Centre Wing Centre Wing Eastwood Wing Fullback Eastwood Fullback Finchley RFC

Forwards Player Position Club Prop Barnes RFC Prop Prop Hooker Prop Hooker Hooker Lock Lock Hooker Prop Lock TSV Handschuhsheim Prop Sydney University Football Club Flanker Flanker Flanker Flanker San Diego Flanker Rudy Hachache Number 8 Flanker Flanker Sol Mokdad Lock 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
Australia	1	0	1	0	0.00	Australia (34-0) Lebanon
England	1	0	1	0	0.00	England (29-10) Lebanon
Fiji	3	1	2	0	33.33
France	4	3	0	1	75.00
Iran	4	4	0	0	100.00
Italy	8	4	3	1	50.00	Lebanon (86-0) Italy
Jordan	5	5	0	0	100.00
Kazakhstan	1	0	1	0	0.00
Malaysia	1	0	1	0	0.00
Malta	3	3	0	0	100.00	Lebanon (38-16) Malta
Morocco	3	3	0	0	100.00	Morocco (0-78) Lebanon
Niue	1	1	0	0	100.00
Pakistan	2	2	0	0	100.00
Qatar	4	0	4	0	0.00
Samoa	1	0	1	0	0.00	Lebanon (16-38) Samoa
Serbia	7	4	2	1	57.14
Tonga	1	0	1	0	0.00
Uzbekistan	5	4	0	1	100.00
Total	22	15	6	1	70.45

Hounors[]

Middle-East Africa Championship -

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

- 2012

See also[]

• Rugby union in Lebanon

References[]

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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