Lebanon national rugby union team

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 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

Lebanon
Full nameLebanese National Rugby Team
UnionsLebanese Rugby Union Federation (LRUF)
Nickname(s)The Phoenix
Emblem(s)Phoenix Emblem
Founded2002
LocationLebanon
RegionBeirut
Ground(s)Fouad Chehab Stadium (Capacity: 4000)
ChairmanGhassan Hajjar
CEOSol Mokdad
Director of RugbySteve Wrigglesworth
Coach(es)Steve Penberthy, Rony Bhachour
Captain(s)Karim Jammal (9)
Most caps14
Fly-Half
Team kit
Change kit
First international
Lebanon Lebanon 104 – 0 Morocco Morocco
(2 november 2002)
Largest win
Lebanon Lebanon 104 – 0 Morocco Morocco
(17 november 1999)
Largest defeat
Lebanon Lebanon 0 – 80 Russia Russia
(28 september 2008)
Official website
www.lebanonrugby.com

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

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 0.00 Australia (34-0) Lebanon
 England 1 0 1 0 0.00 England (29-10) Lebanon
 Fiji 3 1 2 0 33.33 Fiji (58-14) Lebanon
 France 4 3 0 1 75.00
 Iran4400100.00
 Italy 8 4 3 1 50.00 Lebanon (86-0) Italy
 Jordan5500100.00
 Kazakhstan10100.00
 Malaysia10100.00
 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
 Pakistan2200100.00
 Qatar40400.00
 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
 Uzbekistan5401100.00
Total22156170.45

Hounors

Middle-East Africa Championship – 2015

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

Middle-East and North-African Cup – 2012

See also

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


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