Lebanon national rugby union team
Rugby team
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| Full name | Lebanese National Rugby Team | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | |||
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
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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
Current squad
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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 |
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 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
References
- ^ "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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