Lebanon national rugby union team
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{{Infobox rugby team
| teamname = The Phoenix
The Cedars
| country = Lebanon
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| fullname = Lebanese National Rugby Team
| unions = Lebanese Rugby Union Federation (LRUF)
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| nickname = The Phoenix
| emblem = Phoenix Emblem
| founded = 2002
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| location = Lebanon
| region = Beirut
| ground = Fouad Chehab Stadium
| capacity = 4000
| chairman = Ghassan Hajjar
| ceo = Sol Mokdad
| rugby director = Steve Wrigglesworth
| coach = Steve Penberthy, Rony Bhachour
| captain = Karim Jammal (9)
| caps = 14
| position = Fly-Half
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| first = {{flagicon|Lebanon}} Lebanon 104 – 0 Morocco {{flagicon|Morocco}}
(2 november 2002)
| bigwin = {{flagicon|Lebanon}} Lebanon 104 – 0 Morocco {{flagicon|Morocco}}
(17 november 1999)
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| bigloss = {{flagicon|Lebanon}} Lebanon 0 – 80 Russia {{flagicon|Russia}}
(28 september 2008)
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The Lebanese National Rugby Union team have yet to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup. Lebanon played their first test match against {{nrut|Jordan}} on 14 May 2010 in Dubai{{cite web |url=http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/qualifying/news/newsid=2037324.html#arabian+gulf+with+a5n+victory |title= Official RWC 2015 Site - Arabian Gulf bow out with A5N victory|website=www.rugbyworldcup.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017132103/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/qualifying/news/newsid%3D2037324.html |archive-date=17 October 2014}} 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.{{fact|date=December 2023}}
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.{{fact|date=December 2023}}
Current squad
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| style="background:white; width:150px"|Player
! style="background:white; width:100px"|Position ! style="background:white; width:180px"|Club |
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| Karim Jammal
|{{flagicon|USA}} San Diego |
| Hassan Al Jammal
|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} Beirut Phoenicians RUFC |
| Georges Cassab
|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} Jamhour Lions RFC |
| Omar Hamaoui
|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} Beirut Phoenicians RUFC |
| Ben Abood
|{{flagicon|AUS}} South Sydney Rams |
| Lawrence Abood
|{{flagicon|AUS}} Saint Patricks |
| Jad Hashem
|{{flagicon|UAE}} Beaver Nomads Rugby Team |
| Raymond Asfour
|{{flagicon|ENG}} Catford RUFC |
| Steve Pere
|Wing |{{flagicon|Lebanon}} Jounieh Dragons RFC |
| Robin Hachache
|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} Beirut Phoenicians RFC |
| Anthony Manassa
|Wing |{{flagicon|AUS}} Eastwood |
| Fadi Saad
|Wing |{{flagicon|AUS}} Sydney University Rugby Club. |
| Martin Wahbe
|{{flagicon|AUS}} Eastwood |
| Thomas Alexander Saliba
|{{flagicon|ENG}} Finchley RFC |
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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=
[https://europeanrugbyleague.com/teams/12/results?page=1 Source]
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| Against
! Played ! Won ! Lost ! Drawn ! % Won !Highest scoring Game total | |||||
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| {{ru|Australia}}
|1 |0 |1 |0 |0% |Australia (34-0) Lebanon | |||||
| {{ru|ENG}}
|1 |0 |1 |0 |0% |England (29-10) Lebanon | |||||
| {{ru|Fiji}}
|3 |1 |2 |0 |{{#expr:1/3*100 round 2}}% |Fiji (58-14) Lebanon | |||||
| {{ru|FRA}}
|4 |3 |0 |1 |{{#expr:3/4*100 round 2}}% | | |||||
| align="left" | {{ru|IRN}} | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | {{#expr:4/4*100 round 2}}%
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| {{ru|Italy}}
|8 |4 |3 |1 |{{#expr:4/8*100 round 2}}% |Lebanon (86-0) Italy | |||||
| align="left" | {{ru|JOR}} | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | {{#expr:5/5*100 round 2}}%
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| align="left" | {{ru|KAZ}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0%
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| align="left" | {{ru|MYS}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0%
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| {{ru|Malta
}} |3 |3 |0 |0 |{{#expr:3/3*100 round 2}}% |Lebanon (38-16) Malta | |||||
| {{ru|Morocco}}
|3 |3 |0 |0 |{{#expr:3/3*100 round 2}}% |Morocco (0-78) Lebanon | |||||
| {{ru|Niue}}
|1 |1 |0 |0 |{{#expr:1/1*100 round 2}}% | | |||||
| align="left" | {{ru|PAK}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | {{#expr:2/2*100 round 2}}%
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| align="left" | {{ru|QAT}} | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0%
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| {{ru|Samoa
}} |1 |0 |1 |0 |0% |Lebanon (16-38) Samoa | |||||
| {{ru|Serbia}}
|7 |4 |2 |1 |{{#expr:4/7*100 round 2}}% | | |||||
| {{ru|Tonga}}
|1 |0 |1 |0 |0% | | |||||
| align="left" | {{ru|UZB}} | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | {{#expr:4/5*100 round 2}}%
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| Total|| 22 || 15 || 6 || 1 || {{#expr:15/22*100 round 2}}%
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= Hounors =
Middle-East Africa Championship – 2015
Mediterranean Cup – 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2016, 2017
See also
References
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External links
- [http://rugbydata.com/lebanon 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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