# 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 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