The Lebanese National Rugby Union team have yet to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup. Lebanon played their first test match against 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
+ BacksPlayerPositionClubKarim JammalScrum-half San DiegoHassan Al JammalWing/Centre/Fullback Beirut Phoenicians RUFCGeorges CassabScrum-half Jamhour Lions RFCOmar HamaouiScrum-half Beirut Phoenicians RUFCBen AboodFly-half South Sydney RamsLawrence AboodFly-half Saint PatricksJad HashemFly-half Beaver Nomads Rugby TeamRaymond AsfourCentre Catford RUFCSteve PereWing Jounieh Dragons RFCRobin HachacheCentre Beirut Phoenicians RFCAnthony ManassaWing EastwoodFadi SaadWing Sydney University Rugby Club.Martin WahbeFullback EastwoodThomas Alexander SalibaFullback Finchley RFC
+ ForwardsPlayerPositionClubTariq KhaldiProp Barnes RFCRony BachourProp Staines RFCSalem ElDessoukiProp Calgary Canadian Irish AthleticFeda ElDessoukiHooker Calgary Canadian Irish AthleticFadi Barakat DiabProp Kuwait ScorpionsJoshua TaweelHooker West Harbour Rugby ClubMohammed TurkHooker RC CompiègnoisRaymond FinanLock Beirut Phoenicians RFCMounir FinanLock Beirut Phoenicians RFCJoe BakhacheHooker French Froggies RFCCyril IraniProp Jamhour Blacklions RFCFiras El ChamiLock TSV HandschuhsheimBilal ElbatouryProp Sydney University Football ClubKamil AbdallahFlanker Balmain Rugby Football ClubJason KhouryFlanker West Harbour Rugby Football ClubIbrahim BalloutFlanker Beirut Phoenicians RFCFrançois Zgheib FournierFlanker San DiegoCamil Abou FarhatFlanker Jamhour Blacklions RFCRudy HachacheNumber 8Beirut Phoenicians RFCFrederick MakhloufFlanker Jebel Ali DragonsKahil BejjaniFlanker Beirut Phoenicians RFCSol MokdadLock Beirut Phoenicians RFCJoseph ToumaNumber 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
Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Lebanon national XV at test level up until 26 May 2023, updated after match with .
Opponent Played Won Lost Drawn % Won 4 4 0 0 % 7 6 1 0 % 1 0 1 0 0% 1 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 % 4 0 4 0 0% 5 4 0 1 % Total 24 16 7 1 %
Hounors Middle-East Africa Championship – 2015
Mediterranean Cup – 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2016, 2017
Middle-East and North-African Cup – 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/