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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 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

A full list of all capped Lebanese players: https://web.archive.org/web/20180428120026/http://www.lruf.org/player-profiles/

Record

Overall

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 .

Hounors

Middle-East Africa Championship – 2015

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

Middle-East and North-African Cup – 2012

See also

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/