Lebanon national rugby union team

Lebanon

Union	Lebanese Rugby Union Federation
Nickname(s)	The Phoenix
Coach(es)	Steve Wigglesworth
Captain(s)	Karim Jammal
Team kit
First international
Lebanon 27 - 8 Jordan (14 May 2010)
Largest win
Lebanon 73-3 jordan
Largest defeat
Lebanon 0 - 67 Qatar (27 April 2012)

The Lebanese National Rugby Union team the "Phoenix" represent Lebanon in international rugby union. They 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 compete in the Asian Rugby Football Union's, Asian Five Nations Tournament in Division Three West.

On 19 June 2014 the Phoenix defeated Pakistan in the semi-final of the Asian Rugby Football Union's, Asian Five Nation Division 3 West tournament in Lahore, Pakistan, 17 - 3 to book a place in the final to be played on Sunday 22 June 2014 against Uzbekistan in Lahore. Lebanon defeated Uzbekistan 20 - 19 to win the tournament

On 14 April 2015 Lebanon hosted the 2015 Asian Rugby Championship division 3 West tournament in Jounieh. They defeated Jordan in the first round 71 - 3 and won against Iran 27 -8 to secure their third consecutive Asian title.

The Current Phoenix First XV

Player	Position
1. Tariq Adib Al Khaldi	Prop
2. Mohammed Turk	Hooker
3. Rony Adel Bachour	Prop
4. Mounir Ramzi Finan	Second Row
5. Raymond Ramzi Finan	Second Row
6. Rudy Hachache	Flanker
7. Francois Fournier	Flanker
8. Joseph Boutros Touma	Lock
9. Georges Antoine Cassab	Scrumhalf
10. Ben Aboud	Fly-half
12. Karim Abdullah Jammal (c)	Center
13. Raymond Antoine Asfour	Center
11. Jean Hana Rmeily	Wing
14. Anthony Libnan Menessa	Wing
15. Thomas Iskander Saliba	Fullback
16. Fadi Barakat Diab	Prop
17. Ibrahim Ballout	Hooker
18. Fredrick Maklouf	Utility
19. Martin Wehbe	Winger
20. Firas El Chami	Utility
21. Kahil Bejjani	Flanker
22. Youssef Bakhache	Utility

Record

Against	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win percentage
Jordan	2	2	0	0	100%
Iran	2	2	0	0	100%
Uzbekistan	2	2	0	0	100%
Pakistan	2	2	0	0	100%
Qatar	2	0	2	0	0%
Total	7	5	2	0	71.43%

See also

• Rugby union in Lebanon

External links

• Lebanon on rugbydata.com
• http://www.lruf.org
• http://www.globalrfu.com/2014/06/19/lebanese-phoenix-team-named-for-battle-in-lahore