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^[1] 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

Full nameLebanese National Rugby Team

UnionsLebanese Rugby Union Federation (LRUF)

NicknameThe Phoenix

EmblemPhoenix Emblem

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Lebanon

Full name	Lebanese National Rugby Team
Unions	Lebanese Rugby Union Federation (LRUF)
Nickname	The Phoenix
Emblem	Phoenix Emblem
Founded	2002
Location	Lebanon
Region	Beirut
Ground	Fouad Chehab Stadium (Capacity: 4000)
Chairman	Ghassan Hajjar
CEO	Sol Mokdad
Director of Rugby	Steve Wrigglesworth
Coach(es)	Steve Penberthy, Rony Bhachour
Captain	Karim Jammal (9)
Most caps	14
Fly-Half
Team kit Change kit
First international
Lebanon 104 – 0 Morocco (2 november 2002)
Largest win
Lebanon 104 – 0 Morocco (17 november 1999)
Largest defeat
Lebanon 0 – 80 Russia (28 september 2008)
Official website
www.lebanonrugby.com

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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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}