The United Arab Emirates men’s and women’s teams impressed at the West Asia 7s Trophy 2021 tournament held in Doha, Qatar as they won bragging rights to the title in both categories. UAE men beat a spirited Iran in the cup final by 38-14 while the UAE women’s team thrashed Qatar by a scoreline of ...
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Rugby Values Shine Through in Lebanon
Rugby Values Shine Through in Lebanon, Rugby is known as not only a sport but a culture that brings everyone together through its core values which every rugby player has and it is shown in both good and bad times. What we witnessed in the last few days was a pure example on what the rugby ...
Lebanon breaking the stigma in women’s rugby
At this year’s Asia Rugby Championship Division III West, it wasn’t just the senior side of Lebanon competing against Qatar and Jordan. As well as a travelling U18, U16 and U14 side, the women’s sevens side also competed in the West Asia sevens competition. Having hosted the tournament in 2018, ...
Jordan women make history in Qatar Asia Rugby West Women’s Sevens
Jordan, Qatar and Lebanon recently competed in the Asia Rugby West Women's Sevens tournament, with Jordan making history with their first ever international. The tournament was eventually won by Qatar, defending their title, but Farah Ghanma, who was part of the Jordanian side spoke to Asia Rugby ...
Qatar triumph in ARC Division III West
Qatar beat Lebanon 13-10 in an enthralling winner-takes-all final of the Asia Rugby Championship Division 3 West in Doha. The win puts an end to Lebanon’s recent success in the competition having won the previous two tournaments in 2017 and 2018. Asia Rugby Championship Division 3 West ...
Qatar open with impressive win in ARC Div III West
[ Qatar v Jordan ] Hosts Qatar impressively beat Jordan 77-0 in the Asia Rugby Championship Division III West opener. Both sides will now go on and play defending champions Lebanon before the first piece of silverware in the Asia Rugby calendar is decided. Brook Tremayne gave Qatar an ...
Lebanon will aim for ARC Div III West title defence #ARC2019
Lebanon will take to this year’s Asia Rugby Championship Division 3 West aiming for a third consecutive title. Having beaten Iran 29-7 in the final in 2018, this year they face matches with Qatar and Jordan for the first Asia Rugby Championship silverware of the year. Asia Rugby Championship ...
Lebanon welcomed as associate members of World Rugby
Lebanon welcomed as associate members of World Rugby Fiji and Samoa unanimously elected onto Council after meeting new governance criteria Fiji and Samoa join Georgia, Romania and USA on expanded Council World Rugby Chair hails historic day for rugby Council approved the recommendation ...
Lebanon defend ARC Div III W title #ARC2018
Lebanon defended their Asia Rugby Championship Division III West title with a 29-17 victory over Iran in the final. Despite trailing 10-0 after 11 minutes, the hosts drew level at half-time thanks to a penalty from Karim Jammal and a penalty try. Iran’s Jalal Jahanbakhsh was shown a red ...
Qatar, Lebanon and Syria make international sevens debuts
Alongside the Asia Rugby Championship Division III West competition, a women’s sevens tournament also took place this week. Hosted by Lebanon, two Lebanese teams competed with both Qatar and Syria on Wednesday and Thursday, ahead of the ARC Div III W final between Lebanon and Iran. All three ...