Beirut Phoenicians Rugby Club was the first

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

club team/club in

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

. It was established in 1995 in response to a request from the British embassy for a rugby team to play HMS ''Cardiff'' that was docked in

Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...

for a few days in November 1995.

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* Rugby union in Lebanon Sport in Beirut Rugby union teams in Asia Organisations based in Beirut 1995 establishments in Lebanon {{Rugbyunion-team-stub