Immortals RLFC
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The Immortals first played with the French Tricolor jerseys (Blue, White and red) due to the lack of suitable rugby league clothing in Lebanon. The jerseys were donated by the French Rugby League Federation post the 2002 Mediterranean Cup. All these jerseys carried the number 13.
But due to its affiliation with the Lebanese American University, the Immortals adopted green and white as their official club colors in the following years.
The final layout of the logo was finalized and approved in the end of the year 2008.
Lebanese Rugby League Spring Champions: 2003 - 2004 - 2005
Lebanese Rugby League Winter Champions: 2005 - 2006
Bank of Beirut Champions: 2009/2010 - 2010/2011
Wolves 9's Tournament: 2009
AUB 9's Tournament: 2010
Tournoi des 5 Ballons 2006 - Paris: 3rd Place
RL 9’s tournament - Pardubice, Czech Republic: Champions
LAU Best Achievement Award: 2003 - 2004 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011
But due to its affiliation with the Lebanese American University, the Immortals adopted green and white as their official club colors in the following years.
Team logo
The logo represent the face of a fictional figure of an Immortal . The drawing was done by Raymond Finan. The date refers to the year the team was established in 2002. The number “XIII” refers to rugby league. The colors green and white are associated with the colors of the Lebanese American University. The oval shape of the logo refers to the shape of the Rugby League ball.The final layout of the logo was finalized and approved in the end of the year 2008.
Honours
- Local Cups:
Lebanese Rugby League Spring Champions: 2003 - 2004 - 2005
Lebanese Rugby League Winter Champions: 2005 - 2006
Bank of Beirut Champions: 2009/2010 - 2010/2011
Wolves 9's Tournament: 2009
AUB 9's Tournament: 2010
- International Cups:
Tournoi des 5 Ballons 2006 - Paris: 3rd Place
RL 9’s tournament - Pardubice, Czech Republic: Champions
- Awards:
LAU Best Achievement Award: 2003 - 2004 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011
2008 / 2009 Squad
- Squad As November 2008
No Nat |Player Position Height (m) Weight (Kg) Age Previous Club Years 1 Allen Khoury* Full Back 1.72 64 20 Immortals RLFC 3 2 Bahig Saridar Right Wing 1.80 92 19 Immortals RLFC 2 3 Mohamad Jamil Right Center 1.79 84 22 Immortals RLFC 4 4 George Rahal Left Center 1.78 89 22 Black Lions RUFC 4 5 Joe Serge Safa* Left Wing 1.80 83 22 -- Rookie 6 Karim Jammal* Stand Off 1.73 83 20 Phoenicians RUFC 2 7 Jad El-Hashem* Scrum Half 1.75 86 20 Immortals RLFC 2 8 Abed Hammoud Prop 1.86 111 22 Immortals RLFC 3 9 Hani Rifai Hooker 1.74 98 21 Immortals RLFC 2 10 Nayef Abi Said Prop 1.85 118 28 Immortals RLFC 7 11 Rudy Hachach Second Row 1.85 117 29 Immortals RLFC 7 12 Ahmad Masri Second Row 1.81 88 25 Galacticos RLFC 4 13 Robin Hachach (C) Loose Forward 1.85 102 26 Immortals RLFC 3 14 Freddy Beaini Loose Forward 1.77 74 24 Immortals RLFC 5 15 Darwish Nahouzi Second Row 1.64 70 24 Immortals RLFC 2 16 Ramez Ghandour* Prop 1.76 95 21 -- Rookie 17 Hassan Shaheen Wing 1.80 75 20 Immortals RLFC 2 18 Ahmad Fadlalah Second Row 1.80 87 19 Immortals RLFC 2 19 Shawkat El Ghazi Prop 1.76 95 21 -- Rookie 20 Kassem Abdo Wing 1.75 82 20 -- Rookie 21 Alaa Khashab Wing 1.80 65 22 -- Rookie 22 Hani Assi Prop 1.82 94 25 -- Rookie 23 Khalil Namro Second Row 1.88 94 20 -- Rookie 24 Abed Hammoud Center 1.78 83 19 -- Rookie 25 Yves Khoury Center 1.85 80 22 Immortals RLFC 2 26 Kevin Haddad* Wing 1.75 83 21 Immortals RLFC 2 27 Walid Yassine Center 1.87 75 18 -- Rookie 28 Rami Hawi Second Row 1.84 85 26 -- Rookie
- Staff As November 2008
Nat | |Name | Position | Age | Previous Club | Years | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Raymond Safi | Head Coach | 34 | Wolves RLFC | 2 | ||
Rudy Hachach | Assistant Coach | 29 | Immortals RLFC | 3 | ||
Nayef Abi Said | Assistant Coach | 28 | Immortals RLFC | 2 | ||
Hani Assi | Physical Trainer | 25 | Cedars (Lebanese Rugby League National Team) | 1 | ||
Maher Fadlalah | Physio | 38 | Lebanese American University | 3 |
Rivalries
The Immortals and their fans have developed rivalries with other clubs, particularly the AUB Wolves RLFC, since the beginning of the local competitions in 2002, when the two sides were the strongest in the competition. The Immortals won five championships and the Wolves only won two championships during the period of winter and spring championships, and faced one another in six Grand Finals.Player records
LRLC STATS 2002 - 2007 (10 Seasons)- Top 10 scorers (regular season only)
- 1. Rudy Hachache (LAU) 454 (111 tries, 5 goals)
- 2. Sami Halabi (LAU) 328 (45 tries, 74 goals)
- 4. Jawad Fakih (LAU) 230 (48 tries, 19 goals)
- 8. Ibrahim Ballout (LAU) 138 (11 tries, 47 goals)
- Top 10 try scorers (regular season only)
- 1. Rudy Hachache (LAU) 111
- 2. Jawad Fakih (LAU) 48
- 3. 45
- Top 10 goal scorers (regular season only – minimum 50 points)
- 1. Sami Halabi (LAU) 148 (64%)
- 3. Ibrahim Ballout (LAU) 94 (62%)
- 5. Hamid Wazni (LAU) 78 (72%) (Played Only Two Consecutive Seasons)
- John Elias Award (The Lebanese Rugby League MVP Award):
- Jawad Fakih : Winter 2005
- Robin Hachach: 2008
- Rudy Hachach : Spring 2004 - Winter 2006
- Sami Halabi : Spring 2003 - Spring 2005
Team records
- First team to win the Spring Championship
- First team to win both the Spring Championship and the Winter Championship
- Hold Both the Highest Scoring points in The Lebanese Championship
- LAU vs. CL 82-0 2006 Winter Championship
- LAU vs. NDU 76-0 2004 Spring Championship
- Finished The 2006 Winter Championship UNDEFEATED
- Most consecutive wins in a regular season:
- 8 Games: Winter 2006 (The Game against NDU was cancelled)
- 10 Games: 2008/2009 Season
- The Most Crowned Team in the Lebanese Rugby League Championships
- LAU Immortals RLFC : 5 Championships
- AUB Wolves RLFC: 2 Championships
- UOB Razorbacks RLFC: 2 Championships
- Jounieh Al Galacticos RLFC : 2 Championships
- Holds the record for the Most Finals Played: 9 Finals
Notable former players
Karim "Stoly" Abdo (Prop) Hazem el Ali (Prop) Omar Azar (Hooker) Maher Darwich (Wing) Bahig Demashkiye (Scrum Half) Jawad Fakih (Full Back) Salim Frem (Center) Sami Halabi (Hooker / Utility player) Marwan Itany (Stand off) Raja Khoury (Scrum Half) Alex Marlow (Stand Off) Charbel Raad (Second Row) Hamid Wazni (Full Back) Hadi Yashrouti (Half Back) Abass Haidar (Prop) Freddy Baeini (Center)External links
- http://www.immortalsrlfc.com
- http://www.lebrl.com