Immortals RLFC

Template:Short description Template:More citations Template:Template other The Lebanese American University Immortals RLFC is a rugby league team that has been participating in Lebanese Rugby League Committee competitions since its first domestic championship in 2002.Template:Fact

History

File:Immortals 04 spring final.jpg

The Immortals Squad that defeated the AUB Wolves RLFC in the spring 2004 Championship Final 34–22 to clinch their second spring title in a row. From left to right:
First Row: Freddy, Marwan, Salim, Charbel
Second Row: Omar, Majed, Hazem, Nayef, Karim, Sam, Nouri, Abbas
Third Row: Ibrahim, Ahmad, Roy, Jawad, Raja, Rudy (Missing)

In 2001, RLIF sanctions the development plan for Lebanese rugby league.

As it became the unofficial tradition the Immortals RLFC couldn’t win both championship in a row finished their 2006 spring championship in second behind the Razorbacks. The Razorbacks won a well-deserved final game in Balamand Stadium 36–14 to clinch their second Title. During the 2006 spring championship, the Immortals RLFC travelled to France to play in a seven’s tournament as part of the "Tournoi des 5 Ballons "organized by the ESEC University. The Immortals tied point with a Russian and French university but failed to play the final game by a mere try in tries difference. The Immortals took third place after beating a Spanish university in their last game. The Sami Halabi era came to an end due to the fact that Mr. Halabi was forced to travel, the Immortals RLFC appointed Both Ibrahim Ballout and the Lebanese Rugby League undoubtedly best player Rudy Hachach as team coaches. The Immortals had a perfect season. They finished their season undefeated and won their final game against their bitter rivals the Wolves RLFC in Bhamdoun 36–10. During this season, the Immortals set the Lebanese Rugby League championship winning margin record 82–0 against Club Libanais (now known as Jounieh Al Galacticos RLFC) on January 14, 2007, in Bhamdoun Stadium.

The second version of the 2008/2009 Bank of Beirut Championship also finished the season with a first undefeated season but also lost to Galacticos in the final in an epic game after they conceded four tries in the first but came back in the second half. The Immortals were leading until they lost in the last minute with a correct try disallowed and a controversial penalty.

The 2010/2011 went as smooth as the previous year, the immortals clinched their seventh title by finishing again undefeated on top of the league table and beating AUB red backs in a close final game 16–8. During their campaign the Immortals travelled to Czech Republic where they won also the RL 9’s tournament – Pardubice without losing any game and their half back Walid Yassine chosen as Tournament MVP.

Colours

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.

Team logo

The logo represent the face of a fictional figure of an Immortal.

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

Squad

• Squad:

No	Nat	Player	Position	Height (m)	Weight (Kg)	Age	Previous Club	Years
1	Template:Flagicon	Hazem Tawil*	Template:Rlp	1.80	92	19	Immortals RLFC	3
2	Template:Flagicon	Hassan Jammal	Template:Rlp	1.72	64	20	Immortals RLFC	2
3	Template:Flagicon	Nabil Tawil	right-Template:Rlp	1.79	84	22	Immortals RLFC	4
4	Template:Flagicon	George Rahal	left-Template:Rlp	1.78	89	22	Black Lions RUFC	4
5	Template:Flagicon	Mazen Knio*	Template:Rlp	1.92	94	34	Immortals RLFC	12
6	Template:Flagicon	Karim Jammal*	Template:Rlp	1.73	83	20	Phoenicians RUFC	2
7	Template:Flagicon	Jad El-Hashem*	Template:Rlp	1.75	86	20	Immortals RLFC	2
8	Template:Flagicon	Rateb Shallah	Template:Rlp	1.86	111	22	Immortals RLFC	3
9	Template:Flagicon	Mounir Finan	Template:Rlp	1.74	98	21	Immortals RLFC	2
10	Template:Flagicon	Nayef Abi Said	Template:Rlp	1.85	118	28	Immortals RLFC	7
11	Template:Flagicon	Ray Finan	Template:Rlp	1.82	98	20	Phoenicians RUFC	3
11	Template:Flagicon	Rudy Hachache	Template:Rlp	1.85	117	29	Immortals RLFC	7
12	Template:Flagicon	Kahil Bejjani	Template:Rlp	1.81	88	25	Wolves RLFC	4
13	Template:Flagicon	Ibrahim Balout (C)	Template:Rlp	1.85	102	26	Immortals RLFC	3
14	Template:Flagicon	Freddy Beaini	Template:Rlp	1.77	74	24	Immortals RLFC	5
15	Template:Flagicon	Darwish Nahouzi	Template:Rlp	1.64	70	24	Immortals RLFC	2
16	Template:Flagicon	Ramez Ghandour*	Template:Rlp	1.76	95	21	--	Rookie
17	Template:Flagicon	Hassan Shaheen	Template:Rlp	1.80	75	20	Immortals RLFC	2
18	Template:Flagicon	Ahmad Fadlalah	Template:Rlp	1.80	87	19	Immortals RLFC	2
19	Template:Flagicon	Shawkat El Ghazi	Template:Rlp	1.76	95	21	--	Rookie
20	Template:Flagicon	Kassem Abdo	Template:Rlp	1.75	82	20	--	Rookie
21	Template:Flagicon	Alaa Khashab	Template:Rlp	1.80	65	22	--	Rookie
22	Template:Flagicon	Hani Assi	Template:Rlp	1.82	94	25	--	Rookie
23	Template:Flagicon	Khalil Namro	Template:Rlp	1.88	94	20	--	Rookie
24	Template:Flagicon	Abed Hammoud	Template:Rlp	1.78	83	19	--	Rookie
25	Template:Flagicon	Yves Khoury	Template:Rlp	1.85	80	22	Immortals RLFC	2
26	Template:Flagicon	Kevin Haddad*	Template:Rlp	1.75	83	21	Immortals RLFC	2
27	Template:Flagicon	Walid Yassine	Template:Rlp	1.87	75	18	--	Rookie
28	Template:Flagicon	Adam Itani	Template:Rlp	1.84	85	26	--	Rookie
29	Template:Flagicon	Omar Wehbe	Template:Rlp	1.81	86	22	Immortals RLFC	2
30		Hassan El Sabeh	Template:Rlp	1.81	156	23	DRFC	6

• Staff As November 2008

Nat	Name	Position	Age	Previous Club	Years
Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon	Raymond Safi	Head Coach	34	Wolves RLFC	2
Template:Flagicon	Rudy Hachache	Assistant Coach	29	Immortals RLFC	3
Template:Flagicon	Nayef Abi Said	Assistant Coach	28	Immortals RLFC	2
Template:Flagicon	Hani Assi	Physical Trainer	25	Cedars (Lebanese Rugby League National Team)	1
Template:Flagicon	Maher Fadlalah	Physio	38	Lebanese American University	3

Rivalries

The Immortals and their fans have developed rivalries with other clubs.Template:Fact

Records

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 Hachache : Spring 2004 - Winter 2006
  • Sami Halabi : Spring 2003 - Spring 2005

Team records

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The team players illustrating the Lebanese Rugby League Championship Winning Margin Record 82-0 against Club Libanais (now known as Jounieh Al Galacticos RLFC) on January 14th, 2007 in Bhamdoun Stadium.

• First team to win the Spring Championship
• First team to win both the Spring Championship and the Winter Championship

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20111004174128/http://www.immortalsrlfc.com/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110202050535/http://lebrl.com/