The origins of the game in the country date back to at least 1995 with the formation of the Beirut Phoenicians club,[2] but it was not until 2005 that the Lebanese Ministry of Sport officially recognized it as a sport.

[2] Lebanon became an associate member of the now-defunct Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union in 2007, before joining the ARFU (now known as Asia Rugby) as an associate member in December 2009.

[3][4] It attained full membership in Asia by 2013,[5] and associate status with World Rugby in 2018.

[1] It administers all aspects of the game in Lebanon, both 15-a-side and 7-a-side, among men and women of all age groups in the country.

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