Immortals RLFC

Infobox rugby league club
clubname = IMMORTALS RLFC


fullname = LAU IMMORTALS Rugby League Football Club
nickname = Immortals
shortname =
founded = 2002
ground = Bhamdoun Municipal Stadium
capacity = 5,000
ceo = flagicon|Lebanon Sami Garabedian
coach = flagicon|Australia / flagicon|Lebanon Raymond Safi
captain = flagicon|Lebanon Mohamad Jamil
URL = [www.immortalsrlfc.com]
league = [Lebanese Rugby League Committee Championship]
season = Spring 2007
position = 2nd
c

Appearances = flagicon|Lebanon Nayef Abi Said
points = 454
mostpoints = flagicon|Lebanon Rudy Hachache
url = [http://www,immortalsrlfc.com] 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. It was originally composed of Lebanese American University students and some other non-LAU students.

History

Colours

Rugby team
teamname = IMMORTALS RLFC
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leftarm1=008000|body1=008000|rightarm1=008000|shorts1=FFFFFF|socks1=FFFFFFThe Immortals first played with the Tricolor jerseys (Blue, White and red), but due to its affiliation with the Lebanese American University, the colors green and white were adopted and are now considered the official colors of the club.

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.

2008 Squad

"As of 1 November, 2007":

Honours

* Local Cups:
** Lebanese Rugby League Spring Champions: 2003 - 2004 - 2005
** Lebanese Rugby League Winter Champions: 2005 - 2006
* International Cups:
** Tournoi des 5 Ballons 2006 - Paris: 3rd Place
* Awards:
** LAU Best Achievement Award

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. Sami Halabi (LAU) 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)

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
* The Most Crowned Team in the Lebanese Rugby League Championships
** LAU : 5 Championships
** AUB: 2 Championships
** UOB: 2 Championships
** CL : 1 Championship
* Holds the record for the Most Finals Played

Notable Former Players

* Karim "Stoly" Abdo
* Hazem el Ali
* Omar Azar
* Maher Darwich
* Bahig Demashkiye
* Jawad Fakih
*flagicon|US Sami Halabi
* Marwan Itany
* Raja Khoury
* Alex Marlow
*flagicon|Greece Thomas "Popo" Papadopoulous
* Charbel Raad
* Hamid Wazni
* Hadi Yashrouti

External links

* http://www.immortalsrlfc.com
* http://www.lebrl.com