Lebanon, Serbia and Wales squads named

[Evil Homer]

Lebanon:

Liam Ayoub - Bulldogs, SG Ball
Danny Barakat - Bankstown City, Bundaberg Red Cup
Danny Chiha - Windsor, NSW Cup
Jamie Clarke – Canterbury Bulldogs, NRL
Ghassan Dandach - Jounieh RLFC, Bank of Beirut Championship
Khaled Deeb - Newtown Jets
Nathan Dib – Canterbury Bulldogs, Toyota Cup
Ahmad Ellaz - Cronulla, Toyota Cup
Youssef El Helou - Jounieh RLFC, Bank of Beirut Championship
Hazem El Masri – Canterbury Bulldogs, NRL
Mounir Finan - Jounieh RLFC, Bank of Beirut Championship
Ray Finan - LAU, Bank of Beirut Championship
Anthony Farah - Mounties, Bundaberg Red Cup
Charlie Farah - Bankstown City, Bundaberg Red Cup
Robbie Farah - Wests Tigers, NRL
Robin Hachache - LAU, Bank of Beirut Championship
Jad Hashem - LAU, Bank of Beirut Championship
Wael Harb - Wolves RLFC, Bank of Beirut Championship
Paul Jabbour - Jounieh, Bank of Beirut Championship
Allen Khoury - LAU, Bank of Beirut Championship
John Koborsi- Wentworthville, Bundaberg Red Cup
Josh Mansour - South Sydney, Toyota Cup
Tommy Mansour - Bankstown City, Bundaberg Red Cup
Ray Moujalli - Newtown Jets- NSW Cup
Karim Mourabet - Jounieh RLFC, Bank of Beirut Championship
George Ndaira - Newcastle Knights, NRL
Toufic Nicholas - Bankstown City- Bundaberg Red Cup
Reece Robinson - North Sydney Bears, NSW Cup
Travis Robinson - Chester Hill
Jarrod Saffy - St George Illawarra, NRL
Adnan Saleh - Bankstown City- Bundaberg Red Cup
Chris Salem - Bankstown City- Bundaberg Red Cup
Daniel Sayegh - North Sydney Bears, NSW Cup


Wales:

Ashley Bateman
Crusaders

Chris Beasley
Crusaders

Anthony Blackwood
Crusaders
Andy Bracek
Barrow

Neil Budworth
Crusaders

Geraint Davies
Crusaders

Gareth Dean
Carcassonne

Ross Divorty
Featherstone

Gil Dudson
Crusaders

Ben Evans
Warrington

James Evans
Castleford

Rhys Evans
Warrington

Ben Flower
Crusaders

Rhys Griffiths
Warrington

Jordan James
Crusaders

Matt James
Harlequins

Phil Joseph
Oldham

Elliot Kear
Crusaders

Craig Kopzcak
Bradford

David Mills
Hull KR

Lewis Mills
Crusaders

Glen Morrison
Bradford

Sean Penkywicz
Halifax

Bryn Powell
Dewsbury

Mark Roberts
Halifax

Rob Roberts
Barrow

Christiaan Roets
Bridgend Blue Bulls

Ian Watson
Swinton

Ian Webster
Central Coast

Lloyd White
Crusaders

Rhys Williams
Warrington

Serbia:

1
Soni Radovanović
Whitehaven RLFC
2
Dalibor Vukanović
RK Dorćol
3
Stevan Stevanović
RK Dorćol
4
Mario Milosavljević
R13K Podbara
5
Austen Novaković
Oldham
6
Milan Šušnjara
RK Dorćol
7
Nenad Grbić
R13K Podbara
8
Zoran Pešić
R13K Podbara
9
Vladimir Smiljanić
R13K Podbara
10
Vladan Kikanović
RK Dorćol
11
Milan Radojević
South Sunnybank
12
Dejan Lukenić
RK Dorćol
13
Nikša Unković
RK Dorćol
14
Vuk Tvrdišić
RK Dorćol
15
Dimitris Dajč
RK Dorćol
16
Ivan Šušnjara
RK Beogradski Univerzitet
17
Aleksandar Sič
R13K Niš
18
Ivan Djordjević
RLK Crvena Zvezda
19
Filip Brkić
RK Dorćol
20
Igor Kesegi
R13K Podbara
21
Miloš Milanko
RK Dorćol
22
Marko Milosavljević
R13K Podbara
23
Marko Katanić
RK Dorćol
24
Miloš Čalić
RLK Crvena Zvezda
25
Marko Žebeljan
R13K Podbara
26
Manuel Marin
French RU
27
Nemanja Djordjević
RK Dorćol
28
James Stošić
Wakefield Wildcats
29
Radoslav Novaković
RK Dorćol
30
Miladin Stojanović
RK Dorćol
31
Simon Švabić
Blackpool Panthers
32
Zoran Pavlović
RLK Crvena Zvezda

 

[roughyedspud]

Austen Novaković
Oldham

who?

 

[dorcolrugby]

Austen Barrowclough, mother's family name: Novakovic, played for Reserves.

 

[roopy]

Strong Lebanon side.
Stronger than the WC qualifiers side.

 

[roughyedspud]

Austen Barrowclough, mother's family name: Novakovic, played for Reserves.

lol oh right...

 

[mono_mal]

Great Lebanon team, though interesting to see Robbie Farrah in the team after representing NSW this season. The team could look like this:

1. El Masri
2. Robinson
3. Barakat
4. Salem
5. Saleh
6. Nicholas
7. Farrah
8. Deeb
9. Ndaira
10. Farrah
11. Moujalli
12. Saffy
13. Koborsi

 

[roopy]

Great Lebanon team, though interesting to see Robbie Farrah in the team after representing NSW this season. The team could look like this:

1. El Masri
2. Robinson
3. Barakat
4. Salem
5. Saleh
6. Nicholas
7. Farrah
8. Deeb
9. Ndaira
10. Farrah
11. Moujalli
12. Saffy
13. Koborsi

Ndaira played halfback for them last year and has been playing halfback for Kurri most of this year. Don't know why they wouldn't stick with him in the 7 - especially since he was man of the match in many of their games last year, including the one against Wales I think.

 

[roughyedspud]

Great Lebanon team, though interesting to see Robbie Farrah in the team after representing NSW this season.

means nothing

 

[kuwaiti kev]

Hey dorcolrugby hows that website for the Dorcol club coming along, it still says "coming soon".

Is there a website for Podbara?

 

[East Coast Tiger]

How the hell do Saffy and Robinson qualify for Lebanon? I thought Saffy was South African.

 

[hutch]

farah will hopefully be in the australian squad. its an absolute farce if he plays for lebanon. have we learnt anything from 2000. i think we're getting worse.

 

[hutch]

as a positive though, it is good to see a number of domestic players in the lebanese squad. a real national team must include a number of players produced domestically, it seems they are doing this. they certainly have come along way since 2000, im not having a go at them. it is more the rlif/arl who allow countries such as lebanon to even contemplate picking a robbie farah who plays for nsw and hopes to play for australia.

 

[dorcolrugby]

Hey dorcolrugby hows that website for the Dorcol club coming along, it still says "coming soon".

Is there a website for Podbara?

I hope it'll come soon.
Podbara doesn't have their website.

 

[nadera78]

How the hell do Saffy and Robinson qualify for Lebanon? I thought Saffy was South African.

Born in South Africa to a Lebanese family. IIRC he was due to play for them in 2007 RLWC repechage but was injured.

 

[gsweeper]

as a positive though, it is good to see a number of domestic players in the lebanese squad. a real national team must include a number of players produced domestically, it seems they are doing this. they certainly have come along way since 2000, im not having a go at them. it is more the rlif/arl who allow countries such as lebanon to even contemplate picking a robbie farah who plays for nsw and hopes to play for australia.

Unfortunately, this is the mess of International Rugby League. Until the game gets wider recognition world wide and these developing nations come through and start becoming competitive, this sort of thing will always happen. I am pretty sure Farah will get selected for the Australian Squad, but playing for the country you want to play for and represent should be the underlying reason for choosing that country, none of this swapping and changing bullsh*t. Players should stick to the country they WANT to play for but as always if a better opportunity arises to play for a stronger nation, then thats their choice, even though the choice to play for the developing nation could have much bigger implications in the long run...

 

[The Tank]

Good to see so many locals in all of those squads!

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Born in South Africa to a Lebanese family. IIRC he was due to play for them in 2007 RLWC repechage but was injured.

He looks very un-Labanese.

http://www.nrl.com/Portals/0/galleries/dragons/player headshots/Saffey_Jarrod_09NRLHlarge.jpg

 

[roughyedspud]

i don't think you really want to go down that path mate...:lol:

 

[East Coast Tiger]

I know people who are only quarter Lebanese (which is the minimum requirement to play for Lebanon under the GP rule) and three-quarters anglo-saxon who look more Lebanese than Saffy.

 

[gsweeper]

I know people who are only quarter Lebanese (which is the minimum requirement to play for Lebanon under the GP rule) and three-quarters anglo-saxon who look more Lebanese than Saffy.

Believe me, there are plenty of Lebanese people that look nothing like a stereotypical Middle Eastern person. For example, my friend is 1/4 Scottish 3/4 Lebanese, and he looks so Anglo...