Game 1
Lebanon 36 def. France 6
Team Info
Lebanon
- Previous Game:
- World Cup 2000 - Game 3 vs. Cook Islands
- Next Game:
- Mediterranean Cup 2003 - Game 2 vs. Serbia
- Out:
- Mohamed Chahal (fullback), Mohammed Abbas (wing), Travis Touma (wing), Jason Stanton (five-eighth), Darren Maroon (front row), Nadol Saleh (hooker), Sami Chamoun (front row), Kandy Tamer (second row), Paul Khoury (bench), George Katrib (bench), Charlie Nohra (bench)
- In:
- Frank Samia (centre), Bilal Najjarin (wing), Robbie Farah (halfback), Monah Elahmad (front row), Anthony Semrani (hooker), George Azzi (front row), Chris Saab (second row), Michael Coorey (second row), Anthony Farah (bench), Charlie Farah (bench), Mehir Elahmad (bench)
- Changes:
- Hazem El Masri (centre to fullback), Samer El Masri (halfback to wing), Chris Salem (second row to bench), Ray Daher (lock to five-eighth), Joe Lichaa (bench to lock)
France
- Previous Game:
- [no comp] - vs. Great Britain
- Next Game:
- France vs New Zealand 2002 - vs. New Zealand
- Out:
- Renaud Guigue (fullback), Gilles Cornut (centre), Fabien Devecchi (halfback), Frederic Teixido (front row), Aurélien Cologni (second row), Romain Sort (bench), David Collado (bench), Éric Anselme (bench)
- In:
- Frédéric Zitter (wing), Claude Sirvent (centre), Julien Rinaldi (halfback), Jean-Christophe Borlin (front row), Artie Shead (second row), Pascal Jampy (second row), Olivier Pramil (bench), Sébastien Raguin (bench)
- Changes:
- Michaël Van Snick (wing to fullback), Adel Fellous (second row to bench)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson