The 2022 Rugby League World Cup, to be held in England, will get underway on October 15.
As the tournament approaches, nations are beginning to name squads, or drop major hints over who will be travelling to the United Kingdom for the tournament, which was originally supposed to be held in 2021 before being postponed thanks to the impacts of the coronavirus on both the NRL season, and global travel.
Teams are required to name a squad of 24 players for the tournament, where all 16 nations will play three group games, before a knockout stage features up to three more games per team, with quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final.
Players who are eligible for two nations must decide who they will play for three weeks before the tournament starts under International Rugby League rules.
You can use the drop down menu below to navigate between nations to find out the status of their squad, as well as key information ahead of the tournament.
Lebanon
Group: C
Coach: Michael Chieka
Captain: Kayne Kalache
Number of World Cups: 2
Best World Cup performance: Quarter-finals (2017)
Fixtures
Mobnday, October 17, 5:30am: vs New Zealand
Monday, October 24, 12:30am: vs Ireland
Sunday, October 30, 11:00pm: vs Jamaica
All times AEDT.
Lebanon have confirmed that all of Mitchell Moses, Adam Doueihi, Josh Mansour and Jacob Kiraz have been included in their Rugby League World Cup squad, although Moses could still yet be selected for Australia.
The Cedars will take a host of young talent to the tournament with them, including Canberra gun Brandon Morkos, who is yet to debut, but played for the New South Wales under-19 squad this year.
Abbas Miski is the only player to join the Lebanon squad out of the English Super League.
Final Lebanon squad
Jalal Bazzaz (Wests Illawarra)
Adam Doueihi (Wests Tigers)
Hanna El-Nachar (Penrith Panthers)
Toufic El-Hajj (American University of Beirut)
Elie El-Zakhem (Parramatta Eels)
Atef Hamdan (Wolves, Lebanon)
Kayne Kalache (Newtown Jets)
Andrew Kazzi (Western Suburbs Magpies)
Jacob Kiraz (Canterbury Bulldogs)
Bilaal Maarbani (Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles)
Anthony Layoun (St Marys Saints)
Josh Mansour (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
Josh Maree (Wentworthville United)
Tony Maroun (Ryde-Eastwood Hawks)
Abbas Miski (Wigan Warriors)
Brandon Morkos (Canberra Raiders)
Mitchell Moses (Parramatta Eels)
Jaxson Rahme (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
Khalil Rahme (Mt Pritchard Mounties)
Khaled Rajab (Canterbury Bulldogs)
Reece Robinson (unattached)
James Roumanos (Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles)
Mikey Tannous (Wests Tigers)
Charbel Tasipale (Newtown Jets)
