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globalrugbyleague - Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:55:00 GMTLebanon mastered the fine art of snatching a scoreless victory after pinning down Russia 48-0 at the Nara Stadium in Moscow in a 2008 World Cup qualifier.
Russia are now out of the World Cup after the Cedars ran in 9 tries on the day and led 20-0 at half-time against a defence which redefined defence for all the wrong reasons.
Lebanon coach Darren Maroon wasn’t carried away with the whitewash.
“It was a good win in difficult conditions but we are going to have to lift if we are to beat the Irish,” said Marron.
Ray Moujali (Cronulla Sharks) was named as the man-of-the-match.
On Friday November 2, Lebanon will play Ireland in an automatic qualifier from Group One for the world cup.
In other qualifying results the United States thumped Japan 54-18.
Lebanon 48 (A Saleh 2, A El-Zbaideh 2, F Samia 2, T Nicolas, R Moujali tries; T Nicolas 4, G Ndaira 2 goals) d. Russia 0. Referee: Richard Silverwood. Crowd: 1,426.
World Cup Qualifying Results summary.
Group
Date
Team 1
Team 2
Result
Europe A
Sat, 27 Oct 07
Lebanon
def
Russia
48-0
Europe A
Sat, 20 Oct 07
Ireland
def
Russia
58-18
Atlantic Cup
Sat, 28 Oct 06
USA
def
Japan
54-18
Pacific Cup
Fri, 29 Sept 06
Tonga
def
Cook Islands
56-14
Pacific Cup
Fri, 29 Sept 06
Samoa
def
Fiji
30-28
Pacific Cup
Wed, 4 Oct 6
Fiji
def
Tonga
30-28
Pacific Cup
Wed, 4 Oct 06
Samoa
def
Cook Islands
46-6
Pacific Cup
Sat, 7 Oct 06
Fiji
def
Cook Islands
40-4
Pacific Cup
Sat, 21 Oct 06
Tonga
def
Samoa
18-10
Europe B
Fri, 28 April 06
Russia
def
Holland
40-14
Europe B
Sat, 13 May 06
Georgia
def
Serbia
45-10
Europe B
Fri, 26 May 06
Georgia
def
Holland
57-16
Europe B
Sun, 4 June 06
Russia
def
Serbia
44-6
Europe B
Sat, 17 June 06
Holland
def
Serbia
38-26
Europe B
Thurs, 22 June 06
Russia
def
Georgia
(Game not played)
24-0
Europe A
Sat, 28 Oct 06
Lebanon
def
Russia
22-8
Europe A
sat, 28 Oct 06
Scotland
def
Wales
21-14
Europe A
sat, 4 Nov 06
Ireland
draw
Lebanon
18-18
Source: RLWC08.com
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