The words of coach Anthony Magro after his 4 straight defeat in the world cup. Lebanon have now lost 4 consective games in a row, making them winless in the World Cup and the team with the worst defence.

"This is bullshit, how the hell are we meant compete in this stupid fuckin World Cup. I mean it's practically Hazem El Masri against the World. We do not have a Rugby League development scheme and the majority of the boys haven't played first grade football. We got young and exciting players like Habib El Naj and Paulie Bahjan, but the boys lack experience. They throw the ball too wide and we always come up too much in defence, leaving huge gaps in our line" said Magro

"The All Star Rugby League competition does not have a Lebanese team which competes each week and I think that is what we need. Teams like Australia and New Zealand come into International matchs with combinations and friendships already bonded. Example.. uuuhhh my two boys Nigel Vagana and Matt Utai. They play great football for the Falcons and then they know how to work with each other from club level. Central Coast again is the only heap Lebanon has with Hazem El Masri, Guiseppi Magro, Brian Tabuli and Romeo Magro. Recently we have just signed Samer El Masri and we hope to delevope the young player into a Lebanese superstar"

"I am going to the board of Lebanese Rugby League after this match and will get a developement scheme, until now the majority of our players are regular tradesmen who play League for fun or as a hobby. We need to start again and develope a new structure into our Rubgy League because we are slowly going down the drain"

Word of one pissed off ASRL coach. With lebanon ending last in their pool and no further games down the track, coach Anthony Magro will return to the sunny Central Coast tomorow to work on his new look Falcons with inclusion of former Surfers and Wellington superstar- Brent Sherwin

Wayne Static
Australian Times