Lebanese Rugby League is already gearing up for preperations for the 2005 World Cup, with new faces and a new attitude.

The biggest new player causing a stir is 'Ricardo' who has told Lebanon coach Anthony Magro of his true bloodline- Lebanese!

"Late one night I recieved a phone call from Ricardo which was a shock to my system. This was just after a contract were signed with Marc Calderwood so I thought he might be personally asking for an oppotunity with Central Coast. Anyway he proceeded to backdate his family history before finally letting me know his last name. It was El Masi, I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Hazem, Wissam or Samer never told me they had another relative who could play" said Magro.

"What I found out later was that Hazem and Wissam's father had actually had another child with his 2nd wife which came in the form of Ricardo. So really this match against Malta will be a form of reunion for the distant family" said Magro.

"I've done some backtracking and found as many players who could play under the Lebanese banner. I've fledged a side for our trial against Malta and I predict it to be an interesting match in the lead up to the World Cup." said Magro

So here is this side;

1. Guiseppi Magro
2. Samer El Masri
3. Desi Kadima
4. Romeo Magro
5. Hazem El Masri
6. Ricardo
7. Habib El Muktar
8. Anthony Laffranchi
9. Albert Hommus
10. Braden Mohammed
11. Pascal Jampy
12. Monah Elahmad
13. Mohammed Zian Ali

14. Kris Kahler
15. Paulie Bahtahn
16. Ray Daher
17. Nihal Silvain

Stand-By
Robbie Farah
Kandy Tamer
Wissam El Masri
Narem Ekhbatana
Mohammed Wally Abass
Abderazak Elkhabuki
Karl Temata
Silvain Houles
George Azzi
Sammy El Hajij
Anthony Semrani
Nedol Saleh
Michael Azzam
Ben Azar
Hassan Saleh

Anthony Farrah is in Malta's Squad.

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Ass. Ricardo is not Lebanese, he's Brazilian.

And you're not Lebanese coach, you asked me for England and I gave them to you. :P :lol:

Desi Kadima is South African
Kris Kahler is an Aussie player for Canberra
Nihal Silvain is Yugoslavian

:stooge:

Yah he is.. Ricardo El Masri :P