France 18–29 Lebanon — Group A, 2017 Rugby League World Cup
29 Oct 2017 · Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australia · Attendance: 5,492
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Group A, 2017 Rugby League World Cup: France 18–29 Lebanon, at Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australia on 29 Oct 2017.
Scorers
| France | Tries: Ader (2); Cardace Goals: Barthau (3/4) |
| Lebanon | Tries: Robinson; Doueihi; Layoun; Moses (2) Goals: Moses (4/5) Drop goals: Moses (1) |
Teams
| France | Lebanon | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Kheirallah | Fullback | Anthony Layoun | 1 |
| 2 | Fouad Yaha | Wing | Travis Robinson | 2 |
| 3 | Bastien Ader | Centre | James Elias | 3 |
| 4 | Damien Cardace | Centre | Jason Wehbe | 4 |
| 5 | Ilias Bergal | Wing | Abbas Miski | 5 |
| 6 | Theo Fages (c) | Stand off/Five eighth | Mitchell Moses | 6 |
| 7 | William Barthau | Scrum half/Half back | Robbie Farah (c) | 7 |
| 8 | Antoni Maria | Prop forward | Tim Mannah | 8 |
| 9 | Eloi Pelissier | Hooker | Andrew Kazzi | 9 |
| 10 | Julian Bousquet | Prop forward | Mitchell Mamary | 10 |
| 11 | Benjamin Garcia | Second row | Jaleel Seve-Derbas | 11 |
| 12 | Benjamin Jullien | Second row | Ahmad Ellaz | 12 |
| 13 | Jason Baitieri | Loose forward/Lock forward | Nick Kassis | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Clement Boyer | Michael Lichaa | 14 | |
| 15 | Nabil Djalout | Alex Twal | 15 | |
| 16 | Thibaut Margalet | Elias Sukkar | 16 | |
| 17 | Lucas Albert | Adam Doueihi | 17 | |
| Aurelien Cologni | Coach | Brad Fittler | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Gerard Sutton (Australia) |
| Touch judges | Chris Kendall, Chris Butler |
| Player of the match | Mitchell Moses (Lebanon) |
Match report
Lebanon opened their first-ever World Cup with a famous 29-18 win over France at Canberra, Mitchell Moses scoring two tries and kicking 4 goals plus a field goal to be named player of the match.
Sources
- 2017 Rugby League World Cup final — Wikipedia
- Rugby League World Cup: Australia beat England 6-0 to retain trophy — BBC Sport
- Famous Fixtures: Australia v England | 2017 Rugby League World Cup Final — rugby-league.com
- Australia 6-0 England: Kangaroos win Rugby League World Cup — Sky Sports
- 2017 Rugby League World Cup Final Team Lists & Officials — League Unlimited
- 2017 Rugby League World Cup — Wikipedia (full group/knockout results)