Mediterranean Cup
Former first grade players such as Frank Napoli, Chris St Clair, John Elias, David Baysarri and Darren Maroon represented their country of origin.The Mediterranean Cup was played before the Balmain Tigers and North Queensland Cowboys 1st grade match.According to Lebanon Rugby League official Danny Kazandjian: "It is with a sense of profound disappointment that we have had to face harsh reality and cancel the Mediterranean Cup, just one day before our official launch press conference at the Searock Hotel in Raouché, Beirut, and just nine days before Lebanon was due to take on Serbia in the Olympic Stadium, Tripoli.Maroc Rugby League are currently restructuring the game in Morocco and the revamped Moroccan team played in and won the RLEF Euro Med Challenge.In 2016, the RLEF confirmed that the Mediterranean Cup would return and announced that Italy would host a one-off match against Lebanon in Catania.