Tel Aviv Ibex (Hebrew: אייבקס תל אביב; Arabic: آيبكس تل ابيب) is a rugby union club based in Tel Aviv, Israel. It is the first and only LGBTQ+ inclusive men's rugby club in Western Asia.^[1]

The club was founded in 2021 with just ten players, most of whom had not played rugby before.^[1] One founding member later described to Mako News how as a school kid he was always "the student chosen last in sports lessons".^[2] The club was initially called the Tel Aviv Leviathans, later renaming, getting the new name from the desert-dwelling species of wild goat native to the Levant.

The club affiliated with the Academic Sports Association (ASA) in 2022,^[2] and in 2023 became a member of International Gay Rugby.^[3]

In April 2023 Ibex partnered with two other inclusive clubs — the Berkshire Unicorns and the Bristol Bisons — to compete at the Union Cup in Birmingham. Ibex contributed four players to a joint team playing under the Berkshire Unicorns banner.

In May 2023 the club won a national sevens tournament^[2] hosted by Yizre'el Rugby Club.

The club competed at the biennial Bingham Cup in Rome in May 2024,^[1] winning the Gladiator Plate against Orlando Otters RFC with a score of 19-5.

Ibex players come from a variety of cultural backgrounds and sexual identities, including both members of the LGBTQ+ community and straight allies.^[2]

According to an i24NEWS news report on the club in June 2024, Ibex counts both Jewish Israelis and Palestinians amongst its team,^[1] with the report describing it as "a delicate coexistence that keeps politics off the rugby pitch, but forces the players to encounter viewpoints they might not otherwise hear".^[2]

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