Tunisia national rugby union team

Tunisia

Nickname(s)	نسور قرطاج (The Carthage Eagles)
Union	Tunisian Rugby Federation
Head coach	Danie de Villiers
Captain	Hedi Souid
First colours Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	38 (as of 4 April 2022)
First international
Netherlands  12–0  Tunisia (1 July 1979)
Biggest win
Tunisia  52–5  Kenya (20 September 1997)
Biggest defeat
Namibia 118–0  Tunisia (23 June 2018)
World Cup
Appearances	0

The Tunisia national rugby union team is a third-tier rugby union nation. They first started competing in 1979 and they competed in the African qualification for the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

Tunisia also competes annually in the

History

Tunisia played their first match on July 1, 1979, facing the Netherlands and losing 12–0. ^{[citation needed]}

Their first win came in 1982, when they beat

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Overall Record

Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Draw	%	For	Aga	Diff
Algeria	3	1	2	0	33.00	40	37	+3
Andorra	4	3	1	0	75.00	80	48	+32
Arabian Gulf	2	1	1	0	50.00	36	34	+2
Barbarians	1	0	1	0	0.00	10	33	-23
Belgium	8	5	2	1	68.75	119	110	+9
Cameroon	2	2	0	0	100.00	36	15	+21
Czech Republic	5	3	2	0	60.00	95	62	+33
Denmark	1	1	0	0	100.00	19	13	+6
France	4	0	4	0	0.00	15	200	-185
French Military	1	0	1	0	0.00	0	58	-58
Germany	4	2	2	0	50.00	53	58	-5
Hong Kong	2	1	1	0	50.00	41	34	+7
Italy	3	0	3	0	0.00	19	60	-41
Italy A	1	0	1	0	0.00	8	51	-43
Ivory Coast	8	2	5	1	31.25	75	137	-62
Kenya	7	3	4	0	42.85	194	141	+53
Latvia	1	1	0	0	100.00	31	20	+11
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	100.00	32	5	+27
Morocco	20	4	14	2	25.00	212	324	-112
Namibia	11	3	8	0	42.85	159	368	-212
Netherlands	5	1	4	0	20.00	53	86	-33
Poland	5	2	3	0	40.00	75	76	-1
Portugal	9	6	3	0	66.66	128	120	+8
Romania	5	1	4	0	20.00	42	189	-147
Russia	4	0	4	0	0.00	51	78	-27
Senegal	2	2	0	0	100.00	23	17	+6
Serbia	5	3	2	0	60.00	108	51	+57
South Africa Under-23s	1	0	1	0	0.00	15	47	-32
Spain	5	1	4	0	20.00	51	141	-90
Spain Under-23s	1	0	1	0	0.00	3	7	-4
Sweden	1	1	0	0	100.00	25	6	+19
Switzerland	2	2	0	0	100.00	44	6	+38
Uganda	2	2	0	0	100.00	79	30	+49
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	100.00	18	7	+11
United States	1	0	1	0	0.00	13	47	-34
Zimbabwe	5	0	3	2	60.00	77	142	-65
Total	137	55	78	4	66.79	2004	2575	-571

World Cup Record

World Cup record									World Cup Qualification record
Year	Round	P	W	D	L	F	A		P	W	D	L	F	A
1987		did not qualify							-
1991									3	2	0	1	41	43
1995									2	0	0	2	21	25
1999									4	2	0	2	92	77
2003									5	3	0	2	99	110
2007									4	2	0	2	91	67
2011									7	4	0	3	175	151
2015									2	1	0	1	56	57
2019									13	6	0	7	264	581
2023									to be determined
Total	0/9	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	20	0	20	839	1111

Africa Cup Record

Africa Cup record
Year	Round	P	W	D	L	F	A
2000	Round 1	2	0	0	2	29	52
2001	Round 1	4	0	1	3	28	104
2002	Runner-up	4	3	0	1	83	77
2003	Round 1	2	0	0	2	0	42
2004	Round 1	3	1	0	2	26	28
2005	Round 1	2	0	0	2	18	27
2006	Round 1	4	2	0	2	91	67
2007	Round 1	2	1	0	1	25	22
2008–09	Runner-up	6	4	0	2	162	95
2010	cancelled
2011	Runner-up	1	0	0	1	7	16
2012	Round 1	2	0	0	2	38	61
2013	Division 1B Runner-up	2	1	0	1	56	57
2014	Division 1B winner	2	2	0	0	48	20
2015	Division 1A 4th	3	0	0	3	37	87
2016	Division 1B winner	3	3	0	0	107	30
2017	Gold Cup 4th	5	2	0	3	91	272
2018	Gold Cup 4th	5	2	0	3	66	279
2019	cancelled
2019–20	cancelled
2021–22		Withdrew
Total	20/20	52	21	1	30	912	1336

Current squad

Players called up to Tunisia

2021 Africa Cup

preparation squad.

• Head Coach:
• Assistant Coach:
• Assistant Coach:
• Assistant Coach:

Forwards Player Position Club

Backs Player Position Club

External links

• Tunisia at Rugbydata.com

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