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Senegal national rugby union team

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Senegal
UnionFédération Sénégalaise de Rugby
Coach(es)Jean-Marc Foucras
Captain(s)Steeve Sargos
Top scorerSteeve Sargos (136)
Team kit
First international
 Senegal 9-15  Ivory Coast
(1977)
Largest win
 Senegal 59-0  Mauritania
(7 June 2004)
Largest defeat
 Namibia 95-0  Senegal
(9 July 2017)

The Senegal national rugby union team represent Senegal in the sport of rugby union. They are ranked as a tier-three nation by the International Rugby Board (IRB). Senegal have thus far not qualified for a Rugby World Cup, but have competed in qualifying tournaments. They also contest the annual Africa Cup.

History

Early internationals were played by Senegal against Côte d'Ivoire. Senegal played a number of internationals in 2003 and 2004.

In 2005, Senegal played in qualifying tournaments for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France. They finished first in the final standings of their pool, after defeating Cameroon and Nigeria. Senegal advanced to the play-off, defeating Zambia to advance to Round 1b. However they finished third in their pool in Round 1b after losing to Côte d'Ivoire and Zimbabwe.

Senegal also played in the 2006 Africa Cup. Senegal also missed the 2011 Rugby World Cup and the 2015 World Cup.

Tournament history

Africa Cup

Africa Cup record
Year Round P W D L PF PA
2006 Pool Stage 2 1 0 1 25 100
2007 Pool Stage 2 0 0 2 16 23
2008–09 Pool Stage 1 0 0 1 10 13
2011 Group 1C 2 2 0 0 45 18
2012 Group 1B 2 1 0 1 44 45
2013 Group 1B 2 1 0 1 53 40
2014 Group 1B 2 1 0 1 46 53
2015 Group 1B 3 1 0 2 82 48

Current squad

World Cup record

World Cup record World Cup Qualification record
Year Round P W D L F A P W D L F A
AustraliaNew Zealand 1987 Did not enter No qualifying tournament held
United KingdomRepublic of IrelandFrance 1991 Did not enter Did not enter
South Africa 1995
Wales 1999
Australia 2003
France 2007 Did not qualify 6 4 0 2 108 67
New Zealand 2011 1 0 0 1 10 13
England 2015 4 2 0 2 97 85
Japan 2019 8 3 0 5 174 252
France 2023 To be determined To be determined
Total 0/9 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 9 0 10 389 417

See also