Tunisia national rugby union team

Tunisia
Union	Tunisian Rugby Federation
Nickname(s)	نسور قرطاج; (The Carthage Eagles)
Coach(es)	Danie de Villiers
Captain(s)	Hedi Souid
Team kit	Change kit
First international
	Netherlands 12 - 0 Tunisia; (1 July 1979)
Largest win
	Tunisia 52 - 5 Kenya; (20 September 1997)
Largest defeat
	Namibia 118 - 0 Tunisia; (23 June 2018)

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 Africa Cup.

History

Tunisia played their first match on July 1 of 1979 where they faced the Netherlands, losing 12 points to nil. Subsequent matches were played against Serbia & Montenegro, Spain and West Germany.

Tunisia continued to play these sides throughout the early 1980s. Their first win came in 1982, when they beat Portugal, defeating them, 16 points to 13. A period from 1982 through to 1983 saw the team undefeated for a number of games. Tunisia went on to find fair success during the middle of the decade, winning a host of games. Tunisia played some of the stronger rugby union nations towards the end of the decade, for example, Italy, Romania and the United States, though Tunisia lost these matches, they performed well in many.

Tunisia went on to find moderate success throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s. They saw similar results through the latter stages of the 1990s, winning a fair amount of their games, they competed mainly against Zimbabwe and the Netherlands among others.

Tunisia participated in round 2 of the 2007 Rugby World Cup Africa qualification.

Tunisia participated for qualification for the 2011 Rugby World Cup again via Africa qualification coming second to Namibia losing 22-10. Therefore, eligible for qualifying via the inter-continental route, Tunisia lost on the first hurdle to Romania 56-13

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