Tunisia national rugby union team explained

Tunisia
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Union:Tunisian Rugby Federation
Nickname:نسور قرطاج
(The Carthage Eagles)
Captain:Hedi Souid
Coach:Danie de Villiers
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World Rugby Rank:38
World Rugby Rank Date:4 April 2022
First Game: 12–0
(1 July 1979)
Largest Win: 52–5
(20 September 1997)
Largest Loss: 118–0
(23 June 2018)
Africa Cup Apps:20 (1st 2000)
Best:Runner-up 2002, 2009, 2011
World Cup Apps: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 Africa Cup.

History

See main article: Rugby union in Tunisia. Tunisia played their first match on July 1, 1979, facing the Netherlands and losing 12–0.

Their first win came in 1982, when they beat Portugal, defeating them, 16–13. A period from 1982 through to 1983 saw the team undefeated for a number 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; Tunisia lost these matches.

They participated in round 2 of the 2007 Rugby World Cup Africa qualification as well as qualification for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, coming in second to Namibia after losing 22–10. Eligible for qualification through the inter-continental playoff, Tunisia lost in the first match to Romania 56–13

Overall Record

TeamMatWonLostDraw%ForAgaDiff
3 1 2 0 33.00 40 37 +3
4 3 1 0 75.00 80 48 +32
2 1 1 0 50.00 36 34 +2
1 0 1 0 0.00 10 33 -23
8 5 2 1 68.75 119 110 +9
2 2 0 0 100.00 36 15 +21
5 3 2 0 60.00 95 62 +33
1 1 0 0 100.00 19 13 +6
4 0 4 0 0.00 15 200 -185
French Military 1 0 1 0 0.00 0 58 -58
4 2 2 0 50.00 53 58 -5
2 1 1 0 50.00 41 34 +7
3 0 3 0 0.00 19 60 -41
1 0 1 0 0.00 8 51 -43
8 2 5 1 31.25 75 137 -62
7 3 4 0 42.85 194 141 +53
1 1 0 0 100.00 31 20 +11
1 1 0 0 100.00 32 5 +27
20 4 14 2 25.00 212 324 -112
11 3 8 0 42.85 159 368 -212
5 1 4 0 20.00 53 86 -33
5 2 3 0 40.00 75 76 -1
9 6 3 0 66.66 128 120 +8
5 1 4 0 20.00 42 189 -147
4 0 4 0 0.00 51 78 -27
2 2 0 0 100.00 23 17 +6
5 3 2 0 60.00 108 51 +57
South Africa Under-23s 1 0 1 0 0.00 15 47 -32
5 1 4 0 20.00 51 141 -90
Spain Under-23s 1 0 1 0 0.00 3 7 -4
1 1 0 0 100.00 25 6 +19
2 2 0 0 100.00 44 6 +38
2 2 0 0 100.00 79 30 +49
1 1 0 0 100.00 18 7 +11
1 0 1 0 0.00 13 47 -34
5 0 3 2 60.00 77 142 -65
Total 137 55 78 4 66.79 2004 2575 -571

World Cup Record

World Cup recordwidth=1% rowspan=25World Cup Qualification record
YearRound
1987did not qualify-
199132014143
199520022125
199942029277
2003530299110
200742029167
20117403175151
201521015657
201913607264581
to be determined
Total0/900000040200208391111

Africa Cup Record

Africa Cup record
YearRound
2000Round 1 20022952
2001Round 1 401328104
2002Runner-up 43018377
2003Round 1 2002042
2004Round 1 31022628
2005Round 1 20021827
2006Round 1 42029167
2007Round 1 21012522
2008–09Runner-up 640216295
2010cancelled
2011Runner-up 1001716
2012Round 1 20023861
2013Division 1B Runner-up21015657
2014Division 1B winner22004820
2015Division 1A 4th 30033787
2016Division 1B winner 330010730
2017Gold Cup 4th 520391272
2018Gold Cup 4th 520366279
2019cancelled
2019–20cancelled
2021–22Withdrew
Total20/2052211309121336

Current squad

Players called up to Tunisia 2021 Africa Cup preparation squad.

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