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 Africa Cup.

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 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.^{[citation needed]}

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^{[citation needed]}

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

Current squad

Players called up to Tunisia 2021 Africa Cup preparation squad.

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