Tunisia national rugby union team

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Tunisia
Union	Tunisian Rugby Federation
Team colours
First international
Netherlands 12 - 0 Tunisia (1 July 1979)
Largest win
Tunisia 52 - 5 Kenya (20 September 1997)
Worst defeat
Spain 62 - 0 Tunisia (22 September 1979)

The Tunisia national rugy union team is a third tier rugby playing nation of Tunisia. They first playing in 1979 and are currently competing in the African qualificiation for the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

Tunisia also competes annually the Africa Cup.

[edit] History

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

The side continued to play these sides throughout the early 1980s, though they could not muster a win. 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 the matches, they performed well against the likes of Italy.

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 sides such as Zimbabwe and the Netherlands.

Tunisia are participating in round 2 of the 2007 Rugby World Cup Africa qualification

[edit] External link

• Tunisia at Rugbydata.com