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The 2009 Africa Trophy was the first edition of rugby union intermediate African championship for national teams.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host |  Morocco |
| Date | 8–11 July |
| Countries |  Cameroon  Kenya Morocco  Senegal |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Morocco |
| Runner-up | Kenya |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
2010 → | |
The tournament was played in Safi, Morocco.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host |  Botswana |
| Date | 8–11 July |
| Countries | Botswana  Madagascar  Mauritius  Réunion  Zambia  Zimbabwe |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Zimbabwe |
| Runner-up | Madagascar |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 9 |
2010 → | |
The tournament was played in Gaborone, Botswana. It was also of the first two of division one of south section of 2008 CAR Development Trophy.
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Bonus | Table points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | ||||
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 33 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Madagascar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 73 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Mauritius | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 31 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Botswana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 50 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Réunion | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 85 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Zambia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 77 | 1 | 1 |
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