2017 North African Tri Nations

2017 North African Tri Nations

Tournament details
Host	Morocco
Date	17–23 December 2017
Teams	3
Final positions
Champions	Morocco
Runner-up	Algeria
Third place	Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Tries scored	12 (4 per match)
Attendance	2,800 (933 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Chakir Hmidouche (24)
Most tries
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The 2017 North African Tri Nations was the second annual North African Tri Nations rugby union tournament held between the national rugby union teams of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. The 2017 tournament was held in Oujda between 17 and 23 December. ^[1] Morocco won their second consecutive title after winning in the final against Algeria with a score of 20-13. ^[2]

Venue

• Stade Municipal d'Oujda, Oujda

Fixtures

17 December 2017 14:30 WET (UTC+0)

Morocco	17–16	Tunisia
Try: Mehdi Benyachou  16' Con: Chakir Hmidouche (0/1) Pen: Chakir Hmidouche (4/4)  12', 47', 70', 80+2'	Report	Try: ?  79' Con: Chamseddine Khalifa (1/1) 80' Pen: Chamseddine Khalifa (3/3)  2', 14', 50'

Stade Municipal d'Oujda, Oujda Attendance: 1,000

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20 December 2017 14:30 WET (UTC+0)

Algeria	36–13	Tunisia
Try: Yazid Chouchane  ?' Boris Bouhraoua  ?' Rémi Cardon  [ fr ] 46' Sofian Youcef  60' Djamel Ouchene  65' Con: Yoan Saby (3/3) ?', ?', 47' Johan Bensalla (1/2) 61' Pen: Yoan Saby (1/1)  ?'	Report	Try: ?  43'  ?  80+5' Con: Chamseddine Khalifa (0/2) Pen: Chamseddine Khalifa (1/1)  ?'

Stade Municipal d'Oujda, Oujda Attendance: 300 Referee: Sylvain Mane (Senegal)

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23 December 2017 14:30 WET (UTC+0)

Morocco	20–13	Algeria
Try: ?  45'  ?  78' Con: Chakir Hmidouche (2/2) 46', 79' Pen: Chakir Hmidouche (2/5)  10', 42'	[ Report]	Try: Yakine Djebbari  80+5' Con: Yoan Saby (1/1) 80+6' Drop: Bensalla (2/2) 30', 35'

Stade Municipal d'Oujda, Oujda Attendance: 1,500

Standings

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points		Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	4 Tries	7 Point Loss
1	Morocco	2	2	0	0	37	29	+8	0	0	8
2	Algeria	2	1	0	1	49	33	+16	1	1	6
3	Tunisia	2	0	0	2	29	53	−24	0	1	1

2017 North African Tri Nations squads

Algeria

Head coach: Boumedienne Allam

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Nasser Benamor	Prop	(1978-04-24)24 April 1978 (aged 39)	7	Avenir Valencien
Mehdi Merabet	Prop	(1986-06-21)21 June 1986 (aged 31)	0	USO Nevers
Rudy Rezkallah	Prop	(1993-08-28)28 August 1993 (aged 24)	1	Stade Rodez Aveyron
Issam Hamel	Hooker	(1997-06-18)18 June 1997 (aged 20)	0	CS Bourgoin-Jallieu
Sofian Youcef	Hooker	(1990-11-04)4 November 1990 (aged 27)	0	RC Martigues Port-de-Bouc
Rabah Abdelkader	Lock	(1987-06-21)21 June 1987 (aged 30)	7	Stade olympique millavois
Yakine Djebbari	Lock	(1995-12-16)16 December 1995 (aged 22)	2	Rugby club suresnois
Abdel Mezdour	Lock	(1981-08-10)10 August 1981 (aged 36)	1	RC Martigues Port-de-Bouc
David Medjebeur	Lock	(1996-01-22)22 January 1996 (aged 21)	0	FC Grenoble B
Jonathan Best	Flanker	(1983-08-02)2 August 1983 (aged 34)	1	AS Béziers Hérault
Samir Doukbi	Flanker	(1985-11-10)10 November 1985 (aged 32)	2	Union sportive seynoise
Rémi Cardon	Number 8	(1991-01-30)30 January 1991 (aged 26)	1	Rugby olympique de Grasse
Boris Bouhraoua	Scrum-half	(1984-05-04)4 May 1984 (aged 33)	7	AC Bobigny 93 Rugby
Béranger Saieb	Scrum-half	(1992-02-13)13 February 1992 (aged 25)	1	ASVEL Rugby
Yoan Saby	Fly-half	(1995-08-13)13 August 1995 (aged 22)	1	FC Oloron
Johan Bensalla	Fly-half	(1991-04-01)1 April 1991 (aged 26)	4	Lombez Samatan club
Mohamed Belguidoum	Centre	(1994-01-24)24 January 1994 (aged 23)	4	CS Universitatea
Maxim Meneghini	Centre	(1993-11-27)27 November 1993 (aged 24)	3	USA Limoges
Vincent Houari	Centre	(1983-04-12)12 April 1983 (aged 34)	5	Rugby club Hyères CC
Lou Bouhraoua	Wing	(1991-11-03)3 November 1991 (aged 26)	7	AC Bobigny 93 Rugby
Yazid Chouchane	Wing	(1989-04-05)5 April 1989 (aged 28)	6	AS Bédarrides
Djamel Ouchene	Fullback	(1988-01-31)31 January 1988 (aged 29)	4	US Bergerac rugby

Statistics

Try scorers

1 try Yazid Chouchane Boris Bouhraoua Rémi Cardon  [ fr ] Yakine Djebbari

1 try (cont.) Sofian Youcef Djamel Ouchene  ?  ?

1 try (cont.)  ? Mehdi Benyachou  ?  ?

Conversion scorers

4 conversions Yoan Saby 2 conversions Chakir Hmidouche

1 conversion Johan Bensalla Chamseddine Khalifa

Penalty goal scorers

6 penalties Chakir Hmidouche

4 penalties Chamseddine Khalifa

1 penalty Yoan Saby

References

1. "Rugby - Tri-Nations du Maghreb : Conférence de presse de la Fédération Algérienne de Rugby le 9 décembre 2017 à 16h00". africa1.com. 7 December 2017. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
2. "Rugby : L'Algérie s'incline 20-13 face au Maroc et termine 2ème du Tri-nations 2017 !". lagazettedufennec.com. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

External links

• la 2e édition du Tri Nations du Maghreb - World Rugby official website