Union | Fédération Sénégalaise de Rugby | |
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Head coach | Jean-Marc Foucras | |
Captain | Steeve Sargos | |
Top scorer | Steeve Sargos (136) | |
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World Rugby ranking | ||
Current | 56 (as of 16 January 2023) | |
Highest | 54 (23 November 2020) | |
First international | ||
Senegal 9-15 Ivory Coast (1977) | ||
Biggest win | ||
Senegal 59-0 Mauritania (7 June 2004) | ||
Biggest defeat | ||
Namibia 95–0 Senegal (Windhoek, Namibia; 9 July 2017) |
The Senegal national rugby union team represent Senegal in the sport of rugby union. They are ranked as a tier-three nation by the International Rugby Board (IRB). Senegal have thus far not qualified for a Rugby World Cup, but have competed in qualifying tournaments. They also contest the annual Africa Cup.
Early internationals were played by Senegal against Côte d'Ivoire. Senegal played a number of internationals in 2003 and 2004.
In 2005, Senegal played in qualifying tournaments for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France. They finished first in the final standings of their pool, after defeating Cameroon and Nigeria. Senegal advanced to the play-off, defeating Zambia to advance to Round 1b. However they finished third in their pool in Round 1b after losing to Côte d'Ivoire and Zimbabwe.
Senegal also played in the 2006 Africa Cup. Senegal also missed the 2011 Rugby World Cup and the 2015 World Cup.
Year | Round | P | W | D | L | PF | PA |
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2006 | Pool Stage | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 100 |
2007 | Pool Stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 23 |
2008–09 | Pool Stage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 13 |
2011 | Group 1C | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 18 |
2012 | Group 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 45 |
2013 | Group 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 40 |
2014 | Group 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 53 |
2015 | Group 1B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 48 |
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World Cup record | World Cup Qualification record | |||||||||||||
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Year | Round | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | |
1987 | did not enter | No qualifying tournament held | ||||||||||||
1991 | did not enter | did not enter | ||||||||||||
1995 | ||||||||||||||
1999 | ||||||||||||||
2003 | ||||||||||||||
2007 | did not qualify | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 108 | 67 | |||||||
2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 13 | ||||||||
2015 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 85 | ||||||||
2019 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 174 | 252 | ||||||||
2023 | to be determined | |||||||||||||
Total | 0/9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 389 | 417 | |
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