Senegal national rugby union team

Senegal

Union	Senegalese Rugby Federation
Head coach	Jean-Marc Foucras
Captain	Steeve Sargos
Top scorer	Steeve Sargos (136)
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	45 [1] (as of 21 July 2025)
Highest	45 (21 July 2025)
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 represents Senegal in the sport of rugby union. They are ranked as a tier-three nation by the International Rugby Board (IRB). Senegal has thus far not qualified for a Rugby World Cup but has competed in qualifying tournaments. They also contest the annual Africa Cup.

History

Senegal first played international matches against Côte d'Ivoire 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. They 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.

Tournament history

Africa Cup

See also: Africa Cup

Africa Cup record

Year	Round/Result	P	W	D	L	PF	PA
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
2016	Group 1B	3	3	0	0	99	41
2017	Gold Cup	5	0	0	5	75	211
2018	Silver Cup	2	0	0	2	39	47
2019	Did not participate
2019–20	Cancelled	1	1	0	0	63	0
2021–22	7th	5	3	0	2	111	132
2024	6th	3	1	0	2	73	78
2025 [2]	5th	3	2	0	1	73	91

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 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
Total	0/9	0	0	0	0	0	0		19	9	0	10	389	417

See also

• Rugby union in Senegal

References

1. worldrugby.org. "Women's and Men's Rankings - World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2025-07-21.
2. "Rugby Africa Cup: Final set for Men's Rugby World Cup spot as Senegal & Algeria seal wins - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2025-07-21.

External links

• Senegal on rugbydata.com