Union | Tunisian Rugby Federation | ||
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World Rugby ranking | |||
Current | 31 (as of 28 October 2024) | ||
Highest | 30 (2024) | ||
First international | |||
Tunisia 14–3 Senegal (Stade El Menzah, Tunis; 9 October 2021) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Tunisia 61–0 Ivory Coast (Stade El Menzah, Tunis; 17 October 2021) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Tunisia 5–27 Madagascar (Stade El Menzah, Tunis; 22 October 2022) |
The Tunisia women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side that represents Tunisia in rugby union. They played their first international test against Senegal on 9 October 2021.
Tunisia played their first test match against Senegal, who were also playing their first test, on 9 October 2021. [1] Tunisia won the match 14–3 at Stade El Menzah in Tunis. [2] They recorded their biggest victory in their 61–0 thrashing of the Ivory Coast in their second test. [3]
Tunisia also competed at the 2022 Rugby Africa Women's Cup. In 2023, they won the test series against Uganda in a clean sweep at the El Menzah Stadium in Tunis. [4] They won the first test 26–17 and easily won the rematch five days later, 53–13. [4] [5] They moved up two ranks to their all-time best position of 31. [4]
(Full internationals only, updated to 28 November 2023)
Opponent | First Match | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win % |
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Ivory Coast | 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
Madagascar | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% |
Senegal | 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
Uganda | 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
Summary | 2021 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 83.33% |
Won | Lost | Draw |
Test | Date | Opponent | PF | PA | Venue | Tournament | Ref |
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1 | 2021-10-09 | Senegal | 14 | 3 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis | 2021 Africa Cup | [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] |
2 | 2021-10-17 | Ivory Coast | 61 | 0 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis | 2021 Africa Cup | [6] [7] [8] [11] |
3 | 2022-10-14 | Senegal | 24 | 7 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis | 2022 Africa Cup | [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] |
4 | 2022-10-22 | Madagascar | 5 | 27 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis | 2022 Africa Cup | [12] [13] [17] [18] [19] |
5 | 2023-11-22 | Uganda | 26 | 17 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis | ||
6 | 2023-11-27 | Uganda | 53 | 13 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis |
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