Tunisia women's national rugby union team

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Tunisia
Union Tunisian Rugby Federation
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First colours
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Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current30 (as of 4 December 2023)
First international
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg 14–3 Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
(Stade El Menzah, Tunis; 9 October 2021)
Biggest win
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg 61–0 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
(Stade El Menzah, Tunis; 17 October 2021)
Biggest defeat
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg 5–27 Flag of Madagascar.svg  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.

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History

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]

Results summary

(Full internationals only, updated to 28 November 2023)

Tunisia Internationals From 2021
OpponentFirst MatchPlayedWonDrawnLostWin %
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 20211100100.00%
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 202210010.00%
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 20212200100.00%
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 20232200100.00%
Summary2021650183.33%

Results

Full internationals

WonLostDraw
TestDateOpponentPFPAVenueTournamentRef
19 October 2021Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 143 Stade El Menzah, Tunis 2021 Africa Cup [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
217 October 2021Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 610Stade El Menzah, Tunis 2021 Africa Cup [6] [7] [8] [11]
314 October 2022Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 247Stade El Menzah, Tunis 2022 Africa Cup [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
422 October 2022Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 527Stade El Menzah, Tunis 2022 Africa Cup [12] [13] [17] [18] [19]
522 November 2023Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 2617Stade El Menzah, Tunis
627 November 2023Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 5313Stade El Menzah, Tunis

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  6. 1 2 "Series of test matches between various African teams". Rugby Africa . Archived from the original on 2022-10-28. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
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  8. 1 2 "Women gear up for Zambia test". The Namibian . 2021-11-09. Archived from the original on 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
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  12. 1 2 "Rugby Africa W's Cup 2022". Rugby Africa . 2023-01-24. Archived from the original on 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  13. 1 2 "Schedule for Pool C". Tunisian Rugby Federation . 2022-10-13. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
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