Senegal national rugby union team


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. Senegal have thus far not qualified for a Rugby World Cup, but have competed in qualifying tournaments. They also contest the annual Africa Cup.

History

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.

Tournament history

Africa Cup

YearRound
2006Pool Stage210125100
2007Pool Stage20021623
2008–09Pool Stage10011013
2011Group 1C22004518
2012Group 1B21014445
2013Group 1B21015340
2014Group 1B21014653
2015Group 1B31028248

Current squad

Player
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Demba KaneScrum-half Bobigny
Moussa MagassaScrum-half Red Star Honneur
Maxime BoyerFly-half Lannemezan
Grégory DéjardinFly-half Monteux
Aldric FolliotCentre Castanet
Victor SambCentre Souston Honneur
Mohamadou DiarraWing Montauban
Moussa Koïta GrosWing Montmélian
Maxime PerraisFullback Stade Phocéen
Ndiogou SanéFullback Requins
Steeve Sargos Fullback Vannes

Player
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Sam CiréHooker Bellegarde
Sékou SakhoHooker Épernay
Assane DièyeProp Requins
Jérémy FickouProp La Seyne
Antoine LaporteProp Lavaur
Ousmane N'DiayePropUnattached
Yogane CorréaLock Albi
Magnamé KoïtaLock Limoges
Moktar SougoufaraLock Bastia
Ousmane ManeFlankerUnattached
Charles N'Diaye PreiraFlanker Saint Jean d'Angely
Mohamed SambaFlanker Limoges
Omar SyFlanker Figeac
Aboubakry SignatéNumber eight Drancy

World Cup record