Namibia national rugby union team

For the Namibian representative rugby union team playing in South African domestic competitions, see Welwitschias.

Namibia

Nickname(s)	Welwitschias
Emblem	African fish eagle
Union	Namibia Rugby Union
Head coach	Phil Davies
Captain	Renaldo Bothma
Most caps	Eugene Jantjies (61)
Top scorer	Theuns Kotzé (344)
Top try scorer	Gerhard Mans (27)
Home stadium	Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium
First colours Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	24 (as of 21 May 2018)
Highest	18 (2017)
Lowest	29 (2006)
First international
South West Africa 0–9 British Lions (Windhoek, Namibia; 5 July 1955)
Biggest win
Namibia 118–0 Tunisia (Windhoek, Namibia; 23 June 2018)
Biggest defeat
Australia 142–0 Namibia (Adelaide, Australia; 25 October 2003)
World Cup
Appearances	5 (First in 1999)
Best result	Pool stage, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015
Website	www.nru.com.na

The Namibia national rugby union team, nicknamed the Welwitschias or Biltongboere, are a tier-two nation in the World Rugby tier system, and have participated in five Rugby World Cup competitions since their first appearance in 1999. They are governed by the Namibia Rugby Union.

Namibia has been playing international rugby since the early 1900s. As well as having competed at the World Cup, Namibia annually competes in the Africa Cup. Until independence, players for Namibia were also eligible to represent South Africa, with Namibian-born Springboks including Jan Ellis and, more recently, Percy Montgomery. As of 28 May 2018 they are ranked 24th in the world.^[1]

Contents

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  1 History
  
  
  
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    1.1 1990s
    
  
  
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    1.2 2000–present
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 World Cup Record
  


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  3 Record
  


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  4 Current squad
  


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  5 Individual all-time records
  
  
  
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    5.1 Most caps
    
  
  
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    5.2 Most tries
    
  
  
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    5.3 Most points
    
  
  
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    5.4 Most points in a match
    
  
  
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    5.5 Most tries in a match
    
  
  
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    5.6 Most matches as captain
    
  
  
  
  


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  6 See also
  


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  7 Notes
  


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  8 External links
  

History

Further information: Rugby union in Namibia

1990s

Rugby union has been played in Namibia since 1916 when it was introduced by soldiers from South Africa who had invaded the German-run colony.

Before Namibia gained its independence in 1990, the team, as South West Africa, played in South Africa's domestic club competition, the Currie Cup. The team achieved their best result in the 1988 season, where they finished third.

The Namibia Rugby Union was formed in March 1990, and it joined the International Rugby Board in the same month. Independence came too late for Namibia to qualify for the 1991 Rugby World Cup. Hardened by regular, tough competition in the Currie Cup, the first few years of Namibian rugby union were relatively successful, their highest point being 2–0 home series victories over Ireland and Italy in 1991. That year the Welwitschias won all 10 of their Tests, the others being five victories against Zimbabwe and one against Portugal in Lisbon. One of Namibia's players, Andre Stoop was signed by English champion rugby league club, Wigan.

During the international seasons Namibia played six games; the first of which was a 55–23 win over Zimbabwe. Following another victory over Zimbabwe, in 1993 Namibia played Wales in Windhoek, losing 23–38. Namibia completed big victories over the Arabian Gulf rugby team, Kenya and Zimbabwe in the initial rounds of 1995 Rugby World Cup qualifying.

Russia toured Namibia in 1994, defeating the home team 31–12 in Windhoek. Although Namibia defeated Zimbabwe that year, the team lost to Côte d'Ivoire and drew with Morocco (all in Casablanca). In 1996 Namibia played two matches; losing 13–15 to Zimbabwe, and then defeating them by one point in a subsequent meeting. They played two games in 1997 as well, losing to Tonga and Zimbabwe.

During 1998 Namibia took part in the African tournaments for 1999 Rugby World Cup qualification. They started out in Round 3, where they finished second in the pool behind Zimbabwe on points difference (defeating Zimbabwe but losing to Tunisia). Namibia defeated Côte d'Ivoire, Morocco and Zimbabwe to qualify for the 1999 Rugby World Cup.

The team's participation was put in doubt when the Namibian government's Sports Commission barred the team from participating in a South African competition it had been using as preparation, and threatened to stop the team from taking part in the World Cup. This followed criticisms from non-white rugby clubs that the Namibian Rugby Union displayed racist attitudes.^[2] Ultimately, however, the team were allowed to take part.

The 1999 World Cup marked their debut at the tournament and since then they have been Africa's second representative alongside South Africa. While they suffered heavy defeats by France, Fiji and Canada, they took pride in scoring an early try and being level with France after 20 minutes.

2000–present

However, with a small player base, and lacking frequent or strong competition, the team has deteriorated in recent years. Their record in the World Cups has been poor as they have not yet managed a win. Their record defeat, 142–0 against Australia in the 2003 tournament, led to some questioning the presence of the minor teams at the tournament.

Namibia initially struggled in the qualifiers for the 2007 tournament, suffering a shock defeat to Kenya, their first ever to the African Great Lakes nation, and another to Tunisia. Following the Kenya loss, the Namibian squad slumped to 28th in the IRB rankings. However, after defeating Tunisia at home, the team was effectively through to two deciding matches against Morocco, to determine which of the two African nations would make it to France in 2007. Namibia convincingly won both legs, qualifying for the World Cup.

As the lowest ranked team at the start of the 2007 World Cup, Namibia was given no chance in its opening game of against Ireland. However, the Namibian squad frustrated Ireland, then the 5th ranked team in the world, and scored two tries for its narrowest World Cup loss of 17–32. They were convincingly beaten in their games with Argentina (63–3) and France (87–10). And, in the game in which they were seen as having the best chance to win, they suffered a disappointing 30–0 loss to Georgia, to end the tournament winless.

The African side was able to win the IRB Nations Cup in 2010.

Namibia achieved their fourth World Cup qualification in a row after defeating Côte d'Ivoire in 2011. They were drawn into Pool D, with South Africa, Wales, Fiji and Samoa. Their first match in the Rugby World Cup, held in New Zealand (at the Rotorua International Stadium) resulted in a defeat by Fiji by 45–29. Their second match in this tournament was a 49–12 loss to Samoa but the third was an 87–0 loss to South Africa. In their final pool game, Wales proved to be too strong, as Namibia conceded 12 tries in an 81–7 defeat. Theuns Kotzé provided his side's one consolation, as his conversion of a Heinz Koll try made him Namibia's all-time highest Rugby World Cup points scorer.

The Welwitschias played the 2015 Vodacom Cup, collecting six defeats and one win against the Limpopo Blue Bulls. Namibia qualified for their fourth Rugby World Cup in 2015. They were placed in Pool C with New Zealand, Georgia, Tonga and Argentina.

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	Not invited								Not invited
1991	Did not enter								Did not enter
1995	Did not qualify								6	4	1	1	218	104
1999	Pool Stage	3	0	0	3	42	186		5	4	0	1	127	78
2003	Pool Stage	4	0	0	4	28	310		4	3	0	1	197	73
2007	Pool Stage	4	0	0	4	30	212		6	4	0	2	192	96
2011	Pool Stage	4	0	0	4	44	266		4	3	1	0	115	58
2015	Pool Stage	4	0	0	4	70	174		7	5	0	2	289	159
2019	Qualified								5	5	0	0	347	278
Total	5/8	19	0	0	19	214	1148		37	28	2	7	1138	981

Record

Men's World Rugby Rankings v t e
Top 30 rankings as of 3 February 2019[3]
Rank	Change*	Team	Points
1		New Zealand	092.54
2		Ireland	089.37
3	1	England	088.02
4	1	Wales	087.55
5		South Africa	084.58
6		Australia	082.40
7		Scotland	081.84
8		Fiji	077.95
9	1	Argentina	077.05
10	1	France	077.02
11		Japan	075.24
12		United States	073.66
13		Georgia	073.42
14		Tonga	073.02
15		Italy	072.75
16		Samoa	068.78
17		Uruguay	067.13
18		Romania	065.45
19		Russia	065.20
20		Canada	062.64
21		Spain	062.24
22		Namibia	060.34
23		Netherlands	058.45
24		Hong Kong	058.11
25		Belgium	058.09
26		Germany	057.83
27		Portugal	057.08
28		Brazil	056.81
29		Chile	054.36
30		South Korea	053.59
*Change from the previous week
Namibia's historical rankings
Source: World Rugby - Graph updated to 7 January 2019[3]

Below is table of the representative rugby matches played by a Namibia national XV at test level up until 16 November 2018.^[4]

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %	For	Aga	Diff
Arabian Gulf	1	1	0	0	100.00%	64	20	+44
Argentina	3	0	3	0	0.00%	36	194	-158
Argentina Jaguars	1	0	1	0	0.00%	13	47	-34
Australia	1	0	1	0	0.00%	0	142	-142
Canada	2	0	2	0	0.00%	24	89	-65
Fiji	2	0	2	0	0.00%	43	116	-73
France	2	0	2	0	0.00%	23	134	-111
France XV	2	0	2	0	0.00%	36	49	-13
Georgia	5	1	4	0	20.00%	73	112	-39
Germany	2	2	0	0	100.00%	137	33	+104
Hong Kong	1	1	0	0	100.00%	22	12	+10
Ireland	4	2	2	0	50.00%	65	117	-52
Italy	3	2	1	0	66.67%	74	75	-1
Ivory Coast	4	2	1	1	50.00%	101	50	+51
Kenya	11	9	2	0	81.82%	544	201	+343
Madagascar	4	3	1	0	75.00%	310	84	+226
Morocco	8	5	2	1	62.50%	196	144	+52
New Zealand	1	0	1	0	0.00%	14	58	-44
Portugal	7	5	2	0	71.43%	229	125	+104
Romania	6	1	5	0	16.67%	66	158	-92
Russia	6	2	4	0	33.33%	168	136	+32
Samoa	2	0	2	0	0.00%	25	89	-64
Scotland A	1	1	0	0	0.00%	23	20	+3
Senegal	4	4	0	0	100.00%	163	40	+123
South Africa	2	0	2	0	0.00%	13	192	-179
Spain	6	2	4	0	33.33%	143	144	-1
Tonga	2	0	2	0	0.00%	35	55	-20
Tunisia	11	8	3	0	72.73%	368	159	+209
Uganda	5	4	1	0	80.00%	244	94	+150
Uruguay	3	0	3	0	0.00%	82	114	-32
Wales	4	0	4	0	0.00%	69	171	-102
West Germany	1	1	0	0	100.00%	54	7	+47
Zambia	2	2	0	0	100.00%	132	20	+112
Zimbabwe	32	29	3	0	90.63%	1198	665	+533
Total	151	87	62	2	57.62%	4787	3866	+921

Current squad

Namibia's 28-man squad for the 2018 European tour:^[5]

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  Head Coach: Phil Davies
  


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  Caps Updated: 20 November 2018

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Obert Nortjé Hooker (1997-04-17) 17 April 1997 (age 21) 12 Welwitschias Niël van Vuuren Hooker (1991-05-31) 31 May 1991 (age 27) 5 Welwitschias AJ de Klerk Prop (1987-12-09) 9 December 1987 (age 31) 25 Welwitschias André Rademeyer Prop (1998-06-24) 24 June 1998 (age 20) 2 Western Province Des Sethie Prop (1992-12-09) 9 December 1992 (age 26) 9 Welwitschias Jason Benade Prop (1995-04-16) 16 April 1995 (age 23) 1 Welwitschias Casper Viviers Prop (1988-06-01) 1 June 1988 (age 30) 36 Welwitschias Ruan Ludick Lock (1994-09-07) 7 September 1994 (age 24) 17 Welwitschias Adriaan Ludick Lock (1998-07-22) 22 July 1998 (age 20) 2 Welwitschias Tjiuee Uanivi Lock (1990-12-31) 31 December 1990 (age 28) 27 London Scottish Renaldo Bothma Loose forward (1989-09-18) 18 September 1989 (age 29) 17 Harlequins Thomasau Forbes Loose forward (1988-10-12) 12 October 1988 (age 30) 15 Welwitschias Prince ǃGaoseb Loose forward (1998-07-07) 7 July 1998 (age 20) 1 Blue Bulls Rohan Kitshoff Loose forward (1985-09-13) 13 September 1985 (age 33) 43 Welwitschias Max Katjijeko Loose forward (1995-04-08) 8 April 1995 (age 23) 10 Welwitschias Damian Stevens Scrum-half (1995-06-02) 2 June 1995 (age 23) 22 Boland Cavaliers Wihan von Wielligh Scrum-half (1997-07-26) 26 July 1997 (age 21) 1 NWU Pukke Cliven Loubser Fly-half (1997-02-24) 24 February 1997 (age 21) 12 UP Tuks PW Steenkamp Fly-half (1997-12-11) 11 December 1997 (age 21) 6 Welwitschias Darryl de la Harpe Centre (1986-10-02) 2 October 1986 (age 32) 46 Welwitschias JC Greyling Centre (1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 27) 29 Welwitschias Henrique Olivier Centre (1997-07-03) 3 July 1997 (age 21) 1 Eastern Province Elephants Janry du Toit Wing (1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 (age 22) 2 Welwitschias Justin Newman Wing (1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 (age 23) 12 Leopards Chad Plato Wing (1998-04-21) 21 April 1998 (age 20) 1 Kudus Johann Tromp Wing (1990-12-23) 23 December 1990 (age 28) 39 Welwitschias Chrysander Botha Fullback (1988-07-13) 13 July 1988 (age 30) 55 Welwitschias TC Kisting Fullback (1994-01-13) 13 January 1994 (age 25) 6 Welwitschias

Individual all-time records

Most caps

#	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Start	Sub	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop	Won	Lost	Draw	Win %
1.	Eugene Jantjies	Scrum-half	2006–present	66	47	19	77	4	15	8	1	35	30	1	53.78
2.	Chrysander Botha	Fullback	2008–present	56	54	2	215	28	15	15	0	35	20	1	63.39
3.	Tinus du Plessis	Flanker	2006–2016	53	44	9	45	9	0	0	0	28	24	1	53.77
4.	Johnny Redelinghuys	Prop	2006–2015	50	32	18	25	5	0	0	0	23	26	1	47.00
	PJ van Lill	Flanker	2006–present	50	33	17	35	7	0	0	0	26	23	1	53.00
6.	Darryl de la Harpe	Centre	2010–present	47	38	9	45	9	0	0	0	25	22	0	53.19
7.	Rohan Kitshoff	Flanker	2010–present	44	30	14	110	22	0	0	0	24	20	0	54.54
8.	Theuns Kotzé	Fly-half	2011–present	40	35	5	430	6	110	55	5	21	19	0	52.50
9.	Johann Tromp	Centre	2012-present	40	31	9	95	19	0	0	0	24	16	0	60.00
10.	Jacques Burger	Flanker	2004–2015	38	37	1	35	7	0	0	0	19	18	1	51.31

Last updated: 24 November 2018 ^[6]

Most tries

#	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Start	Sub	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop
1.	Chrysander Botha	Fullback	2008–present	56	54	2	215	28	15	15	0
2.	Gerhard Mans	Wing	1990–1994	27	26	1	114	26	0	0	0
3.	Rohan Kitshoff	Flanker	2010–present	44	30	14	110	22	0	0	0
	Eden Meyer	Wing	1991–1996	21	20	1	102	22	0	0	0
5.	JC Greyling	Centre	2014–present	30	23	7	95	19	0	0	0
	Johann Tromp	Centre	2012–present	40	31	9	95	19	0	0	0
7.	Melrick Afrika	Wing	2003–2007	24	19	5	62	12	1	0	0
8.	Du Preez Grobler	Centre	2001–2008	26	22	4	50	10	0	0	0
	David Philander	Centre	2008–present	30	23	7	50	10	0	0	0
	Corné Powell	Centre	2001–2007	27	25	2	50	10	0	0	0
	Riaan van Wyk	Wing	2002–2004	10	10	0	50	10	0	0	0

Last updated: 24 November 2018 ^[7]

Most points

#	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Start	Sub	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop
1.	Theuns Kotzé	Fly-half	2011–present	40	35	5	430	6	110	55	5
2.	Jaco Coetzee	Fly-half	1990-1995	28	27	1	335	6	81	45	3
3.	Chrysander Botha	Fullback	2008–present	56	54	2	215	28	15	15	0
4.	Mot Schreuder	Fly-half	2002-2007	19	17	2	158	4	42	18	0
5.	Cliven Loubser	Fly-half	2017-present	13	11	2	144	4	47	10	0
6.	Rudie van Vuuren	Fly-half	1997-2003	15	10	5	120	3	27	17	0
7.	Gerhard Mans	Wing	1990-1994	27	26	1	114	26	0	0	0
8.	Rohan Kitshoff	Flanker	2010-present	44	30	14	110	22	0	0	0
9.	Eden Meyer	Wing	1991-1996	21	20	1	102	22	0	0	0
10.	JC Greyling	Centre	2014–present	30	23	7	95	19	0	0	0
	Johann Tromp	Centre	2012–present	40	31	9	95	19	0	0	0

Last updated: Portugal vs Namibia, 24 November 2018. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most points in a match

#	Player	Pos	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop	Opposition	Venue	Date
1.	Justinus van der Westhuizen	Fly-half	33	3	9	0	0	Zambia	Windhoek	26/05/2007
2.	Jaco Coetzee	Fly-half	30	3	6	1	0	Kenya	Nairobi	07/07/1993
3.	Chrysander Botha	Fullback	29	2	5	3	0	Ivory Coast	Windhoek	27/06/2009
4.	Moolman Olivier	Fly-half	26	1	11	0	0	Portugal	Windhoek	21/04/1990
	Cliven Loubser	Fly-half	26	2	8	0	0	Morocco	Casablanca	30/06/2018
6.	Riaan van Wyk	Wing	25	5	0	0	0	Madagascar	Windhoek	15/06/2002
	Theuns Kotzé	Fly-half	25	1	4	4	0	Russia	Windhoek	18/07/2015
8.	Gerhard Mans	Wing	24	6	0	0	0	Portugal	Windhoek	21/04/1990
	Mot Schreuder	Fly-half	24	0	12	0	0	Kenya	Windhoek	27/05/2006
	Theuns Kotzé	Fly-half	24	0	12	0	0	Madagascar	Windhoek	06/07/2014

Last updated: Portugal vs Namibia, 24 November 2018. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most tries in a match

#	Player	Pos	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop	Opposition	Venue	Date
1.	Gerhard Mans	Wing	24	6	0	0	0	Portugal	Windhoek	21/04/1990
2.	Riaan van Wyk	Wing	25	5	0	0	0	Madagascar	Windhoek	15/06/2002
3.	Eden Meyer	Wing	20	4	0	0	0	Zimbabwe	Windhoek	16/05/1992
	Melrick Afrika	Wing	20	4	0	0	0	Kenya	Nairobi	16/08/2003
	Renaldo Bothma	Number 8	20	4	0	0	0	Madagascar	Nairobi	06/07/2014
	Rohan Kitshoff	Flanker	20	4	0	0	0	Senegal	Windhoek	08/07/2017
	JC Greyling	Centre	20	4	0	0	0	Tunisia	Windhoek	23/06/2018
	Lesley Klim	Wing	20	4	0	0	0	Tunisia	Windhoek	23/06/2018
9.	15 players on 3 tries

Last updated: Portugal vs Namibia, 24 November 2018. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most matches as captain

#	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Draw	%	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop
1.	Gerhard Mans	Wing	1990-1994	26	20	5	1	78.84	114	26	0	0	0
2.	Jacques Burger	Flanker	2007-2015	18	8	10	0	44.44	25	5	0	0	0
3.	Kees Lensing	Prop	2006-2009	13	6	6	1	50.00	0	0	0	0	0
	Corné Powell	Centre	2002-2007	13	9	4	0	69.23	25	5	0	0	0
5.	Rohan Kitshoff	Flanker	2014-present	12	8	4	0	66.66	75	15	0	0	0
6.	Quinn Hough	Flanker	1997-1999	11	6	5	0	54.54	25	5	0	0	0
	PJ van Lill	Flanker	2012–2015	11	7	4	0	63.63	10	2	0	0	0

Last updated: Portugal vs Namibia, 24 November 2018. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

See also

• Namibia Rugby Union


• Rugby union in Namibia

Notes

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   ^ Namibia rugby statistics
   


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   ^ "National squad selected for European tour". The Namibian. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
   


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   ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Test matches - Player records". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
   


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   ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Test matches - Player records". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
   

External links

• Namibianrugby.com


• A place to meet and chat about namibian rugby.


• Namibian rugby union news from Planet Rugby


• Namibia World Cup 2007 Preview (in Portuguese)


• Namibia World Cup 2007 Preview & follow-up (in French)

v t e Rugby union in Namibia
Governing body	Namibia Rugby Union
National teams	Men's U-20 Women's Men's Sevens
Competitions	Africa Cup Vodacom Cup Currie Cup (former) Namibia at the Rugby World Cup
See also	Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium Rugby Africa 1991 Ireland rugby union tour of Namibia British Lions tours 1962 1968 1974 1980

v t e International rugby union teams
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French Rugby Federation	Mayotte Réunion Guadeloupe Martinique New Caledonia Wallis and Futuna
Not affiliated to World Rugby	Algeria Benin Basque Country Burkina Faso Catalonia Central Africa Chad Congo Curaçao Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Egypt Estonia Gabon Gibraltar Guatemala Jordan Lebanon Libya Macau Montenegro Niger Qatar San Marino Slovakia St. Kitts and Nevis Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu
Combination teams	African Leopards British and Irish Lions Pacific Islanders South American XV
Defunct teams	Arabian Gulf Commonwealth of Independent States Czechoslovakia East Africa East Germany Nyasaland (Malawi) Soviet Union West Germany Yugoslavia

v t e World Rugby Nations Cup
2016 teams	Argentina XV Emerging Italy Namibia Romania Spain Uruguay
Former teams	Emerging Ireland (2014) Emerging Springboks (2007, 2008) France A (2009) Georgia (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011) Portugal (2006, 2011, 2012) Scotland A (2009, 2010) Russia (2014) South African Kings (2011)
Seasons	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Winners	2006 Argentina A 2007 Emerging Springboks 2008 Emerging Springboks 2009 Scotland A 2010 Namibia 2011 South African Kings 2012 Romania 2013 Romania 2014 Emerging Ireland 2015 Romania 2016 Romania

v t e Africa Cup
Current Teams (2018)	Gold Cup Kenya Morocco Namibia Uganda Tunisia Zimbabwe Silver Cup North Algeria Ivory Coast Senegal South Botswana Madagascar Zambia Bronze Cup Ghana Lesotho Mauritius Rwanda Regional North Benin Burkina Faso Guinea Ivory Coast Mali Niger Sierra Leone Togo South Burundi Central African Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo Gabon Lesotho Malawi Rwanda Swaziland
Tournaments	Africa Cup 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008–09 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Africa Trophy 2009 2010 Second Division 2002 2003 CAR Development Trophy 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 CAR U19 Cup African Rugby Under-19 Cup

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