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 (IRB). Senegal have thus far not qualified for a Rugby World Cup, but have competed in qualifying tournaments. They also contest the annual Africa Cup.
| Union | Fédération Sénégalaise de Rugby | |
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| Coach(es) | Jean-Marc Foucras | |
| Captain(s) | Steeve Sargos | |
| Top scorer | Steeve Sargos (136) | |
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| First international | ||
  (1977) | ||
| Largest win | ||
 (7 June 2004) | ||
| Largest defeat | ||
 (9 July 2017) | ||
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
Current squad
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World Cup record
| World Cup record | World Cup Qualification record | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | |
.svg.png){kind=small}  | Did not enter | No qualifying tournament held | ||||||||||||
   | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
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| Did not qualify | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 108 | 67 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 13 | ||||||||
 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 85 | ||||||||
 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 174 | 252 | ||||||||
| To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||
| Total | 0/9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 389 | 417 | |