Tunisia national rugby union team
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The Tunisia national rugby union team is the national team of Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

, a third tier rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 nation. They first started competing in 1979 and they competed, unsuccessfully in the African qualification for the 2007 Rugby World Cup
2007 Rugby World Cup
The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003,...

.

Tunisia also competes annually the Africa Cup
Africa Cup
The Africa Cup is an annual rugby union tournament involving African nations, organised by the Confederation of African Rugby . The tournament was first held in 2000, and has since been contested on an annual basis...

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History

Tunisia played their first match on July 1 of 1979 where they faced the Netherlands
Netherlands national rugby union team
The Netherlands national rugby union team are a national sporting side of the Netherlands, representing them at rugby union. The side first played in 1930.-History:...

, losing 12 points to nil. Subsequent matches were played against teams such as Serbia & Montenegro, Spain
Spain national rugby union team
The Spain national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Spain, representing them at rugby union. Spain have been playing rugby since the late 1920s, playing their first international against Italy in 1929. They have qualified for one Rugby World Cup, in 1999 where they were pooled with...

 and West Germany.

The side continued to play these sides throughout the early 1980s. Their first win came in 1982, when they beat Portugal
Portugal national rugby union team
The Portugal national rugby union team is a third tier rugby union side representing Portugal. They first played in 1935 and now compete in the European Nations Cup. Rugby union in Portugal is administered by the Federação Portuguesa de Rugby. Portugal qualified for their first Rugby World Cup in...

, defeating them, 16 points to 13. A period from 1982 through to 1983 saw the team undefeated for a number of games. Tunisia went on to find fair success during the middle of the decade, winning a host of games. Tunisia played some of the stronger rugby union nations towards the end of the decade, for example, Italy
Italy national rugby union team
The Italy national rugby union team represent the nation of Italy in the sport of rugby union. The team is also known as the Azzurri . Italy have been playing international rugby since the late 1920s, and since 2000 compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland,...

, Romania
Romania national rugby union team
The Romania national rugby union team , nicknamed The Oaks , is the representative side of Romania in rugby union. Long considered one of the stronger European teams outside the Six Nations, they have participated in all six Rugby World Cups, and currently compete in the first division of the...

 and the United States
United States national rugby union team
USA Rugby's men's national rugby union team, nicknamed the Eagles, represents the United States in the sport of rugby union. The Eagles are currently ranked 17th by the IRB World Rankings. Their highest ranking was from November 2, 2006 – September 10, 2007 at the 14th position...

, though Tunisia lost the matches, they performed well against the likes of Italy.

Tunisia went on to find moderate success throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s. They saw similar results through the latter stages of the 1990s, winning a fair amount of their games, they competed mainly against sides such as Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe national rugby union team
The Zimbabwe national rugby union team is the rugby union team representing Zimbabwe. They are considered to be a third tier rugby union nation...

 and the Netherlands.

Tunisia participated in round 2 of the 2007 Rugby World Cup
2007 Rugby World Cup
The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003,...

 Africa qualification
2007 Rugby World Cup - Africa qualification
In qualifying for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, there is one place available for African teams, and one place in the repechage. In the group rounds, there are three points awarded for a win, two for a draw, and one for a loss...

.

Tunisia participated for qualification for the 2011 Rugby World Cup
2011 Rugby World Cup
The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005...

 again via Africa qualification coming second to Namibia
Namibia national rugby union team
The Namibian rugby union team, nicknamed the Welwitschias or Biltongboere, represents Namibia at rugby union. Although they are a tier-three nation in the International Rugby Board tier system, the team have participated in all three Rugby World Cup competitions since their first appearance in 1999...

 losing 22-10. Therefore tried qualifying via the inter-continental route but loss on the first hurdle to Romania
Romania national rugby union team
The Romania national rugby union team , nicknamed The Oaks , is the representative side of Romania in rugby union. Long considered one of the stronger European teams outside the Six Nations, they have participated in all six Rugby World Cups, and currently compete in the first division of the...

 56-13

Squad

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TUNISIA:
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|FB ||15||Sabeur Charrada
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|RW ||14||Haithem Cheili
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|OC ||13||Amor Hamdi
Amor Hamdi
Amor Hamdi is a Tunisian rugby union player. He plays as a centre. Amor is a member of the Tunisia Rugby team.-References:...


|-
|IC ||12||Amor Mezgar
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|LW ||11||Abbes Kherfani
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|FH ||10||Lofti Bensellem
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|SH ||9 ||Sabri Gmir
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|N8 ||8 ||Moured Souid
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|OF ||7 ||Mohamed Ben Hmida
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|BF ||6 ||Kaled Zegden
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|RL ||5 ||Abdelmajid Zemzem
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|LL ||4 ||Amara Dridi
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|TP ||3 ||Akram Aouamri
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|HK ||2 ||Aziz Kassar
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|LP ||1 ||Hedi Souid
Hedi Souid
Hedi Souid is a Tunisian rugby union player. Hedi Souid's choice of position is prop.He plays for Montluçon Rugby since 2006/07.He is currently the captain of Tunisia.-External links:*...

 (c
Captain (sports)
In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

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|colspan=3|Replacements:
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| ||16||Noktar Guetari
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| ||17||Sari Limevi
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| ||18||Chahir Aouadi
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| ||19||Amine Gharsallah
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| ||20||Mohamed Ali Kochlef
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| ||21||Aimen Gloulou
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| ||22||Mohamed Garali
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