Namibian Rugby

The Namibian rugby team is one of the minor international teams in rugby union. Before Namibia gained its independence in 1990, the team, as South West Africa, played in South Africa's Currie Cup competition. Their best result was in 1989, where they finished third.

Hardened by regular, tough competition, the first few years of Namibian rugby were relatively successful, their best moment being a 2-0 home series victory over Ireland in 1991. With a tiny player base, and starved of strong competition, the team has deteriated in recent years, although they can still boast of being the second strongest team in Africa, after the Springboks, having qualified for the 1999 and 2003 Rugby World Cups. Their record in these tournaments has been poor, and they haven't managed a win. Their record defeat, 142-0 against Australia in the 2003 tournament, led to some questioning the presence of the minnow teams at the tournament.

International Record

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Event
October 30, 2003	Romania	Launceston	7 - 37	RWC 2003
October 25, 2003	Australia	Adelaide	0 - 142	RWC 2003
October 19, 2003	Ireland	Sydney	7 - 64	RWC 2003
October 14, 2003	Argentina	Gosford	14 - 67	RWC 2003
August 16, 2003	Uganda	Windhoek	82 - 13
July 14, 2003	Manu Samoa	Windhoek	13 - 40
July 5, 2003	South Africa A	Windhoek	25 - 9
October 12, 2002	Tunisia	Tunis	17 - 24
September 28, 2002	Tunisia	Windhoek	26 - 19
July 29, 2002	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	42 - 30
July 14, 2002	Zimbabwe	Windhoek	19 - 15
June 15, 2002	Madagaskar	Windhoek	116 - 0
July 8, 2001	Zimbabwe	Harare	26 - 27
June 23, 2001	Italy	Windhoek	24 - 49
June 16, 2001	South Africa U-23	Johannesburg	13 - 41
May 25, 2001	South Africa U-23	Windhoek	15 - 60
September 15, 2000	Uruguay	Montivideo	12 - 23
August 7, 2000	South Africa U-23	Windhoek	18 - 53
July 22, 2000	Zimbabwe	Windhoek	43 - 34
July 1, 2000	Zimbabwe	Harare	31 - 26
June 24, 2000	South Africa U-23	Bloemfontein	3 - 91
October 17, 1999	Germany	Gera	79 - 13
October 14, 1999	Canada	Toulouse	11 - 72
August 10, 1999	France	Bordeaux	13 - 47
July 8, 1999	Zimbabwe	Pretoria	32 - 17
January 10, 1999	Fiji	Beziers	18 - 67
December 9, 1998	Cote de'Ivorie	Casablanca	22 - 10
September 18, 1998	Zimbabwe	Casablanca	39 - 14
September 16, 1998	Morroco	Casablanca	17 - 8
September 5, 1998	Zimbabwe	Windhoek	32 - 26
April 18, 1998	Tunisia	Tunis	17 - 20
January 23, 1998	Portugal	Lisbon	36 - 19
June 16, 1997	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	26 - 32
May 24, 1997	Tonga	Windhoek	14 - 20
April 5, 1996	Zimbabwe	Harare	19 - 18
January 3, 1996	Zimbabwe	Windhoek	13 - 15
February 6, 1995	Zimbabwe		19 - 14
1/6/1995	Zimbabwe		30 - 25
June 18, 1994	Morroco	Casablanca	16 - 16
June 16, 1994	Cote de'Ivorie	Casablanca	12 - 13
June 14, 1994	Zimbabwe	Casablanca	25 - 20
January 6, 1994	Russia	Windhoek	12 - 31
October 7, 1993	Zimbabwe	Nairobi	41 - 16
July 7, 1993	Kenya	Nairobi	60 - 9
May 6, 1993	Wales	Windhoek	23 - 38
March 7, 1993	Arabian Gulf	Nairobi	64 - 20
August 5, 1992	Zimbabwe	Windhoek	69 - 26
May 1, 1992	Zimbabwe	Windhoek	55 - 23
September 12, 1991	Zimbabwe	Windhoek	46 - 20
August 8, 1991	Zimbabwe	Harare	23 - 16
July 27, 1991	Ireland	Windhoek	26 - 15
July 20, 1991	Ireland	Windhoek	15 - 6
July 8, 1991	Zimbabwe	Windhoek	53 - 9
July 1, 1991	Zimbabwe	Windhoek	34 - 15
June 22, 1991	Italy	Windhoek	33 - 19
June 15, 1991	Italy	Windhoek	17 - 7
May 24, 1991	Portugal	Lisbon	34 - 12
January 8, 1991	Zimbabwe	Harare	22 - 19
November 13, 1990	France XV	Arras	0 - 33
September 6, 1990	Wales	Windhoek	30 - 34
June 30, 1990	France XV	Windhoek	20 - 25
June 23, 1990	France XV	Windhoek	15 - 24
June 2, 1990	Wales	Windhoek	9 - 18
April 20, 1990	Portugal	Windhoek	88 - 18
January 12, 1989	Zimbabwe	Harare	33 - 18

Results Summary

(as of 30/10/2003)

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost
Arabian Gulf	1	0	0
Argentina	0	0	1
Australia	0	0	1
Canada	0	0	1
Cote de'Ivorie	1	0	1
Fiji	0	0	1
France	0	0	1
France XV	0	0	3
Germany	1	0	0
Ireland	2	0	1
Italy	2	0	1
Kenya	1	0	0
Madagascar	1	0	0
Morroco	1	1	0
Portugal	3	0	0
Romania	0	0	1
Russia	0	0	1
Samoa	0	0	1
South Africa A	0	0	1
South Africa U23	0	0	4
Tonga	0	0	1
Tunisia	1	0	2
Uganda	1	0	0
Uruguay	0	0	1
Wales	0	0	3
Zimbabwe	20	0	3
Total	35	1	29