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Round 3 will commence in July 2025, with a round-robin tournament determining the winner and qualifying for the Rugby World Cup as Africa 1. The runner-up (Africa 2) will progress to an Africa / Asia play-off match against Asia 2 to decide who plays in the Final Qualification Tournament. Like the first round, Kampala, Uganda will host the ...
Senegal first played international matches against Côte d'Ivoire 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. They advanced to the play-off, defeating Zambia to advance to Round 1b.
The tournament will be the first branded as the Men's Rugby World Cup, a change that was announced in October 2023. [27] All previous editions were branded as simply the Rugby World Cup, with the Women's tournament branded as the Women's Rugby World Cup between 1991—2017 and without a gender designation in 2021 tournament.
With the tournament drawing closer, teams have begun announcing their 33-man squads
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In 2005, Senegal participated in their first Rugby World Cup qualifying, and played six international games. [6] The Senegalese union identified players of Senegal origin in France, and tried to build a stronger national team with expats to raise the profile of the game. [6] Senegal are ranked in the top ten in Africa and in the top 50 in the ...
The Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union competition established in 1987. It is contested by the men's national teams of the member unions of the sport's governing body, World Rugby, and takes place every four years. The winners of the first final were New Zealand, who beat France. South Africa never competed in the first two world ...
South Africa have been drawn in Pool B for the tournament in France