Rugby Union in Namibia

Rugby Union is next to football, roller hockey and fistball the most popular sport in Namibia.

Rugby is played in Namibia since 1916 and was introduced by the South African migrants. As in South Africa, rugby is mainly exercised by Afrikaans -speaking Namibians, but also speaking of white English and German - Namibians. The sport is particularly popular with school children. The Namibian Rugby Union are connected 28 clubs with 5822 registered players.

Association

Main article: Namibian Rugby Association The umbrella organization was founded in March 1990 and is a member of the International Rugby Board.

National

Gentlemen

Main article: Namibian rugby union team

Ladies

The women's rugby team in Namibia denied on October 19, 2013 its first international match. This was obtained with 31 to 10 against the selection of Botswana.

Internationally

Namibia has qualified four times for the Rugby Union World Cup already, in 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011. Different in each case the team as a group Last in the preliminaries of.