MEN'S RUGBY UNION - AFRICA RANKING
| RANK |
GLOBAL |
|
TEAM |
MATCHES |
|
LAST MATCH |
POINTS |
|
| 1 |
(1) |
 |
South Africa |
385 |
 |
Wales (+5 points) |
5162 |
|
| 2 |
(25) |
 |
Namibia |
166 |
 |
Brazil (-2 points) |
3877 |
|
| 3 |
(27) |
 |
Zimbabwe |
129 |
|
Namibia (+11 points) |
3791 |
|
| 4 |
(29) |
 |
Algeria |
28 |
|
Kenya (+21 points) |
3674 |
|
| 5 |
(30) |
 |
Kenya |
132 |
|
Algeria (-21 points) |
3660 |
|
| 6 |
(32) |
 |
Morocco |
100 |
|
Senegal (-16 points) |
3578 |
|
| 7 |
(38) |
 |
Senegal |
59 |
|
Morocco (+16 points) |
3509 |
|
| 8 |
(39) |
 |
Uganda |
105 |
|
Côte d'Ivoire (+14 points) |
3496 |
|
| 9 |
(40) |
 |
Tunisia |
105 |
|
Morocco (-9 points) |
3457 |
|
| 10 |
(41) |
 |
Madagascar |
56 |
|
Morocco (-11 points) |
3437 |
|
| 11 |
(49) |
 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
76 |
|
Ghana (-19 points) |
3301 |
|
| 12 |
(54) |
 |
Réunion |
20 |
|
Mauritius (+2 points) |
3215 |
|
| 13 |
(57) |
 |
Zambia |
69 |
|
Botswana (+22 points) |
3192 |
|
| 14 |
(59) |
 |
Cameroon |
33 |
|
Botswana (-51 points) |
3182 |
|
| 15 |
(65) |
 |
Nigeria |
39 |
|
Ghana (-23 points) |
3110 |
|
| 16 |
(68) |
 |
Botswana |
61 |
|
Zambia (-22 points) |
3082 |
|
| 17 |
(69) |
 |
Mali |
40 |
|
Niger (+32 points) |
3069 |
|
| 18 |
(76) |
 |
Burkina Faso |
43 |
|
Côte d'Ivoire (+2 points) |
3010 |
|
| 19 |
(78) |
 |
Niger |
31 |
|
Nigeria (-27 points) |
2992 |
|
| 20 |
(79) |
 |
DR Congo |
7 |
|
Congo (+3 points) |
2972 |
|
| 21 |
(83) |
 |
Ghana |
46 |
|
Côte d'Ivoire (+19 points) |
2951 |
|
| 22 |
(86) |
 |
Mauritius |
39 |
|
Réunion (-2 points) |
2931 |
|
| 23 |
(94) |
 |
Tanzania |
19 |
|
Burundi (-81 points) |
2848 |
|
| 24 |
(104) |
 |
Congo |
8 |
|
DR Congo (-3 points) |
2779 |
|
| 25 |
(107) |
 |
Mayotte |
8 |
|
Réunion (-9 points) |
2746 |
|
| 26 |
(111) |
 |
Lesotho |
11 |
|
Eswatini (+14 points) |
2701 |
|
| 27 |
(112) |
 |
Togo |
39 |
|
Benin (-2 points) |
2693 |
|
| 28 |
(116) |
 |
Chad |
12 |
|
Togo (+36 points) |
2655 |
|
| 29 |
(119) |
 |
Eswatini |
25 |
|
Lesotho (-14 points) |
2632 |
|
| 30 |
(121) |
 |
Rwanda |
28 |
|
Côte d'Ivoire (-1 point) |
2630 |
|
| 31 |
(128) |
 |
Benin |
34 |
|
Togo (+2 points) |
2501 |
|
| 32 |
(131) |
 |
Egypt |
3 |
|
Libya (+6 points) |
2448 |
|
| 33 |
(133) |
 |
Burundi |
23 |
|
Tanzania (+81 points) |
2434 |
|
| 34 |
(136) |
 |
Gabon |
1 |
 |
Cameroon A' (new rank) |
2383 |
|
| 35 |
(140) |
 |
Mauritania |
9 |
|
Libya (-7 points) |
2323 |
|
| 36 |
(150) |
 |
Malawi |
3 |
|
Lesotho (-3 points) |
2124 |
|
| 37 |
(155) |
 |
Libya |
3 |
|
Egypt (-6 points) |
2075 |
|
| --- |
(---) |
 |
Guinea |
3 |
|
Sierra Leone (n/a) |
n/r |
|
| --- |
(---) |
 |
Sierra Leone |
3 |
|
Guinea (n/a) |
n/r |
|
Ranking generated from a database of 7304 matches.
The rating of teams having played fewer than 10 matches is subject to increased fluctuation.
Teams listed with 'n/r' have played matches, but not against any ranked teams.
Matches = total number of matches for that team in the database used to calculate the rankings.
Last Match = last match for that team along with the points gained or lost for that match.
Ranking generated at 17:54:57 on Sunday, 8 March, 2026.
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