MEN'S RUGBY UNION - AFRICA RANKING
| RANK |
GLOBAL |
|
TEAM |
MATCHES |
|
LAST MATCH |
POINTS |
|
| 1 |
(1) |
 |
South Africa |
385 |
 |
Wales (+5 points) |
5166 |
|
| 2 |
(25) |
 |
Namibia |
166 |
 |
Brazil (-2 points) |
3917 |
|
| 3 |
(27) |
 |
Zimbabwe |
131 |
|
Zambia (-5 points) |
3837 |
|
| 4 |
(29) |
 |
Algeria |
28 |
|
Kenya (+19 points) |
3746 |
|
| 5 |
(30) |
 |
Kenya |
132 |
|
Algeria (-19 points) |
3713 |
|
| 6 |
(32) |
 |
Morocco |
100 |
|
Senegal (-16 points) |
3635 |
|
| 7 |
(33) |
 |
Senegal |
59 |
|
Morocco (+16 points) |
3572 |
|
| 8 |
(35) |
 |
Uganda |
105 |
|
Côte d'Ivoire (+14 points) |
3553 |
|
| 9 |
(38) |
 |
Tunisia |
105 |
|
Morocco (-9 points) |
3518 |
|
| 10 |
(39) |
 |
Madagascar |
56 |
|
Morocco (-11 points) |
3496 |
|
| 11 |
(47) |
 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
76 |
|
Ghana (-18 points) |
3364 |
|
| 12 |
(53) |
 |
Zambia |
71 |
|
Zimbabwe (+5 points) |
3258 |
|
| 13 |
(54) |
 |
Cameroon |
33 |
|
Botswana (-53 points) |
3255 |
|
| 14 |
(56) |
 |
Réunion |
20 |
|
Mauritius (+2 points) |
3227 |
|
| 15 |
(63) |
 |
Nigeria |
40 |
|
Ghana (-28 points) |
3147 |
|
| 16 |
(64) |
 |
Mali |
40 |
|
Niger (+31 points) |
3139 |
|
| 17 |
(65) |
 |
Botswana |
61 |
|
Zambia (-22 points) |
3138 |
|
| 18 |
(68) |
 |
Burkina Faso |
43 |
|
Côte d'Ivoire (+1 point) |
3086 |
|
| 19 |
(69) |
 |
Ghana |
47 |
|
Côte d'Ivoire (+18 points) |
3059 |
|
| 20 |
(75) |
 |
DR Congo |
7 |
|
Congo (+5 points) |
3007 |
|
| 21 |
(78) |
 |
Mauritius |
39 |
|
Réunion (-2 points) |
2979 |
|
| 22 |
(85) |
 |
Niger |
33 |
|
Togo (-61 points) |
2917 |
|
| 23 |
(90) |
 |
Congo |
8 |
|
DR Congo (-5 points) |
2861 |
|
| 24 |
(91) |
 |
Tanzania |
19 |
|
Burundi (-81 points) |
2851 |
|
| 25 |
(93) |
 |
Togo |
41 |
|
Niger (+61 points) |
2840 |
|
| 26 |
(104) |
 |
Mayotte |
8 |
|
Réunion (-10 points) |
2760 |
|
| 27 |
(105) |
 |
Lesotho |
11 |
|
Eswatini (+13 points) |
2742 |
|
| 28 |
(110) |
 |
Chad |
12 |
|
Togo (+39 points) |
2715 |
|
| 29 |
(114) |
 |
Rwanda |
28 |
|
Côte d'Ivoire (-1 point) |
2672 |
|
| 30 |
(115) |
 |
Benin |
36 |
|
Niger (+70 points) |
2672 |
|
| 31 |
(118) |
 |
Eswatini |
25 |
|
Lesotho (-13 points) |
2649 |
|
| 32 |
(126) |
 |
Egypt |
3 |
|
Libya (+5 points) |
2556 |
|
| 33 |
(131) |
 |
Gabon |
1 |
 |
Cameroon A' (new rank) |
2478 |
|
| 34 |
(132) |
 |
Burundi |
23 |
|
Tanzania (+81 points) |
2462 |
|
| 35 |
(135) |
 |
Mauritania |
9 |
|
Libya (-7 points) |
2431 |
|
| 36 |
(147) |
 |
Libya |
3 |
|
Egypt (-5 points) |
2175 |
|
| 37 |
(148) |
 |
Malawi |
3 |
|
Lesotho (-3 points) |
2174 |
|
| --- |
(---) |
 |
Guinea |
3 |
|
Sierra Leone (n/a) |
n/r |
|
| --- |
(---) |
 |
Sierra Leone |
3 |
|
Guinea (n/a) |
n/r |
|
Ranking generated from a database of 7344 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 22:27:47 on Sunday, 24 May, 2026.
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