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Namibia at the Rugby World Cup

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Namibia at the Rugby World Cup

Namibia has competed in five Rugby World Cup tournaments, having qualified as the African representative. The Namibian rugby union team, nicknamed the Welwitschias after the Namibian national symbol, made their first appearance at the Rugby World Cup in 1999 and appeared at the following four tournaments. Namibia has so far played 15 games at that cup without ever winning one.

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Namibia's best match result was in 2015 when they lost to Georgia by a single point. So far Namibia has not hosted any World Cup games.

By position

  • 1999 — Pool stage (second last place in Pool C)

    • Namibia has received some ignominy for being on the end of some very severe defeats-

    Nil points

  •  Australia 142 - 0  Namibia (2003)
  •  Georgia 30 - 0  Namibia (2007)
  •  South Africa 87 - 0  Namibia (2011)

    • Team Records

    Most Points in a Game
  • 25 vs  Fiji (2011)
  • 21 vs  Tonga (2015)
  • 19 vs  Argentina (2015)
  • 18 vs  Fiji (1999)
  • 17 vs  Ireland (2007)
    • Biggest Winning Margin

    Nil

    Highest Score Against
  • 142 vs  Australia (2003)
  • 87 vs  France (2007)
  • 87 vs  South Africa (2011)
  • 81 vs  Wales (2011)
    • Biggest Losing Margin
  • 142 vs  Australia (2003)
  • 87 vs  South Africa (2011)
  • 77 vs  France (2007)
  • 74 vs  Wales (2011)
    • Most Tries in a Game
  • 3 vs  Tonga (2015)
  • 3 vs  Argentina (2015)
  • 2 vs  Fiji (1999)
  • 2 vs  Argentina (2003)
  • 2 vs  Ireland (2007)
  • 2 vs  Fiji (2011)
  • 2 vs  Samoa (2011)

    • Individual Records

    Most Points Overall
  • 24 Theuns Kotzé
  • 22 Leandre van Dyk
  • 18 Emile Wessels
  • 10 Heinz Koll
    • Most Points in a Match
  • 16 Theuns Kotzé vs  Georgia (2015)
  • 15 Theuns Kotzé vs  Fiji (2011)
  • 10 Jacques Burger vs  Tonga (2015)
  • 9 Theuns Kotzé vs  New Zealand (2015)
  • 8 Leandre van Dyk vs  Fiji (1999)
  • 8 Leandre van Dyk vs  France (1999)
    • Most Tries Overall
    3 tries

    Jacques Burger

    2 tries
  • Heinz Koll
  • Theuns Kotzé
  • Tromp
    • 1 try
  • Chrysander Botha
  • Deysel
  • Greyling
  • du Preez Grobler
  • Quinton Hough
  • Hakkies Husselman
  • Eben Isaacs
  • Mario Jacobs
  • Jantjies
  • Bradley Langenhoven
  • Jacques Nieuwenhuis
  • Corne Powell
  • Arthur Samuelson
  • Johannes Senekal
  • Danie van Wyk
  • Piet van Zyl
    • Most Penalty Goals Overall
  • 6 Leandre van Dyk
  • 3 Emile Wessels
  • 1 Schreuder

    • References

    Namibia at the Rugby World Cup Wikipedia
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