Morocco national rugby union team
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The Morocco national rugby union team are a national sporting side, representing Morocco in rugby union. The team is also known as the Atlas Lions. Morocco is governed by the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Rugby. Morocco competes in the Africa Cup annually. The team has won the competition in 2003 and 2005. They usually play their internationals in Casablanca.
Nickname(s) | Atlas Lions | ||
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Union | Fédération Royale Marocaine de Rugby | ||
Captain | Houssine Arabat | ||
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World Rugby ranking | |||
Current | 48 (as of 16 January 2023) | ||
Biggest win | |||
Morocco 68–3 Mauritius (10 July 2016) |
Morocco has thus far not qualified for a Rugby World Cup, but have participated in the qualifying tournaments since the early 1990s. For the 2007 Rugby World Cup tournament in France, Morocco failed to qualify when they lost to Portugal, home and away meaning they would not make the Repechage 1 play-off against Uruguay.
The national side is ranked 47th in the world (as of 29 July 2019) while their best ranking was 20th in the world (on 5 July 2004 )[1]