Ghana national rugby union team

Ghana international rugby union

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GhanaUnion| Ghana Rugby Football Union

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Head coach| Amuzu Salim

First colours

World Rugby ranking
Current| 87 (as of 4 November 2024)
Highest| 85 (2024)
Lowest| 87 (2020)
First international
Ghana 29 - 8  Mauritania
(2003-10-05)
Biggest win
Ghana 57 - 0  Rwanda
(2018-05-09)
Biggest defeat
Ghana 12 - 53  Uganda
(2003-10-08)

The Ghana national rugby union team represents Ghana in international rugby union. Ghana are a member of the International Rugby Board (IRB), and as of 2019[update] had not played in a Rugby World Cup tournament. Ghana played their first international game during the 2003 season, and defeated Mauritania by 29 points to 8. Since then there have been a number of youth teams in Ghana; the under-18 team won a junior rugby competition. The National Team itself has hosted a tournament and had some credible results on the field.

## History

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After forming in 2005, the Ghana National Rugby Union Team has played in a number of competitions. The team was founded by a coach from Cameroon named Guy Chaley who recruited players, including coach Amuzu Salim, to play their first international match. Support, but not funding, from the government was gained for the national team[clarification needed]. Shortly after they were played in their first African Tournament. This was followed by the death of Guy Chaley which stunted the success and growth of the team. Amuzu Salim was then able to train as a coach to train the Ghana Under 18, 15 and 12 teams. Notable gap year helpers include Peter Dear who helped start the school program in Accra and surrounding areas; he donated kit. Since the first tournament, the team have been included in the Castel Beer Trophies which are development tournament for smaller rugby nations of Africa. The country reached the final of the 2009 Development Trophy in Togo.

## Overall Record

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Below is table of the representative rugby matches played by a Ghana's national XV at test level up until

Opponent  | Played  | Won  | Lost  | Drawn  | Win %  | For  | Aga  | Diff

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Benin | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 66.66% | 125 | 57 | +68
Botswana | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 36 | 25 | +11
Burkina Faso | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33% | 56 | 76 | -20
Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00.00% | 3 | 40 | -37
Chad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 17 | 8 | +9
Ivory Coast | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 00.00% | 34 | 45 | -11
Mali | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 00.00% | 18 | 69 | -51
Mauritania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 29 | 8 | +21
Mauritius | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 23 | 17 | +6
Niger | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 00.00% | 16 | 62 | -46
Nigeria | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 00.00% | 33 | 101 | -68
Rwanda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 57 | 0 | +57
Senegal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00.00% | 0 | 30 | -30
Togo | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | 79 | 70 | +9
Uganda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00.00% | 12 | 53 | -41
Total | 39 | 15 | 22 | 2 | 36.84% | 526 | 606 | -81

## See also

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* Rugby union in Ghana
* CAR Castel Beer Trophy

## External links

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* Ghana[permanent dead link] on IRB.com
* Ghana Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine on rugbydata.com
* Ghana rugby unofficial
* Official Website
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U20 Barthés Trophy|

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| Africa Cup|

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* 2009
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Second Division|

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* 2003

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* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010

CAR U19 Cup|

* African Rugby Under-19 Cup

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