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Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

has competed in seven

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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 six tournaments. Namibia has so far played 26 games at that cup without ever winning one. Namibia's best match result was in 2015 when they lost to Georgia by a single point. Namibia's worst match result was in 2003 when they lost to Australia 0-142, which is the record of the biggest winning margin. So far Namibia has not hosted any World Cup games.

By position

1999 Rugby World Cup (Pool C)

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2003 Rugby World Cup (Pool A)

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2007 Rugby World Cup (Pool D)

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2011 Rugby World Cup (Pool D)

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2015 Rugby World Cup (Pool C)

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2019 Rugby World Cup (Pool B)

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and awarded as a 0–0 draw.

2023 Rugby World Cup (Pool A)

Overall record

Up to date as of 2023 World Cup Notes: *The table above excludes the awarded 0–0 draw against Canada during the 2019 World Cup following the cancellation of the match due to

Team records

Most points in a game *26 vs (2023) *25 vs (2011) *22 vs (2019) *21 vs (2015) *19 vs (2015) Biggest winning margin *Never won a match. Most tries in a game *3 vs (2015) *3 vs (2015) *3 vs (2019) *2 vs (1999) *2 vs (2003) *2 vs (2007) *2 vs (2011) *2 vs (2011) *2 vs (2011) Highest score against *142 vs (2003) *96 vs (2023) *87 vs (2007) *87 vs (2011) *81 vs (2011) Biggest losing margin *142 vs (2003) *96 vs (2023) *87 vs (2011) *77 vs (2007) *74 vs (2011) Most tries against *22 vs (2003) *14 vs (2023) *13 vs (2007) *12 vs (2011) *12 vs (2011)

Individual records

Most appearances overall *14

Eugene Jantjies Eugene Jantjies (born 10 August 1986 in Gobabis, South-West Africa) is a Namibian rugby union scrum-half, currently playing for the . Club career He played for Namibian side Western Suburbs from 2004 to 2007. He then moved to Farul Constan ...

*12 PJ van Lill *11

Jacques Burger Jacques Burger (born 29 July 1983 in Windhoek, South West Africa) is a retired Namibian rugby union loose forward who finished his career at Saracens in the Aviva Premiership. Club career He played for Saracens, having joined them in the 2009/ ...

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Aranos Coetzee Johannes Voges 'Aranos' Coetzee (born 14 March 1988) is a Namibian rugby union player for the in the Pro14 and the in the Currie Cup. His regular position is prop. Career Youth / Western Province Coetzee was born in Windhoek and went to pr ...

*11 Tinus du Plessis *11 Hugo Horn *11 Johnny Redelinghuys Most points overall *59 Theuns Kotzé *22

Tiaan Swanepoel Tiaan Henk Swanepoel (born 4 June 1996) is a Namibian rugby union player for the in Super Rugby . His regular position is fly-half or fullback. He made his Super Rugby debut for the in their round 1 match against the in February 2020, st ...

*22 Leandre van Dyk *18 Emile Wessels *15 JC Greyling Most points in a match *16 Theuns Kotzé vs (2015) *16

vs (2023) *15 Theuns Kotzé vs (2011) *10

vs (2015) *9 Theuns Kotzé vs (2015) *9 Damian Stevens vs (2019) Most tries overall *3 JC Greyling *2

*2 Heinz Koll *2 Theuns Kotzé *2 Gerswin Mouton *2 Johann Tromp Most penalty goals overall *8 Theuns Kotzé *6

*6 Leandre van Dyk *3 Damian Stevens *2

Cliven Loubser Cliven Sven James Loubser (born 24 February 1997) is a Namibian rugby union player for the n national team and for in the Varsity Cup. His regular position is fly-half. He also plays for the Utah Warriors of Major League Rugby Major Lea ...

Morné Schreuder Morné Schreuder (born 5 September 1979 in Windhoek) is a Namibian rugby union fly half. Schreuder competed for the Namibia national rugby union team The Namibia national rugby union team represents Namibia in men's international rugby union ...

*1 Emile Wessels

References

* Davies, Gerald (2004) ''The History of the Rugby World Cup'' (Sanctuary Publishing Ltd, () * Farr-Jones, Nick, (2003). ''Story of the Rugby World Cup'', Australian Post Corporation, () {{Rugby World Cup by nation Rugby World Cup by nation

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