Tanzania national rugby union team Tanzania national rugby union team The Tanzania national rugby union team represents Tanzania in international rugby union. They are known as the "Twigas" (Swahili for "giraffes"). Tanzania are a member of the International Rugby Board (IRB), and have yet to play in a Rugby World Cup tournament. In the 1970s expatriates and Tanzanians regularly played in the national team in an annual competition against Kenya. Tanzania played their first officially recognised international in 2004, defeating Burundi. Tanzania won the CAR Castel Cup in 2006. Tanzania won the 2007 CAR Castel Cup Division 2, South Zone, Pool A tournament held in
Bahá'í Faith in Tanzania in Tanzania. In 2005 Association of Religion Data Archives, based on World Christian Encyclopedia, estimated some 163,800, Bahá'ís (0.4% of the national population.) Bahá'í Faith in Tanzania The Bahá'í Faith in Tanzania begins when the first pioneer, Claire Gung, arrived in 1950 in what was then called Tanganyika. With the first Tanganyikan to join the religion in 1952 the first Bahá'í Local Spiritual Assembly was elected in 1952 of Tanganyika in Dar es Salaam. In 1956 a regional Bahá'í Assembly which included Tanganyika was elected. Later each of the constituent countries successively formed their own independent Bahá'í National Spiritual Assembly