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
Tanzania national football team not eligible to enter the World Cup or Africa Cup of Nations. See "Zanzibar national football team". Recently, Tanzania has invested more money in the team in hope of improvement. Tanzania has beaten Burkina Faso twice in the African Cup of Nations qualifiers and beat Cameroon 1–0 in a friendly match. The most recent achievement was a 1−0 win against South Africa in the 2017 COSAFA Cup Quarter-finals. But afterwards, Tanzania lost the Semi-finals 2−4 to Zambia. Then, in the Third-place playoff, Tanzania managed to win the match against Lesotho 4−2 in a penalty shootout after the extra time ended