The Tanzania Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in Tanzania. It is a member of the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) and an associate member of the International Rugby Board.
Originally the Tanzanian Rugby Football Union was incorporated into the Rugby Football Union of East Africa (RFUEA) in 1956.This tended to be dominated by Kenya, but Tanzania got its own union in the 1970s.
Tanzanian rugby was for a long while subsumed under “East Africa”, which tended to be dominated by Kenya. The game is established in the former Tanganyika, but not Zanzibar, despite attempts to help get the game established there.
For many years rugby in East Africa was dominated by whites and expatriates, In Kenya and Uganda the game was readily taken up by the indigenous black community in the early 1970s though in Tanzania black players still make up a minority of the sport’s participants there are several initiatives to change this.
Tanzania is a founder member of the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR), which was launched officially in January 1986, in Tunis, Tunisia. Rugby officials from Tunisia,Morocco, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Kenya, the Seychelles and Madagascar also attended.
The Tanzania national rugby union team represents Tanzania in international rugby union. They are known as the Twigas ("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 Arusha late June. The 'Twigas' defeated Mayotte 18-11 on June 26 and Rwanda 53-6 on June 30. Burundi were unable to send their team. Tanzania went on to play Botswana, the winner of South Zone, Pool B, in Gaborone on 18 August. Tanzania lost 14-37.
The first match for both Kenya and Tanzania (Tanganyika at the time) took place in 1954 at Arusha. It was held shortly before the First Tuskers Copperbelt tour later that year and served as a selection trial for the tour. This match was won by Kenya though the exact score is not known. The next year the fixture was repeated, again at Arusha, Tanganyika winning by 11 points to 3. The third match occurred a year later in 1956, again at Arusha; Kenya winning this encounter 0-13. for the current now days there are many clubs in Tanzania;
Tanga Warriors club
Dar leopard
Arusha rhino and ARDP
Parrort
Moshi
and many of thems.
LETS SUPPORT RUGBY IN TANZANIA.
Tanga Warriors club
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