Algeria national rugby union team
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| Nickname(s) | "Les Lionceaux" (The Lion Cubs) |
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| Ground(s) | Stade Ahmed Zabana |
| Coach(es) | Djemaï Tebani, Foudil Youbi and Salah Rebadj |
| Captain(s) | Faisal Bentayeb |
| Most caps | Samir Khamouche (9) |
| Top scorer | Boris Bouhraoua (40) |
| Most tries | Mohamed Khedaria (3) |
| First international | |
 Tunisia 7–8 Algeria  (24 February 2007) |
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| Largest win | |
 Libya 0–50 Algeria (26 October 2010)  Egypt 0–50 Algeria (29 October 2010) |
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| Largest defeat | |
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Tunisia 27-13 Algeria (6 June 2012) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | None (First in -) |
| Best result | - |
The Algeria national rugby union team represents Algeria in rugby union. The team is administered by the Algerian rugby Federation (FAR). The first match they competed in was on the 24th February 2007, in a game in Tunis against the Tunisia national rugby union team (to which Algeria won by 8-7). While almost all current national team players play for clubs in the French championship, there are some national players who practice the sport in Australia, New Zealand, Romania and England. The first coach of the Algeria national rugby union team was Morad Kellal.
Rugby is played on Algerian territory during French colonization. After this period, its practice decreased rapidly, until disappearing in 1972. At the invitation of the Tunisia national rugby union team, Algeria brought together Nabeul a selection of the best Algerian players from rugby and started on the international stage On 27 February 2007 against Tunisia, a match that she won 8 to 7 Algeria, the Fennecs dream of having a federation with an attempt of Samir Khamouche playing at Castres and a penalty Of Nadir Boukhaloua playing Lyon OU. Later, the Algerians won 20 points to 17 against the hopes of the Stade français at the Villeneuve stadium of the commune of Clichy, department of Hauts-de-Seine, As well as against other African teams, including the Ivory Coast team., in the absence of a federation recognized by the Algerian State, it does not appear in the World Rugby Rankings and has not yet played an official meeting.
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