Confederation of African Rugby
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| Formation | 1986
as CAR
2014 Rugby Africa
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| Type | Sports federation |
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Membership
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37 unions |
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President
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Abdelaziz Bougja |
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Vice President
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David Gilbert |
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Treasurer
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Marcellin Zahui |
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Secretary
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Mervin Green |
| Affiliations | World Rugby |
| Website | rugbyafrique |
Rugby Africa (French: Rugby Afrique), known as the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) prior to December 2014, is the administrative body for rugby union within Africa. It was formed in 1986 to promote, develop, organise and administer the game of rugby in Africa under the authority of World Rugby (formerly IRB), which is the world governing body of rugby union.
Rugby Africa currently has 37 member nations and is responsible for running various rugby tournaments including the Africa Cup, which is the main 15-a-side competition for African national teams.
Tournaments run by Rugby Africa include:
The Confederation of African Rugby (French: Confédération Africaine de Rugby) was officially launched in January 1986 in Tunis. The inaugural members at the meeting were Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Morocco, Senegal, the Seychelles, Tanzania and Tunisia. A meeting was held in July 1992 in Casablanca with the view of integrating the SARFU into the confederation. South Africa had been denied entry until this time because of the government policy of apartheid (South African rugby had been governed by the mainly white South African Rugby Board and the mainly black South African Rugby Union). In March 1992 these were formally combined to form the South African Rugby Football Union (SARFU). The Confederation now has 37 member nations.
The African Rugby Charter was signed by the President of CAR, Abdelaziz Bougja, the then President of the South African Rugby Union (SARFU) Brian van Rooyen, in the presence of former South African president Nelson Mandela, and the South African Minister of Sport, Makhenkesi Stofile.
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