The Algeria national rugby union team represents the Algerian Rugby Federation (FAR) in men's international rugby union. The first match they competed in was on 24 February 2007, in a game in Tunis against the Tunisia national rugby union team (to which Algeria won by 8âÂÂ7). 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 was 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 played their first international match on 27 February 2007 against Tunisia, a match Algeria won 8 to 7.
In 2010, the Algerian rugby team participated in its first official tournament organized by the Confederation of African Rugby, the 2010 CAR Development Trophy which took place in Cairo, Egypt. Algeria emerged victorious from the tournament and won its first trophy by beating Egypt team in the final.
On 1 June 2015, the Algerian Rugby Union team flew to Malaysia for the Crescent Cup Rugby Championship, their first official international competition. The Algerian rugby union team started its tournament with a 26âÂÂ5 victory against the Kazakhstan team, ranked Algeria reached the final of the competition against Malaysian team, but the match was stopped due to riots between the players.
On 17 November 2015, the federation was formally established in Algiers at a general assembly meeting chaired by Mustapha Larfaoui, Honorary President of the Algerian Olympic Committee Olympic and Sports Algerian and in the presence of 18 clubs representing 16 wilayas. Sofiane Benhassen is elected the first president of the Algerian rugby union (FAR). Membership in the continental federation Rugby Africa is planned in December 2016.
The first official match played under the auspices of the Algerian federation on 18 December 2015 Oran against the Tunisia. Salim and Djemaï Tebani are breeders of this first official meeting on Algerian soil. In Ahmed Zabana Stadium of Oran, Algeria won this game 16âÂÂ6 with a team consisting mainly of players based in France and two players trained in Algerian clubs.
In December 2016, the Algerian Rugby Federation in collaboration with Rugby Africa will organize the first edition of a Maghreb Tri-nations grouping Algeria, Tunisia national rugby union team and the Morocco national rugby union team. World Rugby has validated it, and the event will take place at Oran, Algeria.
The Algerian team, in their first participation in the tournament, signed in the North Group with Cameroon and Nigeria, but the Cameroonian team had been postponed through lack of organization that Rugby Africa disqualified Cameroon and suspended the activity of the country's federation for three months. which made the organizing committee to play a home-and-home series matches against Nigeria in Zambia, but the latter also withdrew to be a final Winner North vs Winner South against Zambia 4 November 2017 at Mufulira Leopards Rugby Club. in a historic match as the first official match to enable the Algerian team to win a 30âÂÂ25 in the first defeat to Zambia in its home since 2002. the Algerian national team will play next season in the Rugby Africa Silver Cup.
Algeria play internationals since it first receives match on 2015 at Ahmed Zabana Stadium in Oran.
Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by an Algeria national XV at test level up until 22 November 2025, updated after match with .
The following 45 players were called up for the 2021âÂÂ22 Rugby Africa Cup matches against Ghana and Uganda.
Head coach: Boumedienne Allam
The current coaching staff of the Algerian national team:
On 31 August 2021, the Senegalese Ousmane Mané was chosen by the FAR as the coach of the national selection succeeding to Boumedienne Allam.<br>Below is a list of historical coaches of the Algeria rugby union national team.