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The Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) is governing body for rugby union within Africa. The Confederation currently has 36 member nations and is responsible for running various rugby tournaments within Africa, especially the Africa Cup. A scrum Rugby union (often referred to as rugby, union or football) is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league. ...
For other uses, see Africa (disambiguation). ...
History
The Confederation was officially launched in January 1986 in Tunis. The inaugural members at the meeting were Tunisia, Morocco, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Kenya, the Seychelles and Madagascar. A meeting was held in July 1992 in Casablanca with the view of integrating the SARFU into the confederation. The Confederation now has 36 member nations. Logo of Casablanca Casablanca from space Casablanca (Spanish for white house ; Standard Arabic: الدار البيضاء transliterated ; Moroccan Arabic: dar beïda; Berber: Taddart Tashemlalt) is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. ...
The South African Rugby Football Union (SARFU) is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board. ...
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. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela OM, CC, AC, QC (IPA ) (born 18 July 1918) was the first President of South Africa to be elected in fully-representative democratic elections. ...
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The African Leopards are a representative team from Africa which aims to promote the sport throughout the whole of Africa. The Leopards played their first ever match in July 2005 at Ellis Park as a curtain raiser between Springboks and Australia. The African Leopards are a African rugby union representative team, organised by the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR). ...
Ellis Park can refer to two different sporting venues: A stadium used for rugby and football (soccer) in Johannesburg, South Africa: Ellis Park A thoroughbred horse race track in Henderson, Kentucky, USA: Ellis Park This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise...
First international British and Irish Lions 4 - 0 South Africa (30 July 1891) Largest win Uruguay 5 - 134 South Africa (11 June 2005) Worst defeat England 53 - 3 South Africa (23 November 2002) World Cup Appearances 3 (First in 1995) Best result Champions, 1995 The Springboks, Bokke or amaBokoboko are...
External links - The Confederation of African Rugby
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