Uganda Rugby Union

The Uganda Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in Uganda. It was established in 1959 and is responsible for organising local competitions and the Rugby Cranes national representative team. The URU is a member of both World Rugby and Rugby Africa.

External links

Uganda Rugby Union Official Site

Rugby union in East Africa

Governing bodies	Rugby Football Union of East Africa Kenya Rugby Football Union Uganda Rugby Football Union Tanzania Rugby Football Union

Rugby Union in	Kenya Tanzania Uganda

Representative sides	East Africa (Tuskers) Scorpions

Competitions	Bamburi Rugby Super Series Enterprise Cup Victoria Cup Elgon Cup

Rugby Africa member nations

Algeria Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Central Africa Chad Congo DR Congo Egypt Gabon Ghana Ivory Coast Kenya Libya Madagascar Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte* Morocco Namibia Niger Nigeria Réunion* Rwanda Senegal Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

The governing body for Mayotte and Réunion is the French Rugby Federation, which is affiliated with World Rugby and which has territorial committees for France's overseas departments and territories. Members in italics are not members of World Rugby

Rugby unions by best performance at the Men's World Cups

Winners	Australia (2 Times) England (Once) New Zealand (3 Times) South Africa (2 Times)

Runners up	France (3 Times)

Third	Argentina (Once) Wales (Once)

Fourth	Scotland (Once)

Quarter Final	Canada (Once) Fiji (2 Times) Ireland (6 Times) Samoa (2 Times)

Pool stages	Côte d'Ivoire (Once) Georgia (4 Times) Italy (8 Times) Japan (8 Times) Namibia (5 Times) Portugal (Once) Romania (8 Times) Russia (Once) Spain (Once) Tonga (7 Times) United States (7 Times) Uruguay (3 Times) Zimbabwe (2 Times)

Without World Cup experience	American Samoa Andorra Arabian Gulf Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belgium Bermuda Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland Germany Ghana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Hungary India Iran Israel Jamaica Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Netherlands Nigeria Niue Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Rwanda St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines Serbia Senegal Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Tahiti Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) Tanzania Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Zambia

Rugby unions by best performance at the Women's Rugby World Cup

Winners	England (2 Times) New Zealand (4 Times) United States (Once)

Runners up	Canada (Once)

Third	Australia (Once) France (5 Times)

Fourth	Wales (Once) Ireland (Once)

Group stages	Germany (2 Times) Italy (3 Times) Japan (3 Times) Kazakhstan (6 Times) Netherlands (3 Times) Russia (3 Times) Samoa (3 Times) Scotland (5 Times) South Africa (3 Times) Spain (5 Times) Sweden (4 Times)

Without World Cup experience	American Samoa Andorra Arabian Gulf Argentina Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belgium Bermuda Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Fiji Finland Georgia Ghana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Hungary India Iran Israel Ivory Coast Jamaica Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Namibia Nigeria Niue Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Rwanda St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines Serbia Senegal Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Swaziland Switzerland Tahiti Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda Ukraine Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Zambia Zimbabwe

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