Seychelles national rugby union team

The Seychelles national rugby union team represents the Seychelles in international rugby union. The nation have yet to play in a Rugby World Cup tournament.

The national ground has an unusual distinction: it is formed from ground flattened from a massive landslide caused by a heavy rain from a cyclone. ^[1]

References

↑ Cain, Nick & Growden, Greg "Chapter 21: Ten Peculiar Facts about Rugby" in Rugby Union for Dummies (2nd Edition), p295 (pub: John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, England) ISBN 978-0-470-03537-5

International rugby union teams

Tier 1 teams	Argentina Australia England France Ireland Italy New Zealand Scotland South Africa Wales

Tier 2 teams	Canada Fiji Georgia Japan Namibia Portugal Romania Russia Samoa Spain Tonga United States Uruguay

Tier 3 (Development One) teams	Belgium Brazil Chile Germany Hong Kong Ivory Coast South Korea Zimbabwe

Tier 3 (Development Two) teams	American Samoa Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Bermuda Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cayman Islands China Chinese Taipei Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Finland Ghana Greece Guam Guyana Hungary India Indonesia Iran Israel Jamaica Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Laos 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 Senegal Serbia Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands Sri Lanka St Lucia St Vincent and the Grenadines Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Tahiti Tanzania Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Zambia

French Rugby Federation	Mayotte Réunion Guadeloupe Martinique New Caledonia Wallis and Futuna

Non-affiliated to World Rugby	Algeria Benin Burkina Faso Catalonia Central Africa Chad Congo Curaçao Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Egypt Estonia Gabon Gibraltar Guatemala Jordan Lebanon Libya Macau Montenegro Niger Panama Qatar San Marino Slovakia St. Kitts and Nevis Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu

Combination teams	African Leopards British and Irish Lions Pacific Islanders South American XV

Defunct teams	Arabian Gulf Commonwealth of Independent States Czechoslovakia East Africa East Germany Nyasaland (Malawi) Soviet Union Wallis and Futuna West Germany Yugoslavia

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