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Portugal began in Pool 3 of Round B in the European qualifying competition for the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Portugal won all their group matches, except for the one against Spain, and still finished second in the group, which took them into Pool 3 of Round C. All games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The team was captained by Isaac de Gois, featuring his brothers Eric and Aaron, as well as their cousin, Fábio de Gois. Born in Madeira , Fábio was playing his first match of rugby league. Ivan Pacho has the honour of scoring Portugal's first try, in a 40–4 loss.
The IRB Sevens World Series circuit has allowed the Portuguese players to demonstrate their competence to the wider rugby world. In 2006-07 Portugal was an IRB Sevens "core team", participating in each of the season's events, for the first time. They have become an established power in the abbreviated form of the game.
Portugal national rugby team may refer to: Portugal national rugby union team; Portugal women's national rugby union team. Portugal national rugby sevens team; Portugal women's national rugby union team (sevens) Portugal national rugby league team
The Divisão de Honra Championships are organized by the Federação Portuguesa de Rugby (Portuguese Rugby Federation) [1] and currently consists of 12 teams. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The last placed team in the competition is relegated at the end of the season to the Campeonato Nacional de Rugby I Divisão (Portugal's second level of men's rugby union ...
As Lusitanas, the 1995 team that played Portugal's first test match, versus Germany. Portugal played their first test match on 14 May 1995 against Germany, they were thrashed 50–0 in Heidelberg. [1] After 26 years of inactivity, they returned to the international scene in December 2021, they defeated Belgium 10–8 in Lisbon. [1]
Grupo Dramático e Sportivo Cascais is a Portuguese rugby union team. It had a player, Paulo Murinello , at the Portuguese squad that participated at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals. It also has a team that plays in Liga Portuguesa de Futsal .
Lusitanos XV are a Portuguese professional rugby union representative team based in Lisbon which was created in September 2013 to compete in the 2013–14 European Challenge Cup. [1] It was announced by the Rugby governing body ERC on 2 September that the Portuguese team would hold their home games at Estádio Nacional. [2]