Portugal national rugby league team

This article is about the rugby league team. For the rugby union team, see Portugal national rugby union team.

Portugal

Nickname	Os Galos (Roosters)
Governing body	PRLA
Region	Europe
Head coach	Mal Speers
Captain	Isaac de Gois
Colours
First international
Fiji A 40–4 Portugal (Parramatta, Australia; 8 October 2005)
Biggest win
Portugal 28–16 Japan (Sefton, Australia; 6 February 2008)
Biggest defeat
Portugal 6–64 Malta (Fairfield, Australia; 17 October 2009)

The Portuguese national rugby league team (nicknamed the Roosters) is the national rugby league team of Portugal. The captain of the team is Cronulla Sharks' hooker, Isaac de Gois and their coach is Mal Speers.

History

2000s

The Portuguese Rugby League Association (PRLA) was established in January 2005. Based in Marrickville, Sydney, Australia, the founder of the PRLA is an Australian born rugby league supporter, who married into a Portuguese family.

The first meeting of the PRLA was held at the Henson Park Hotel on early September 2005 and was attended by players who would form the nucleus of the team for the first match.

Portugal's first match was played against Fiji A, one month later, at Granville Park, on 8 October, 2005, as part of the Fiji National Day Celebrations.

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.

In 2006, the PRLA entered the team in two sevens tournaments (VB Sevens @ St Marys and the Illawarra Sevens in Wollongong) as well as accepting an offer to play against touring teams from Britain (Great Britain Armed Forces and the British Royal Armoured Corps).

In 2007, Portugal's featured in the VB Sevens at St Marys in February and in October, an International friendly against Malta.

In April 2007, PRLA Executive met with the officials from the Portuguese Rugby Union, who were in Australia for the IRB World Sevens Rugby Tournament. The meeting proved fruitful, with a sporting alliance being established between the two codes.

In February 2008, Portugal competed in the International Nines at Cabramatta and the Illawarra Sevens as well as an International friendly against Japan in Sydney.

Future plans

The PRLA has set a Development program for rugby league players aged 14 to 16. The program is aimed at identifying Portuguese rugby league players and providing them with an opportunity to play rugby league for Portugal in Junior Rugby League matches and tournaments.

In Australia, participation in sevens tournaments and international matches against local and touring teams during the rugby league off-season, from October to February.

Overseas, development opportunities in Portugal and other Portuguese communities, worldwide. Plans are underway for an overseas rugby league tour to South Africa in 2010. This tour will see rugby league/union players from Australia, France and Portugal come together for the historic tour. They will be joined by players from South Africa. It is expected this tour will be in May 2010.

There are also other options for the Portuguese Rugby League, including future tournaments in Portugal before heading to Italy for their annual Nines tournament.

Participation in future rugby league World Cup qualifiers will occur once the rugby league is established in Portugal. Portugal will be part of the European Division in World Cup Rugby League qualifiers.

Players

Squad

Portugal national rugby league team
Run-on team								Coaching staff
Gabriel Ramon - FB - Comets Carlos Ramos - WG - Souths Juniors Wayne Dargan - CE - Mounties Victor Penitani - CE - Wolves Luke Gomes - WG - unattached Blake Austin - FE, LK - Panthers Aaron De Gois - HB - Sharks Chester Paselio - PR - Mounties Isaac De Gois (c) - HK - Sharks Eddie Su'a - PR - Sharks Brenton Dean - SR - Vikings Ivan Pancho - SR - Eagles Marcios Ramos - LK - unattached		Eric De Gois - HK - unattached Scott Gould - HB - Cougars Shannon Thorne - FB - Green Valley Siosaia Uava - SR - Green Valley						Head coach Mal Speers Legend: (c) Captain (vc) Vice captain

List of portuguese players

Year indicates first match for Portugal.

Cap No.	Name	Team	Years Played	Position	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Points
1.	Pancho, IvanIvan Pancho	Campbelltown Eagles	2005-12	Second-row	13	8	0	0	32
2.	Ramon, GabrielGabriel Ramon	Central Comets	2005-12	Five-eighth Fullback Halfback	13	5	5	0	30
3.	De Gois, IsaacIsaac De Gois (C)	Cronulla Sharks	2005-12	Hooker Five-eighth	8	1	0	1	5
4.	De Gois, AaronAaron De Gois	Cronulla Sharks	2005-11	Halfback	10	1	0	0	4
5.	De Gois, EricEric De Gois	Unattached	2005-10	Hooker	7	0	0	0	0
6.	Paseilo, ChesterChester Paseilo	Mount Pritchard Mounties	2005-10	Prop Second-row	8	3	0	0	12
7.	Nunes, BentoBento Nunes	Unattached	2005-08	Wing Fullback	4	0	1	0	2
8.	Nunes, JosephJoseph Nunes	Unattached	2005-08	Centre	3	1	1	0	6
9.	Islamovic, JemalJemal Islamovic	Unattached	2005-06	Wing Second-row	3	0	0	0	0
10.	Ferreria, RubenRuben Ferreria	Unattached	2005-06	Fullback	2	0	0	0	0
11.	De Gois, FabioFabio De Gois	Unattached	2005-06	Centre	2	0	0	0	0
12.	Reed, AshAsh Reed	Unattached	2005-06	Prop	2	0	0	0	0
13.	De Arajuo, EmmanuelEmmanuel De Arajuo	Unattached	2005-06	Wing Hooker	2	0	0	0	0
14.	Parker, RichardRichard Parker	Unattached	2005-06	Prop	2	0	0	0	0
15.	D' Cruz, JeremyJeremy D' Cruz	Unattached	2005-06	Centre	2	0	0	0	0
16.	Moses, AnthonyAnthony Moses	Unattached	2005-06	Lock	2	0	0	0	0
17.	Moniz, NeylNeyl Moniz	Unattached	2005-06	Wing	2	0	0	0	0
18.	Veve, MattMatt Veve	Unattached	2005	Prop	1	0	0	0	0
19.	Coelho, MatthewMatthew Coelho	Unattached	2006-12	Five-eighth Fullback	10	6	7	0	38
20.	Abood, MichaelMichael Abood	Unattached	2006-12	Halfback Five-eighth	11	5	2	0	24
21.	Brockman, ChrisChris Brockman	Unattached	2006-08	Second-row	3	0	0	0	0
22.	Manukunga, JamieJamie Manukunga	Unattached	2006-08	Fullback	4	0	0	0	0
23.	Ferguson, JohnJohn Ferguson	Unattached	2006-07	Centre	3	0	0	0	0
24.	Carrascalao, HelderHelder Carrascalao	Unattached	2006	Second-row	1	0	0	0	0
25.	Austin, BlakeBlake Austin	Penrith Panthers	2007-12	Five-eighth Halfback	6	0	0	0	0
26.	Penitani, VictorVictor Penitani	Windsor Wolves	2007-10	Centre	9	4	0	0	16
27.	Dean, BrentonBrenton Dean	Vikings RLFC	2007-10	Second-row	5	0	0	0	0
28.	Ramos, CarlosCarlos Ramos	Souths Juniors	2007-12	Wing	8	3	1	0	13
29.	De Brito, BenBen De Brito	Dapto RLFC	2007-09	Second-row	7	1	0	0	4
30.	Ramos, MarcosMarcos Ramos	Unattached	2008-12	Lock	8	1	0	0	4
31.	Harris, BenBen Harris	Retired	2008-09	Centre	4	3	0	0	12
32.	Thorne, ShannonShannon Thorne	Green Valley United RLFC	2009-12	Fullback	6	1	0	0	4
33.	Dargan, WayneWayne Dargan	Mount Pritchard Mounties	2009-12	Centre	5	0	0	0	0
34.	Gould, ScottScott Gould	St Marys Cougars	2009-12	Halfback	4	0	0	0	0
35.	Gomez, LukeLuke Gomez	Canley Vale RLFC	2009-11	Wing	5	0	0	0	0
36.	Ainnu, DemitriusDemitrius Ainnu	Mount Pritchard Mounties	2009-10	Second-row	2	0	0	0	0
37.	Uava, SiosaiaSiosaia Uava	St Marys Cougars	2009-10	Second-row	2	0	0	0	0
38.	Topler, RowanRowan Topler	Green Valley United RLFC	2009-10	Centre	2	0	0	0	0
39.	Su'a, EddieEddie Su'a	Cronulla Sharks	2009	Prop	1	0	0	0	0

Results

• Portugal defeated Cumberland Beavers 34-4 November 1, 2008
• Portugal defeated Japan 28-16 February 6, 2008
• Malta defeated Portugal 56-12 October 6, 2007
• British Royal Armoured Corps defeated Portugal 17-8, October 12, 2006
• Great Britain Armed Forces defeated Portugal 66-6, April 21, 2006
• Fiji defeated Portugal 40 - 4, October 8, 2005

2012 Cabramatta International Nines tournament squad

• 1.Aaron Gomes
• 3.Carlos Ramos
• 4.Justin Camacho
• 5.Luis Camacho
• 6.Gabriel Ramon (c)
• 7.Blake Austin
• 8.Robert Gomes
• 9.Matt Bateman
• 10.James Harriman
• 11.Josh Head
• 12.Wade Graham
• 13.Marcois Ramos
• 14.Bento Nunes
• 15.Chris Chevis
• 16.Wayne Dargan
• 17.Sonny Masae

• Coach/Manager: Mal Speers
• Trainer: Victor Penitani

• v Cook Islands 4-24
• v Vanuatu 4-40
• v Philippines 0-20

External links

• The Portuguese Rugby League Association
• Report of the First Match