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Portugal
Shirt badge/Association crest
NicknameOs Lobos (The Wolves)
EmblemPortuguese shield
UnionPortuguese Rugby Federation
Head coachSimon Mannix
CaptainTomás Appleton
Most capsGonçalo Uva (101)
Vasco Uva (101)
Top scorerGonçalo Malheiro (279)
Top try scorerRodrigo Marta (25)
Home stadiumVarious
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current15 (as of 16 November 2024)
Highest13 (2023)
Lowest30 (2015, 2016)
First international
 Portugal 5–6 Spain 
(Lisbon, Portugal; 13 April 1935)
Biggest win
 Portugal 93–0 Czech Republic 
(Caldas da Rainha, Portugal; 23 March 2019)
Biggest defeat
 New Zealand 108–13 Portugal 
(Lyon, France; 15 September 2007)
World Cup
Appearances2 (First in 2007)
Best resultPool stage (2007, 2023)
Websitefpr.pt

The Portugal national rugby union team,[1] nicknamed Os Lobos (The Wolves), represents Portugal in men's international rugby union competitions. The team, as well as all rugby union in Portugal, is administered by the Portuguese Rugby Federation.

Portugal have experienced modest success in the last two decades. They qualified for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France and though they lost all their matches, they managed to score one try in each game and led against Romania until the late minutes. Portugal qualified for their second Rugby World Cup in 2022, topping a repechage qualifying group featuring the United States, Hong Kong, and Kenya to qualify for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. In that edition of the tournament, Portugal got their first competition points in a Rugby World Cup when they drew Georgia 18-18. Later on in the tournament, they got their first ever win in the Rugby World Cup when they beat Fiji 24-23 thanks to a late try from Rodrigo Marta.

History

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Early

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Portugal played its first ever rugby international in April 1935 against Spain, losing by a single point, 6–5.[citation needed] They played Spain again the following year with Spain winning 16–9. Portugal had more regular competition from the mid-1960s, and won their first game in 1966, defeating Spain 9–3.[citation needed] Portugal played Italy for the first time in 1967, losing 6–3. They also had their first match against Romania soon after and lost by 40 points. They defeated Belgium in 1968, and also played Morocco for the first time.

The first game of the 1970s was a draw against the Netherlands. Portugal managed to draw with Italy (nil all) in 1972 and following that, defeated them 9–6 in 1973. After a number of mixed results throughout the early 1970s, Portugal won five matches in a row from 1979 through to 1981. They played Morocco, who won the encounter. After a 1983 draw against Spain, Portugal managed a seven-game winning streak from 1984 to 1985, including wins over Belgium, Denmark, Morocco, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Zimbabwe. The first Rugby World Cup was held in 1987, though it was by invitation, thus there was no qualifying tournament and Portugal did not participate.

1990s

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From 1989 to 1990, the 1991 World Cup qualifiers were held for the European nations. Portugal started in Round 2b in October 1989. They defeated Czechoslovakia 15 to 13 in Ricant to advance to Round 2c. However here they were defeated by the Netherlands 32–3 and eliminated from qualifying.

Portugal again participated in the 1995 World Cup qualifying competition for European teams, starting in Round 1. They were pooled in the West Group, and defeated Belgium and Switzerland, but lost to Spain, advancing into Round 2. Here Wales defeated them, and they lost to Spain.

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. Portugal lost 85–11 to Scotland, and 21–17 to Spain. Both Scotland and Spain went through to the World Cup; Portugal went into repechage, where Portugal lost a home and away series to Uruguay.

2000s

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In 2002, Portugal began playing for a place in the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Pool A of Round 3 of the European qualifying tournament. They were grouped with Spain and Poland. Each nation only won one game, though on for and against Portugal finished second to Spain. Portugal were knocked out of competition. In 2003–04, Portugal won the European Nations Cup, losing only one match to win their first championship. In 2004, Professor Tomaz Morais, coach of the Portugal national team at both sevens and fifteen a side, was nominated for the IRB's coach of the year award. This was a remarkable achievement for a coach from a third tier rugby nation. Morais has been credited with much of Portugal's progress in recent years.

In 2006, it was announced that Portugal would receive a grant from the IRB to help develop their rugby to Tier 2 standard. Few details were released regarding how the money was spent, but it was hoped it would ensure that Portugal's rugby would be able to move onto the next level. In 2006, the inaugural IRB Nations Cup was hosted in Lisbon. The tournament featured Portugal, Russia, Argentina A and Italy A.

2007 World Cup

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Main articles: 2007 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification and Portugal at the Rugby World Cup
Portugal (in red) playing Italy

Portugal began their qualification campaign for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in 2004, as part of the European Nations Cup Division 1 2004–06 tournament. They won their first match, defeating Ukraine 6–36. They then defeated Georgia 18–14 in their second match, won their third match against the Czech Republic, defeated Russia as well, but then lost to Romania. Portugal then drew with Russia 19-all and lost to Georgia. After a loss to Romania and a win against the Czech Republic, Portugal finished third overall in the standings, and qualified for Round 5.

Round 5 was played in October 2006 as a three match series between Italy, Russia and Portugal. Both Portugal and Russia lost heavily in their matches against Italy, who easily qualified for the finals. Second place came down to the final match of the round in Lisbon. Portugal won the match 26–23 against Russia to make it to Round 6. Round 6 was a home and away series against the Round 5 Pool B winners, Georgia. Portugal lost the first match, but drew 11-all in the second meeting. Georgia went through to the finals, and Portugal entered the repechage round where they defeated Morocco 26–20 on aggregate.

Portugal then faced Uruguay for the last position in the finals. In the first leg of the two-match Repechage series, Portugal won 12–5. In the second game in Montevideo Portugal lost 18–12. On aggregate, Portugal won 24–23, sending them to their first ever World Cup. Having qualified for their first World Cup, several players were subsequently arrested in the ensuing celebrations as a result of an altercation with local police.[citation needed] No charges were laid and the players involved were allowed to leave Uruguay.

In the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Portugal went to Pool C, alongside favourites the All Blacks, Italy, Romania and Scotland. Portugal's highlights included preventing Italy getting a bonus point, scoring a try against the All Blacks, and coming within a try of beating Romania before losing 14–10. They also managed to score in all the four games, unlike Scotland and Romania. The Portugal team were celebrated for their commitment and passion,[citation needed] and for being the only amateur team to make it to the World Cup.

2008–present

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After the World Cup, Portugal faced some problems, including the end of the club and international careers of several key players, like Joaquim Ferreira, Paulo Murinello, Samuel Belo and Rui Cordeiro, and achieved only one win over Czech Republic in the final round of the European Nations Cup tournament, finishing in 5th place, their worst result since 2002.

On 1 November 2008, they lost at home against Canada 21–13 in a friendly game.[2] After a disappointing campaign under Tomaz Morais in the 2006-08 edition of the Six Nations B, that would qualify for the 2011 Rugby World Cup finals, Murray Henderson was assigned as Specialist Forward coach.

Portugal missed the second presence at the Rugby World Cup finals, after two surprising losses at home with Georgia (10–16) and Romania (9–20), which the "Lobos" had previously defeated 22–21 abroad. Portugal thus missed the 3rd place that would have granted access to the Rugby World Cup repechage.

Tomaz Morais was replaced by New Zealand coach Errol Brain, in October 2010, with a three years contract. He had mixed results, starting with strong performances but ended up with disappointing games. He was replaced by Frederico Sousa in October 2013.

Portugal lost to Germany in the 2015–16 European Nations Cup Division 1A, finishing last, resulting in relegation for the following year.

After Portugal got relegated to the 2016–17 Rugby Europe Trophy, Portugal went on to win the tournament 3 times in a row until the 2018-19 season, when they were granted promotion to the Rugby Europe Championship. Since then, Portugal have been quite successful in the competition. In the 2020-21 season, they finished 3rd place in a league system and in the 2022-23 season, they finished 1st place in a pool with Romania, Poland and Belgium, which led them to a semi-final with Spain, which they won (27-10), going all the way to the final in Badajoz, which they unfortunately lost to Georgia (38-11).

Portugal qualified for the 2023 Rugby World Cup through the repechage tournament held in Dubai, beating Hong Kong, Kenya and drawing with the USA (16-16) on the last game, winning the repechage tournament on point difference.

They had a successful tournament, coming 4th in Pool C. They drew 18-18 with Georgia and pulled off a shock upset by beating Fiji 24-23. After the tournament, their world ranking was 13th, the highest they had ever been.

Kit providers

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Year Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsor
2005-2008 Quebramar Caixa Geral de Depósitos
2008-2014 Adidas
2014-2016 Canterbury
2016-2019 Macron
2019-2020 CV&A Consulting
2020- Banco Santander

Record

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Rugby Europe International Championships

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ENC champions
Season Division Head Coach Captain G W D L PF PA +/− Pts Pos
2000 Championship New Zealand Evan Crawford 5 2 0 3 74 100 –26 9 5th
2001 Championship New Zealand Evan Crawford 5 1 0 4 77 165 –88 7 5th
2002 Championship Portugal Tomaz Morais Rohan Hoffmann 5 2 0 3 93 130 –37 9 4th
2003 Championship Portugal Tomaz Morais Luís Pissarra 5 5 0 0 153 85 +68 15 1st
2004 Championship Portugal Tomaz Morais Luís Pissarra 5 4 0 1 92 95 -3 13 2nd
2005 Championship Portugal Tomaz Morais Luís Pissarra 5 4 0 1 101 73 +28 13 3rd
2006 Championship Portugal Tomaz Morais Vasco Uva 5 2 1 2 92 100 -8 10 4th
2007 Championship Portugal Tomaz Morais Vasco Uva 5 2 0 3 58 96 –38 9 4th
2008 Championship Portugal Tomaz Morais João Correia 5 1 0 4 116 100 +16 7 5th
2009 Championship Portugal Tomaz Morais João Correia 5 3 1 1 124 84 +40 12 3rd
2010 Championship Portugal Tomaz Morais João Correia 5 2 0 3 131 65 +66 9 4th
2011 Championship New Zealand Errol Brain João Correia 5 3 0 2 113 98 +15 14 3rd
2012 Championship New Zealand Errol Brain Gonçalo Uva 5 1 0 4 102 132 –30 7 5th
2013 Championship New Zealand Errol Brain João Correia 5 1 1 3 75 96 –21 7 4th
2014 Championship Portugal Frederico Sousa João Correia 5 1 0 4 70 126 –56 5 5th
2015 Championship Portugal João Luís Pinto Vasco Uva 5 1 0 4 52 100 –48 5 5th
2016 Championship Scotland Ian Smith Francisco Pinto Magalhães 5 0 0 5 72 210 –138 1 6th*
2017 Trophy Portugal Martim Aguiar Francisco Pinto Magalhães 5 5 0 0 179 37 +142 25 1st
2018 Trophy Portugal Martim Aguiar João Lino 5 5 0 0 168 76 +92 23 1st
2019 Trophy Portugal Martim Aguiar Salvador Vassalo 5 5 0 0 272 31 +242 25 1st
2020 Championship France Patrice Lagisquet Tomás Appleton 5 2 0 3 98 111 -13 9 4th
2021 Championship France Patrice Lagisquet Tomás Appleton 5 3 0 2 196 139 +57 14 3rd
2022 Championship France Patrice Lagisquet Tomás Appleton 5 2 1 2 139 98 +41 12 4th
2023 Championship France Patrice Lagisquet Tomás Appleton 5 4 0 1 195 88 +107 19 2nd
2024 Championship Portugal João Mirra Tomás Appleton 5 3 0 2 152 107 +45 15 2nd

Notes: Portugal's last place finish in the 2014–16 European Nations Cup First Division resulted in their relegation to 2016–17 Rugby Europe Trophy in the following year.

World Rugby Nations Cup

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Year G W D L PF PA +/− Pts Pos
Portugal 2006 3 0 1 2 62 87 –25 3 4th
Romania 2007 did not enter
Romania 2008
Romania 2009
Romania 2010
Romania 2011 3 1 0 2 60 89 –29 5 6th
Romania 2012 3 0 0 3 37 104 –67 1 6th
Romania 2013 did not enter
Romania 2014
Romania 2015

World Cup Record

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Rugby World Cup record Qualification
Year Round Pld W D L PF PA Squad Head coach Pos Pld W D L PF PA
New Zealand Australia 1987 Not invited Not invited
England France Ireland Scotland Wales 1991 Did not qualify n/a 2 1 0 1 18 45
South Africa 1995 3rd 5 2 0 3 85 177
Wales 1999 3rd 8 3 0 5 181 245
Australia 2003 2nd 2 1 0 1 60 60
France 2007 Pool Stage 4 0 0 4 38 209 Squad T. Morais 2nd 18 10 2 6 283 360
New Zealand 2011 Did not qualify 4th 10 5 1 4 255 149
England 2015 2nd 10 2 1 7 145 222
Japan 2019 2nd 7 6 0 1 237 65
France 2023 Pool Stage 4 1 1 2 64 103 Squad P. Lagisquet 1st 13 7 2 4 478 267
Australia 2027 To be determined To be determined
Total — 8 1 1 6 102 312 — — — 75 37 6 32 1742 1590
  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place Home venue

Overall

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Men's World Rugby Rankings
Top 30 as of 25 November 2024[3]
Rank Change[i] Team Points
1 Steady  South Africa 092.78
2 Steady  Ireland 090.78
3 Steady  New Zealand 090.36
4 Steady  France 088.51
5 Steady  Argentina 084.97
6 Steady  Scotland 083.34
7 Steady  England 082.31
8 Steady  Australia 081.52
9 Steady  Fiji 080.07
10 Steady  Italy 078.64
11 Steady  Wales 074.01
12 Steady  Georgia 073.85
13 Steady  Japan 072.95
14 Steady  Samoa 072.68
15 Steady  United States 070.02
16 Steady  Portugal 068.82
17 Increase1  Uruguay 067.06
18 Decrease1  Spain 065.98
19 Steady  Tonga 065.46
20 Steady  Romania 063.01
21 Steady  Chile 061.72
22 Steady  Hong Kong 059.49
23 Steady  Canada 059.18
24 Steady  Netherlands 058.56
25 Steady  Russia 058.06
26 Steady  Namibia 057.87
27 Steady  Zimbabwe 057.16
28 Steady  Brazil 056.53
29 Steady  Belgium 056.51
30 Steady   Switzerland 056.04
  1. ^ Change from the previous week
Portugal's historical rankings
See or edit source data.
Source: World Rugby[3]
Graph updated to 25 November 2024

Head to head results

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See also: List of Portugal rugby union test matches

Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Portugal national XV at test level up until 16 November 2024, updated after match with  Scotland.[4][5][6]

Opponent Played Won Lost Drawn % Won
 Andorra 3 3 0 0 100%
 Argentina XV 5 1 4 0 20%
 Australia 1 0 1 0 0%
 Australia A 1 0 1 0 0%
 Barbarians 1 0 1 0 0%
 Belgium 17 11 4 2 64.71%
 Brazil 6 4 0 2 66.67%
 Canada 5 1 4 0 20%
 Chile 4 4 0 0 100%
 Czech Republic 12 12 0 0 100%
 Czechoslovakia 2 2 0 0 100%
 Denmark 2 2 0 0 100%
 England Saxons 1 0 1 0 0%
 Fiji 3 1 2 0 33.33%
 France A 3 0 3 0 0%
 Georgia 27 4 19 4 14.81%
 Germany 9 6 3 0 66.67%
 Hong Kong 3 2 1 0 66.67%
 Italy 13 1 11 1 7.69%
 Italy A 2 0 1 1 0%
 Japan 1 0 1 0 0%
 Japan XV 1 0 1 0 0%
 Kenya 3 2 1 0 66.67%
 Lithuania 1 1 0 0 100%
 Moldova 2 2 0 0 100%
 Morocco 14 7 5 2 50%
 Namibia 9 3 6 0 33.33%
 Netherlands 17 13 3 1 76.47%
 New Zealand 1 0 1 0 0%
 Poland 12 9 3 0 75%
 Romania 29 5 24 0 17.24%
 Russia 21 6 14 1 28.57%
 Scotland 2 0 2 0 0%
 Scotland A 1 0 1 0 0%
 Spain 42 13 27 2 30.95%
 South Africa 1 0 1 0 0%
 Soviet Union 2 0 2 0 0%
 Sweden 2 2 0 0 100%
  Switzerland 7 7 0 0 100%
 Tonga 1 0 1 0 0%
 Tunisia 9 3 6 0 33.33%
 Ukraine 5 4 1 0 80%
 United States 5 1 3 1 20%
 Uruguay 10 3 7 0 30%
 Yugoslavia 3 2 0 1 66.67%
 Wales 2 0 2 0 0%
 West Germany 3 1 2 0 33.33%
 Zimbabwe 4 2 2 0 50%
Total[n 1] 330 140 172 18 42.42%

Players

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Current squad

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On 4 November, Portugal named a 42-player squad for their 2024 November international matches against the United States and Scotland.

  • Caps Updated: 16 November 2024 (after game v Scotland)
Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Luka Begic Hooker (2001-01-19) 19 January 2001 (age 23) 9 France Mont-de-Marsan
Lucas Da Silva Hooker (1997-12-19) 19 December 1997 (age 26) 0 France Brive
Santiago Lopes Hooker (2002-02-05) 5 February 2002 (age 22) 1 Portugal Cascais
Pedro Vicente Hooker (2002-11-07) 7 November 2002 (age 22) 8 Portugal Lusitanos XV
David Costa Prop (1999-07-05) 5 July 1999 (age 25) 31 Portugal Lusitanos XV
Abel da Cunha Prop (2002-01-13) 13 January 2002 (age 22) 7 Portugal Lusitanos XV
Diogo Hasse Ferreira Prop (1996-10-17) 17 October 1996 (age 28) 45 France Dax
António Machado Santos Prop (1998-06-09) 9 June 1998 (age 26) 8 Spain Alcobendas
Márcio Pinheiro Prop 0 Portugal Benfica
António Prim Prop (2002-12-07) 7 December 2002 (age 21) 11 Portugal Lusitanos XV
Cody Thomas Prop (1996-03-01) 1 March 1996 (age 28) 3 France Grenoble
Martim Belo Lock (2000-09-27) 27 September 2000 (age 24) 13 Portugal Lusitanos XV
Steevy Cerqueira Lock (1993-08-09) 9 August 1993 (age 31) 40 France Orléans
António Rebelo de Andrade Lock (2000-12-12) 12 December 2000 (age 23) 4 Portugal Agronomia
José Rebelo de Andrade Lock (1997-11-24) 24 November 1997 (age 27) 23 Portugal Agronomia
Duarte Torgal Lock (1997-12-23) 23 December 1997 (age 26) 25 Portugal Lusitanos XV
Vasco Baptista Back row (1996-10-26) 26 October 1996 (age 28) 11 Portugal CDUL
Frederico Couto Back row (1993-04-24) 24 April 1993 (age 31) 4 Portugal Lusitanos XV
André da Cunha Back row (2004-05-19) 19 May 2004 (age 20) 3 Portugal Lusitanos XV
João Granate Back row (1997-02-21) 21 February 1997 (age 27) 40 Portugal Lusitanos XV
José Madeira Back row (2001-03-19) 19 March 2001 (age 23) 40 France Grenoble
Nicolas Martins Back row (1999-01-18) 18 January 1999 (age 25) 19 France Montpellier
Diego Pinheiro Ruiz Back row (2003-09-01) 1 September 2003 (age 21) 6 France Massy
Hugo Camacho Scrum-half (2004-05-27) 27 May 2004 (age 20) 8 France Béziers
António Campos Scrum-half (2002-02-22) 22 February 2002 (age 22) 2 Portugal Lusitanos XV
Enzo Lopes Scrum-half 0 France Bassin D’Arcachon
Pedro Lucas Scrum-half (2000-10-16) 16 October 2000 (age 24) 22 Portugal Lusitanos XV
Samuel Marques Scrum-half (1988-12-08) 8 December 1988 (age 35) 26 France Béziers
Hugo Aubry Fly-half (2003-01-28) 28 January 2003 (age 21) 7 France Béziers
Domingos Cabral Fly-half (2001-08-16) 16 August 2001 (age 23) 4 Portugal Lusitanos XV
Manuel Vareiro Fly-half (2005-01-14) 14 January 2005 (age 19) 2 Portugal Lusitanos XV
Tomás Appleton (c) Centre (1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 (age 31) 74 Portugal Lusitanos XV
Gabriel Aviragnet Centre (2003-09-25) 25 September 2003 (age 21) 0 France Albi
Vasco Leite Centre 0 Portugal Lusitanos XV
José Lima Centre (1992-04-24) 24 April 1992 (age 32) 65 Portugal Lusitanos XV
Fábio Conceição Wing (1996-08-02) 2 August 1996 (age 28) 2 Portugal CDUL
Lucas Martins Wing (2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 (age 21) 5 France Agen
José Paiva dos Santos Wing (2001-04-03) 3 April 2001 (age 23) 7 Portugal Lusitanos XV
Sebastião Stilwell Wing 0 Portugal CDUL
Raffaele Storti Wing (2000-12-19) 19 December 2000 (age 23) 29 France Stade Français
Simão Bento Fullback (2001-06-21) 21 June 2001 (age 23) 14 France Mont-de-Marsan
Manuel Cardoso Pinto Fullback (1998-04-07) 7 April 1998 (age 26) 40 Portugal Agronomia

Individual all-time records

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Gonçalo Uva and Vasco Uva are the most capped players for Portugal (both 101) and Gonçalo Uva also has the record for most matches in the starting XV (95).[7][8] The highest scorer for Portugal is Gonçalo Malheiro, with 279 points.[9] Malheiro is also the player with the most drop goals (12) and penalty goals (51).[10][11] Pedro Leal holds the record for most conversions (45).[12] Rodrigo Marta with 30 tries is the player with the most tries scored.[13] Duarte Pinto has the record for most matches as a substitute, with 23 substitutions.[14] Bernardo Duarte holds the record for most matches as a substitute, without ever playing in the starting XV (14).[14]

Coaches

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Current coaching staff

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The coaching staff of the Portuguese national team in the 2024/25 season:

Name Nationality Role
Simon Mannix  NZL Head coach
Olivier Azam  FRA Forwards Coach
João Mirra  POR Backs Coach
Olivier Rieg  FRA Strength & conditioning coach
Elliot Corcoran  IRE Video analyst
José Paixão  POR Video analyst
António Cruz Ferreira  POR Team doctor
José Carlos Rodrigues  POR Physiotherapist
Rodrigo Pais  POR Physiotherapist
Mónica Neves  POR Nutricionist
Nuno Salvador  POR Team Manager
Fernando Murteira  POR Team Manager

Former coaches

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Name Years Tests Won Drew Lost Win percentage Source
Portugal Pedro Lynce 1976–1983 10 6 0 4 60% [15]
Portugal João Paulo Bessa 1983–1986 17 9 1 7 52.94% [16]
Portugal Vasco Lynce 1986–1989 15 4 1 10 26.67% [17]
Portugal Olegário Borges 1989–1993 14 7 0 7 50% [18]
Scotland Andrew Cushing 1993–1994 12 2 0 10 16.67% [19]
Portugal João Paulo Bessa 1994–1999 25 12 1 12 48% [20]
New Zealand Evan Crawford 1999–2001 11 3 0 8 27.27% [21]
Portugal Tomaz Morais 2001–2010 76 33 4 39 43.42% [22]
New Zealand Errol Brain 2010–2013 26 9 1 16 34.62% [23]
Portugal Frederico Sousa 2013–2014 8 2 0 6 25% [24]
Portugal João Luís Pinto 2014–2015 7 2 0 5 28.57% [25]
France Olivier Baragnon 2015–2016 3 1 0 2 33.33% [26]
Scotland Ian Smith 2016 5 0 0 5 0% [27]
Portugal Martim Aguiar 2016–2019 23 18 0 5 78.26% [28]
France Patrice Lagisquet 2019–2023 37 18 3 16 48.65% [29]
France Sébastien Bertrank 2023 0 0 0 0 0% [30]
Portugal João Mirra (interim) 2024 5 3 0 2 60% [31]
New Zealand Simon Mannix 2024– 2 1 0 1 50%

Last updated: 20 July 2024.

Player records

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Most caps

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# Player Pos Span Mat Pts Tries
1 Gonçalo Uva Lock 2004–2018 101 50 10
Vasco Uva Number 8 2003–2016 101 65 13
3 Joaquim Ferreira Prop 1993–2007 87 15 3
4 António Aguilar Wing 1999–2014 83 115 23
5 João Correia Hooker 2003–2014 81 20 4
6 Pedro Leal Scrum-Half 2005–2017 77 265 5
7 Tomás Appleton Centre 2014- 75 80 16
8 Diogo Mateus Centre 2000–2010 74 65 13
9 Luís Pissarra Scrum-half 1996–2007 72 0 0
10 José Lima Centre 2014- 65 81 14
Miguel Portela Centre 1996-2010 65 38 7

Last updated: Scotland vs Portugal, 16 November 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most tries

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# Player Pos Span Mat Pts Tries
1 Rodrigo Marta Wing 2018- 39 155 31
2 António Aguilar Wing 1999–2014 83 115 23
Gonçalo Foro Wing 2007–2017 62 115 23
4 Raffaele Storti Wing 2019- 27 90 18
5 Tomás Appleton Centre 2014- 75 80 16
6 Manuel Cardoso Pinto Fullback 2017- 39 75 15
7 José Lima Centre 2010- 65 81 14
8 Nuno Durão Wing 1983-1995 43 94 13
Diogo Mateus Centre 2000–2010 74 65 13
Vasco Uva Number 8 2003–2016 101 65 13

Last updated: Scotland vs Portugal, 16 November 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most points

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# Player Pos Span Mat Pts Tries Conv Pens Drop
1 Gonçalo Malheiro Fly-half 1998–2007 41 279 7 23 57 5
2 João Queimado Fly-half 1984-1994 48 269 5 23 55 11
3 Pedro Leal Fullback 2005–2017 77 265 5 42 49 3
4 Samuel Marques Scrum-Half 2012- 26 244 4 64 32 0
5 Pedro Cabral Fly-half 2006–2011 36 183 2 25 39 2
6 Rodrigo Marta Wing 2018- 39 155 31 0 0 0
7 Nuno Sousa Guedes Fullback 2016- 39 154 7 37 15 0
8 Pedro Bettencourt Centre 2013-2024 35 125 9 7 22 0
9 José Maria Vilar Gomes Fullback 1989–2000 33 120 5 10 24 1
10 António Aguilar Wing 1999–2014 83 115 23 0 0 0
Gonçalo Foro Wing 2007-2017 15 115 23 0 0 0

Last updated: Scotland vs Portugal, 16 November 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most points in a match

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# Player Pos Pts Tries Conv Pens Drop Opposition Venue Date
1 Thierry Teixeira Fly-half 30 0 0 9 1  Georgia Portugal Lisbon 08/02/2000
2 José Rodrigues Fly-Half 26 2 2 4 0   Switzerland Portugal Setúbal 24/02/2018
3 Gonçalo Malheiro Fullback 25 0 2 5 2  Spain Portugal Coimbra 23/03/2003
Jorge Abecasis Fly-half 25 0 5 5 0  Poland Portugal Setúbal 16/02/2019
Raffaele Storti Wing 25 5 0 0 0  Netherlands Netherlands Amsterdam 10/07/2021
6 Gonçalo Malheiro Fullback 24 2 1 4 0  Czech Republic Portugal Lisbon 08/03/2003
7 Pedro Leal Fly-half 23 0 1 7 0  Chile Chile Santiago 17/11/2012
8 Pedro Cabral Fullback 22 1 4 0 3  Czech Republic Portugal Lisbon 16/02/2008
Manuel Marta Fullback 22 2 6 0 0  Czech Republic Portugal Caldas da Rainha 23/03/2019
10 Gonçalo Malheiro Fly-half 21 3 3 0 0 Barbarians Portugal Lisbon 10/06/2004

Last updated: Scotland vs Portugal, 16 November 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most tries in a match

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# Player Pos Pts Tries Conv Pens Drop Opposition Venue Date
1 Raffaele Storti Wing 25 5 0 0 0  Netherlands Netherlands Amsterdam 10/07/2021
2 Rodrigo Marta Wing 20 4 0 0 0  Poland Poland Warsaw 11/02/2023
Vincent Pinto Wing 20 4 0 0 0  Poland Poland Warsaw 11/02/2023
4 Nuno Garvão Wing 15 3 0 0 0  Spain Spain Ibiza 21/03/2004
Gonçalo Malheiro Fly-half 21 3 3 0 0 Barbarians Portugal Lisbon 10/06/2004
Gonçalo Foro Wing 15 3 0 0 0  Germany Germany Heusenstamm 27/02/2010
Caetano Castelo Branco Wing 15 3 0 0 0  Czech Republic Portugal Caldas da Rainha 23/03/2019
Antonio Vidinha Centre 15 3 0 0 0  Czech Republic Portugal Caldas da Rainha 23/03/2019
Rodrigo Marta Wing 15 3 0 0 0  Netherlands Netherlands Amsterdam 10/07/2021
Mike Tadjer Hooker 15 3 0 0 0  Kenya United Arab Emirates Dubai 12/11/2022
Hugo Camacho Scrum-half 15 3 0 0 0  Poland Portugal Lisbon 10/02/2024

Last updated: Scotland vs Portugal, 16 November 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most matches as captain

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# Player Pos Span Mat Won Lost Draw % Pts Tries Conv Pens Drop
1. Tomás Appleton Centre 2019–present 40 20 17 3 50% 50 10 0 0 0
2. João Correia Hooker 2008–2014 35 10 23 2 28.57% 10 2 0 0 0
3. Vasco Uva Flanker 2006–2015 20 5 13 2 25% 20 4 0 0 0
4. Francisco Pinto Magalhães Scrum-half 2015–2017 12 6 6 0 50% 15 3 0 0 0
5. Luís Pissarra Scrum-half 2003–2005 10 9 1 0 90% 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: Scotland vs Portugal, 16 November 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Notes

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  1. ^ Only includes test matches in which the Portuguese Rugby Federation awarded caps to the players involved, according to their official website.[5]

References

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  7. ^ "Most matches". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  8. ^ "Most starting matches". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  9. ^ "Most points". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
  10. ^ "Most drop goals". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
  11. ^ "Most penalty goals". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
  12. ^ "Most conversions". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
  13. ^ "Most tries". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
  14. ^ a b "Most substitutions". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
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  26. ^ "Olivier Baragnon apresentado como novo selecionador de râguebi".
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