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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.
The Portugal national rugby union team, nicknamed "Os Lobos," Portuguese for "The Wolves", is a second tier rugby union side representing Portugal. They first played in 1935 and now compete in the European Nations Cup. Portugal qualified for their first Rugby World Cup in 2007. Portugal were in Pool C along with the New Zealand, Italy, Romania ...
The Divisão de Honra Championships are organised by the Federação Portuguesa de Rugby (Portuguese Rugby Federation) and currently consists of 12 teams. 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) with one team from the second-tier competition promoting to the ...
Wales vs Portugal. 16:26, Mike Jones. Wales vs Portugal is due to kick off at 4.45pm BST on Saturday 16 September at the Stade de Nice. Viewers in the United Kingdom can watch the match live on ...
Viewers in the United Kingdom can watch the match live on ITV4, with coverage beginning at 4.15pm BST. Registered users can also watch the match for free online on ITVX.
HT: Australia 24-7 Portugal LIVE: 17:34, Sonia Twigg. The ball went forward, the Portuguese defence was solid, and that will be half time in Saint Etienne. Australia’s lead might look dominant ...
Portugal has appeared at the Rugby World Cup twice, in 2007 and 2023. At the 2007 Rugby World Cup the team lost all four matches but succeeded in scoring points and one try in every match, and was able to gain a bonus point on the final game against Romania. At the 2023 Rugby World Cup the team achieved its first draw against Georgia and also ...
Lusitanos XV. 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]