Portugal national rugby union team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Portugal women's national rugby union team.

Portugal

Nickname	Os Lobos (The Wolves)
Emblem	Portuguese shield
Union	Portuguese Rugby Federation
Head coach	Simon Mannix
Captain	Tomás Appleton
Most caps	Gonçalo Uva (101) Vasco Uva (101)
Top scorer	Gonçalo Malheiro (279)
Top try scorer	Rodrigo Marta (25)
Home stadium	Various
First colours Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	15 (as of 16 November 2024)
Highest	13 (2023)
Lowest	30 (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
Appearances	2 (First in 2007 )
Best result	Pool stage (2007, 2023)
Website	fpr.pt

The Portugal national rugby union team, ^[1] nicknamed Os Lobos (The Wolves) 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 draw in a Rugby World Cup against Georgia 18-18, and got their first ever win in the Rugby World Cup when they beat Fiji 24-23.

History

Early

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rugby Europe International Championships

ENC champions

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

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

World Cup Record

Rugby World Cup record											Qualification
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Squad	Head coach		Pos	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA
1987	Not invited										Not invited
1991	Did not qualify										n/a	2	1	0	1	18	45
1995											3rd	5	2	0	3	85	177
1999											3rd	8	3	0	5	181	245
2003											2nd	2	1	0	1	60	60
2007	Pool Stage	4	0	0	4	38	209	Squad	T. Morais		2nd	18	10	2	6	283	360
2011	Did not qualify										4th	10	5	1	4	255	149
2015											2nd	10	2	1	7	145	222
2019											2nd	7	6	0	1	237	65
2023	Pool Stage	4	1	1	2	64	103	Squad	P. Lagisquet		1st	13	7	2	4	478	267
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

Men's World Rugby Rankings

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Top 30 as of 25 November 2024 ^[3]

Rank	Change [i]	Team	Points
1		South Africa	092.78
2		Ireland	090.78
3		New Zealand	090.36
4		France	088.51
5		Argentina	084.97
6		Scotland	083.34
7		England	082.31
8		Australia	081.52
9		Fiji	080.07
10		Italy	078.64
11		Wales	074.01
12		Georgia	073.85
13		Japan	072.95
14		Samoa	072.68
15		United States	070.02
16		Portugal	068.82
17	1	Uruguay	067.06
18	1	Spain	065.98
19		Tonga	065.46
20		Romania	063.01
21		Chile	061.72
22		Hong Kong	059.49
23		Canada	059.18
24		Netherlands	058.56
25		Russia	058.06
26		Namibia	057.87
27		Zimbabwe	057.16
28		Brazil	056.53
29		Belgium	056.51
30		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

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

Current squad

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	Mont-de-Marsan
Lucas Da Silva	Hooker	(1997-12-19) 19 December 1997 (age 26)	0	Brive
Santiago Lopes	Hooker	(2002-02-05) 5 February 2002 (age 22)	1	Cascais
Pedro Vicente	Hooker	(2002-11-07) 7 November 2002 (age 22)	8	Lusitanos XV
David Costa	Prop	(1999-07-05) 5 July 1999 (age 25)	31	Lusitanos XV
Abel da Cunha	Prop	(2002-01-13) 13 January 2002 (age 22)	7	Lusitanos XV
Diogo Hasse Ferreira	Prop	(1996-10-17) 17 October 1996 (age 28)	45	Dax
António Machado Santos	Prop	(1998-06-09) 9 June 1998 (age 26)	8	Alcobendas
Márcio Pinheiro	Prop		0	Benfica
António Prim	Prop	(2002-12-07) 7 December 2002 (age 22)	11	Lusitanos XV
Cody Thomas	Prop	(1996-03-01) 1 March 1996 (age 28)	3	Grenoble
Martim Belo	Lock	(2000-09-27) 27 September 2000 (age 24)	13	Lusitanos XV
Steevy Cerqueira	Lock	(1993-08-09) 9 August 1993 (age 31)	40	Orléans
António Rebelo de Andrade	Lock	(2000-12-12) 12 December 2000 (age 23)	4	Agronomia
José Rebelo de Andrade	Lock	(1997-11-24) 24 November 1997 (age 27)	23	Agronomia
Duarte Torgal	Lock	(1997-12-23) 23 December 1997 (age 26)	25	Lusitanos XV
Vasco Baptista	Back row	(1996-10-26) 26 October 1996 (age 28)	11	CDUL
Frederico Couto	Back row	(1993-04-24) 24 April 1993 (age 31)	4	Lusitanos XV
André da Cunha	Back row	(2004-05-19) 19 May 2004 (age 20)	3	Lusitanos XV
João Granate	Back row	(1997-02-21) 21 February 1997 (age 27)	40	Lusitanos XV
José Madeira	Back row	(2001-03-19) 19 March 2001 (age 23)	40	Grenoble
Nicolas Martins	Back row	(1999-01-18) 18 January 1999 (age 25)	19	Montpellier
Diego Pinheiro Ruiz	Back row	(2003-09-01) 1 September 2003 (age 21)	6	Massy
Hugo Camacho	Scrum-half	(2004-05-27) 27 May 2004 (age 20)	8	Béziers
António Campos	Scrum-half	(2002-02-22) 22 February 2002 (age 22)	2	Lusitanos XV
Enzo Lopes	Scrum-half		0	Bassin D’Arcachon
Pedro Lucas	Scrum-half	(2000-10-16) 16 October 2000 (age 24)	22	Lusitanos XV
Samuel Marques	Scrum-half	(1988-12-08) 8 December 1988 (age 36)	26	Béziers
Hugo Aubry	Fly-half	(2003-01-28) 28 January 2003 (age 21)	7	Béziers
Domingos Cabral	Fly-half	(2001-08-16) 16 August 2001 (age 23)	4	Lusitanos XV
Manuel Vareiro	Fly-half	(2005-01-14) 14 January 2005 (age 19)	2	Lusitanos XV
Tomás Appleton (c)	Centre	(1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 (age 31)	74	Lusitanos XV
Gabriel Aviragnet	Centre	(2003-09-25) 25 September 2003 (age 21)	0	Albi
Vasco Leite	Centre		0	Lusitanos XV
José Lima	Centre	(1992-04-24) 24 April 1992 (age 32)	65	Lusitanos XV
Fábio Conceição	Wing	(1996-08-02) 2 August 1996 (age 28)	2	CDUL
Lucas Martins	Wing	(2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 (age 21)	5	Agen
José Paiva dos Santos	Wing	(2001-04-03) 3 April 2001 (age 23)	7	Lusitanos XV
Sebastião Stilwell	Wing		0	CDUL
Raffaele Storti	Wing	(2000-12-19) 19 December 2000 (age 23)	29	Stade Français
Simão Bento	Fullback	(2001-06-21) 21 June 2001 (age 23)	14	Mont-de-Marsan
Manuel Cardoso Pinto	Fullback	(1998-04-07) 7 April 1998 (age 26)	40	Agronomia

Individual all-time records

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

Current coaching staff

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

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

Last updated: 20 July 2024.

Player records

Most caps

#	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

#	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

#	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

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

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

Most tries in a match

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

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

Most matches as captain

#	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

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

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External links

• Federação Portuguesa de Rugby Official Site (in Portuguese)
• World Cup Preview
• Portugal on RugbyData.com

Awards
Preceded by None	Portuguese Team of the Year 2007	Succeeded by Portugal national rugby sevens team