Portugal national rugby union team
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| Nickname(s) | Os Lobos |
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| Emblem | Portuguese shield |
| Union | Portuguese Rugby Federation |
| Head coach | Martim Aguiar |
| Captain | Francisco Pinto Magalhães |
| Most caps | Vasco Uva (101) |
| Top scorer | Gonçalo Malheiro (279) |
| Top try scorer | António Aguilar (24) |
| Home stadium | Estádio Universitário de Lisboa |
| World Rugby ranking | |
| Current | 25 (as of 5 March 2017) |
| Highest | 13 (2005) |
| Lowest | 30 (2015) |
| First international | |
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Portugal 5–6 Spain (Lisbon, Portugal; 13 April 1935) |
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| Biggest win | |
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Germany 0–69 Portugal (Heusenstamm, Germany; 27 February 2010) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
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Portugal 13-108 New Zealand (Lyon, France; 15 September 2007) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2007) |
| Best result | Pool stage, 2007 |
| Website | www.fpr.pt |
The Portugal national rugby union team is the rugby union side representing Portugal at international level. They are rated as a performance team in the new IRB four-band classification system, the second highest. Portugal had their first match in 1935 and now compete in the European Nations Cup and occasionally in the IRB Nations Cup. The team as well as all rugby union in Portugal is administered by the Federação Portuguesa de Rugby. Portugal qualified for their first Rugby World Cup in 2007 where they were grouped in Pool C along with New Zealand, Italy, Romania and Scotland. They are nicknamed Os Lobos, Portuguese for "The Wolves".
Portugal have experienced modest success in recent years. They have qualified to the 2007 World Cup in France and although they lost all their matches they managed to score one try in all their games and led the score against Romania until the late minutes. Portugal were the surprise winners of the 2003–04 European Nations Cup, but though they could only finish third in the following event. The IRB Sevens World Series circuit has allowed the Portuguese players to improve their game. In 2006–07 Portugal competed at every IRB sevens event for the first time.
Portugal played their first ever rugby international in April 1935 against Spain. Portugal lost the game by a single point, 6–5. 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 to 3. 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.
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