Portugal women's national rugby union team

The Portugal national women's rugby union team are a national sporting side of Portugal, representing them at rugby union. They played their first test in 1995 against Germany.

For the men's team, see Portugal national rugby union team. For the women's sevens team, see Portugal women's national rugby sevens team.
Portugal
Shirt badge/Association crest
UnionPortuguese Rugby Federation
Head coachJoão Moura
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current26 (as of 4 September 2023)
Highest18 (2003)
First international
Portugal  0–50  Germany
(14 May 1995, Heidelberg)
Biggest win
Portugal  71–5  Belgium
(22 October 2022, Brussels)
Biggest defeat
Portugal  0–50  Germany
(14 May 1995, Heidelberg)

History
As Lusitanas, the 1995 team that played Portugal's first test match, versus Germany

Portugal played their first test match on 14 May 1995 against Germany, they were thrashed 50–0 in Heidelberg.[1] After 26 years of inactivity, Portugal returned to the international scene on December 2021, they defeated Belgium 10–8 in Lisbon.[1]

Portugal competed at the 2021–22 Rugby Europe Women's Trophy, they defeated Belgium and Germany. Portugal recorded their biggest win at the 2022–23 Rugby Europe Women's Trophy when they defeated Belgium 71–5.[2]

Portugal made an amazing gain in their rankings in 2022 when they jumped up 19 places to 30th after their record win over Belgium.[3]

Record

Overall

(Full internationals only)

Rugby: Portugal internationals 1995-
Opponent First game Played Won Drawn Lost Percentage
 Belgium 2021 2 2 0 0 100%
 Czech Republic 2023 1 1 0 0 100%
 Finland 2023 1 1 0 0 100%
 Germany 1995 3 2 0 1 66.67%
 Sweden 2022 1 0 0 1 0%
Summary 1995 8 6 0 2 75%

Results
For information about the status of international games, see Women's international rugby union § International women's matches.

Full internationals
Won Lost Tie/Draw
Test Date Portugal Score Opponent Venue Tournament
1 14 May 1995 Portugal  0–50  Germany Heidelberg
2 4 December 2021 Portugal  10–8  Belgium CAR Jamor, Oeiras 2021–22 Rugby Europe Trophy
3 30 April 2022 Portugal  57–0  Germany CAR Jamor, Oeiras 2021–22 Rugby Europe Trophy
4 22 October 2022 Portugal  71–5  Belgium Nelson Mandela Stadium, Brussels 2022–23 Rugby Europe Trophy
5 26 November 2022 Portugal  5–7  Sweden CAR Jamor, Oeiras
6 4 February 2023 Portugal  39–0  Finland CAR Jamor, Oeiras 2022–23 Rugby Europe Trophy
7 4 March 2023 Portugal  51–0  Czech Republic CAR Jamor, Oeiras 2022–23 Rugby Europe Trophy
8 15 April 2023 Portugal  20–5  Germany Rugby Center, Hürth 2022–23 Rugby Europe Trophy

Other matches
Date Portugal Score Opponent Venue
5 February 2012 Portugal 16–7  Galicia Estádio Universitário de Lisboa

References
  1. "Portugal have big ambitions for women's rugby". www.world.rugby. 2023-01-31. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  2. "Portugal vence a Bélgica no primeiro jogo da época". PORTUGAL RUGBY (in Portuguese). 2022-10-22. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  3. "2022 in Review: World Rugby Women's Rankings powered by Capgemini". www.world.rugby. 2022-12-19. Retrieved 2022-12-20.


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