Portugal national rugby union team (sevens)

The Portugal national rugby union team (sevens) represent Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

in international rugby sevens

Rugby sevens

Rugby sevens, also known as seven-a-side or VIIs, is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players, instead of the usual 15, with shorter matches. Rugby sevens is administered by the International Rugby Board , the body responsible for rugby union worldwide...

. The team has played for the first time in 1992, at the Catania Sevens, World Cup 1993 European Qualifier.
The team play in competitions such as the World Sevens Series, the European Rugby Cup Sevens

European Sevens Championship

The European Sevens Championship is an annual competition organised by FIRA – Association of European Rugby, the governing body of European rugby union.-2002-2010:...

and the Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rugby World Cup Sevens

The Rugby World Cup Sevens is the premier international Rugby sevens competition. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Rugby Board , and is contested by the men's national sevens teams every four years. The inaugural tournament was held in 1993 in Scotland, the...

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Portugal has an outstanding record of seven European titles out of nine editions disputed, in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010.
Pedro Leal

Pedro Leal

Pedro Leal is a Portuguese international rugby player and a regular on the International Rugby Board World Sevens circuit....

and Gonçalo Foro

Gonçalo Foro

Gonçalo Gonçalves Foro is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a wing and as a centre. Currently he's a member of CDUL squad....

are two notable sevens players.

Current squad

Squad for the England and Scotland sevens:

Player	Shirt
David Mateus David Mateus David Mateus is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. A member of Belenenses squad, his position in the field is as a wing or center....	1
Diogo Mateus Diogo Mateus Diogo Mateus is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays inside centre, number 12. He came through the ranks at Belenenses , he was on the books with Heineken Cup champions Munster in the 2006/07 season. He has also played for the Portugal rugby union team. He is 1, 73 m and weighs 80 kg...	2
Aderito Esteves	3
Pedro Leal Pedro Leal Pedro Leal is a Portuguese international rugby player and a regular on the International Rugby Board World Sevens circuit....	4
Luis Sousa	5
Carl Murray	6
Eduardo Salgado	7
Jose Lima José Lima José Desiderio Rodriguez Lima was a Dominican right-handed pitcher who spent thirteen seasons in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers , Houston Astros , Kansas City Royals , Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets...	8
Manuel Costa	9
Sergio Franco	10
Pedro Silva Pedro Silva Pedro Silva may refer to:Pedro Alves da Silva , Brazilian football defenderPedro Roberto Silva Botelho , Brazilian football defender*Pedro Nuno Gonçalves Conceição Silva , Portuguese freestyle swimmer...	11
Sebastiano de Cunha	12

Rugby union at the World Games

2001 Akita
2005 Duisburg
2009 Kaohsiung Rugby union at the 2009 World Games Rugby union, specifically in the sevens format, was introduced as a World Games sport for men at the 2001 World Games in Akita. Fiji entered the 2009 games as the two time defending Gold Medalists. Held on July 24 and 25 of 2009 in Taiwan, Fiji did not fail to clinch gold for the 3rd time in front...

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Current squad

Rugby union at the World Games

See also

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