Portugal women's national rugby union team
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The Portugal national women's rugby union team are a national sporting side of 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...

, representing them at rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

. They have only ever played one 15-a-side test match - a one-off friendly against Germany - but are regular and successful participants at sevens, normally ranked in Europe's top 10 teams (see Women's International Rugby Union Sevens
Women's International Rugby Union Sevens
Rugby Union Sevens - a short form of the sport of rugby union - was first played in 1883, with the first internationals taking place in 1973...

 for details of their performances at sevens).

History

Portugal have only ever played one 15-a-side international, in 1995 (team below), since when they have concentrated entirely on Sevens.

Three men on the photo: H. Rocha and V. Constantin (Coaches) and A. Martins Vieira an old international from 1936.

Results summary

(Full internationals only)
Rugby: Portugal internationals 1995-
Opponent First game Played Won Drawn Lost Percentage
1995 1 0 0 1 0.00%
Summary 1995- 1 0 0 1 0.00%

Results

See Women's international rugby for information about the status of international games and match numbering

Full internationals

External links

Federação Portuguesa de Rugby Official Site
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