Portugal national rugby union team
The Portugal national rugby union team (Portuguese: Seleção Portuguesa de Rugby), nicknamed Os Lobos (The Wolves), represents Portugal in men's international rugby union competitions. 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".
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| Nickname(s) | Os Lobos (The Wolves) | ||
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| Emblem | Portuguese shield | ||
| Union | Portuguese Rugby Federation | ||
| Head coach | Patrice Lagisquet | ||
| Captain | Tomás Appleton | ||
| Most caps | Gonçalo Uva (101)[1] Vasco Uva (101) | ||
| Top scorer | Gonçalo Malheiro (279) | ||
| Top try scorer | António Aguilar (24)[2] | ||
| Home stadium | Estádio Universitário de Lisboa | ||
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| World Rugby ranking | |||
| Current | 20 (as of 20 December 2021) | ||
| Highest | 13 (2005) | ||
| Lowest | 30 (2015) | ||
| 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 | |||
Portugal 13–108 New Zealand  (Lyon, France; 15 September 2007) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2007) | ||
| Best result | Pool stage, 2007 | ||
| Website | www.fpr.pt | ||
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 national side is ranked 21st in the world (as of 12 October 2019).