The Portuguese Rugby Federation ( pt, Federação Portuguesa de Rugby) is the governing body for

rugby union in Portugal Rugby union in Portugal is a growing sport, though still a long distance from association football. The sport is essentially amateur in Portugal, with some degree of semi-professionalisation in its top flight league and the national rugby un ...

. It was founded in 1926 and became affiliated to the

International Rugby Board World Rugby is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international rug ...

in 1988. The Portuguese Rugby Federation organises the main rugby union championship of Portugal, the

Campeonato Nacional de Rugby Campeonato Nacional de Rugby is the main rugby union competition in Portugal. This championship is organized by the Portuguese Rugby Federation. The competition is organized into three Divisions: * CN Honra/Super Bock (8 teams) * Campeonato Nacio ...

, and oversees the country's national teams— men's and

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, age-grade teams, and sevens teams for both

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and women.

National teams

* Portugal national rugby union team *

Portugal national rugby sevens team The Portugal national rugby sevens team played for the first time in 1992, at the Catania Sevens, World Cup 1993 European Qualifier. The team plays in competitions such as the World Sevens Series, the European Sevens Grand Prix Series and the ...

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. History Portugal played their first test match on 14 May 1995 agai ...

References

External links

Federação Portuguesa de Rugby Official SiteArticle on Portugal making the 2007 Rugby World Cup for the first time
*Federação Portuguesa de Rugby - Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/portugalrugbyoficial/) Rugby union in Portugal Rugby union governing bodies in Europe

Rugby Union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

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