Portugal women's national rugby union team

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{{Infobox national rugby team

| Name =Portugal

| Type = Women

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| Union = Portuguese Rugby Federation

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| World Rugby Rank = 24

| World Rugby Rank date = 15 July 2024

| First game ={{ruw-rt|GER}} 50-0 {{ruw|POR}}
(14 May 1995, Heidelberg)

| Largest win ={{ruw-rt|BEL}} 5-71 {{ruw|POR}}
(22 October 2022, Brussels)

| Largest loss ={{ruw-rt|GER}} 50-0 {{ruw|POR}}
(14 May 1995, Heidelberg)

| no World cup apps = 0

|World Rugby max=18|World Rugby max date=2003|Coach=João Moura|World Rugby min=27|World Rugby min year=2023}}

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

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Portugal played their first test match on 14 May 1995 against Germany, they were thrashed 50–0 in Heidelberg.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-31 |title=Portugal have big ambitions for women's rugby |url=https://www.world.rugby/news/783378?lang=en |access-date=2023-03-02 |website=www.world.rugby}} After 26 years of inactivity, they returned to the international scene in December 2021, they defeated Belgium 10–8 in Lisbon.

Portugal competed at the 2021–22 Rugby Europe Women's Trophy, they defeated Belgium and Germany. They recorded their biggest win at the 2022–23 Rugby Europe Women's Trophy when they defeated Belgium 71–5.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-22 |title=Portugal vence a Bélgica no primeiro jogo da época |url=https://www.fpr.pt/noticias/detalhe/portugal-vence-a-belgica-no-primeiro-jogo-da-epoca |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=PORTUGAL RUGBY |language=pt}} They jumped up 19 places to 30th after their record win over Belgium.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-19 |title=2022 in Review: World Rugby Women's Rankings powered by Capgemini |url=https://www.world.rugby/news/778328?lang=en |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=www.world.rugby}} They also went on to win the Trophy competition and earned a promotion to the 2024 Rugby Europe Women's Championship.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-30 |title=2023's top performers in World Rugby Women's Rankings powered by Capgemini {{!}} World Rugby |url=https://www.world.rugby/news/899113?lang=en |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=www.world.rugby}}

In 2023, they played Brazil in a two-test series in São Paulo.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-21 |title=Brazil Record Historic Win Over Portugal |url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2023/11/21/brazil-record-historic-win-over-portugal/ |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=Americas Rugby News |language=en-US}} They lost the first match, as the hosts recorded their first test win, but fought back to win the second test to end the series with a draw.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-26 |title=Brazil Fall to Portugal in Low-Scoring Contest |url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2023/11/26/brazil-fall-to-portugal-in-low-scoring-contest/ |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=Americas Rugby News |language=en-US}}

Record

= Overall =

{{See also|List of Portugal women's national rugby union team matches}}

Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Portugal women’s national XV at test level up until 12 April 2025, updated after match with {{ruw|SWE}}.

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+ Rugby: Portugal internationals 1995- ! width=150 \| Opponent ! width=70 \| First Game ! width=70 \| Played ! width=70 \| Won ! width=70 \| Drawn ! width=70 \| Lost ! width=70 \| % Won
style="text-align: left;" \|{{ruw\|BEL}} \|2021 \|2 \|2 \|0 \|0 \|100%
style="text-align: left;" \|{{ruw\|BRA}} \|2023 \|3 \|1 \|0 \|2 \|33.33%
style="text-align: left;" \|{{ruw\|CZE}} \|2023 \|1 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|100%
style="text-align: left;" \|{{ruw\|FIN}} \|2023 \|1 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|100%
style="text-align: left;" \|{{ruw\|GER}} \| 1995 \| 3 \| 2 \| 0 \| 1 \|66.67%
style="text-align: left;" \|{{ruw\|NED}} \|2024 \|2 \|0 \|0 \|2 \|0%
style="text-align: left;" \|{{ruw\|ESP}} \|2024 \|2 \|0 \|0 \|2 \|0%
style="text-align: left;" \|{{ruw\|SWE}} \|2022 \|3 \|2 \|0 \|1 \|66.67%
Summary !1995 !17 !9 !0 !8 !{{#expr:9/17*100 round 2}}%

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+ Rugby: Portugal internationals 1995-

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! width=70 | First Game

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style="text-align: left;" |{{ruw|BEL}}

|2021

|100%