Portugal national rugby union team
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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.
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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) Vasco Uva (101) | ||
| Top scorer | Gonçalo Malheiro (279) | ||
| Top try scorer | Rodrigo Marta (25) | ||
| Home stadium | Various | ||
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| World Rugby ranking | |||
| Current | 16 (as of 7 August 2023) | ||
| Highest | 16 (2005, 2023) | ||
| Lowest | 30 (2015, 2016) | ||
| First international | |||
 Portugal 5–6 Spain .svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_(1931–1939).svg.png){kind=small} (Lisbon, Portugal; 13 April 1935) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Portugal 93–0 Czech Republic  (Caldas da Rainha, Portugal; 23 March 2019) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 New Zealand 108–13 Portugal (Lyon, France; 15 September 2007) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 2007) | ||
| Best result | Pool stage (2007) | ||
| Website | fpr.pt | ||
Portugal have experienced modest success in the last two decades. They qualified for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France and though they lost all their matches, they managed to score one try in each game and led against Romania until the late minutes. Portugal qualified for their second Rugby World Cup in 2022, topping a repechage qualifying group featuring the United States, Hong Kong, and Kenya.