Lusitanos XV

Founded	2013; 11 years ago (2013)
Location	Lisbon, Portugal
Ground(s)	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa (Capacity: 8,000)
Coach(es)	João Mirra
Captain(s)	Tomás Appleton
League(s)	Rugby Europe Super Cup
2023	5th

Lusitanos XV are a Portuguese professional rugby union representative team based in Lisbon which was created in September 2013 to compete in the 2013–14 European Challenge Cup. ^[1] It was announced by the Rugby governing body ERC on 2 September that the Portuguese team would hold their home games at Estádio Nacional. ^[2] However, all their home games were played at the Portuguese national rugby teams home stadium of Estádio Universitário de Lisboa.

In 2021, the team entered the Rugby Europe Super Cup, representing Portugal in an eight-team pan-European competition for clubs from non- Six Nations countries. The team reached the final, played in May 2022, and lost 17-14 at home against the Black Lions.

First season

The team was formed in 2013, to represent Portugal in the Amlin Challenge Cup after the Spanish representatives Olympus Rugby XV withdrew from the competition. ^[3] The first game was held on 10 October 2013, against Stade Français, a game which they lost 61–3 at Stade Jean-Bouin. ^[4]

Results

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Match Report
10 Oct 2013	Stade Français	Stade Jean-Bouin	L	3 – 61	Pen: Cabral	6,314	report
19 Oct 2013	London Irish	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa	L	6 – 67	Pen: Cabral (2)	1,500	report
7 Dec 2013	Cavalieri Prato	Stadio Enrico Chersoni	L	22 – 40	Try: Cunha, Fragoso Mendes (2); Con: Covas, Penha e Costa; Pen: Covas	600	report
12 Dec 2013	Cavalieri Prato	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa	L	19 – 30	Try: Fragoso Mendes, Foro, Salgueiro; Con: Penha e Costa (2)	500	report
11 Jan 2014	London Irish	Madejski Stadium	L	3 – 79	Pen: Leal	4,714	report
16 Jan 2014	Stade Français	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa	L	15 – 48	Try: Bettencourt, Miranda; Con: Penha e Costa; Pen: Penha e Costa	350

Pool five table

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
Stade Français	6	5	0	1	202	75	+127	27	6	4	0	24
London Irish	6	5	0	1	293	65	+228	41	6	4	0	24
Cavalieri Prato	6	2	0	4	100	198	−98	12	28	2	1	11
Lusitanos XV	6	0	0	6	68	325	−257	8	47	0	0	0
Source : www.ercrugby.com Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Second season

The team was formed to represent Portugal in the 2021–2022 Rugby Europe Super Cup. The team has only players based in Portugal and the following players are the ones who played, either as starters or subs, in at least one match.

Current squad

Head Coach: Patrice Lagisquet

• Caps Updated: 11 August 2021

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Francisco Cabral	Hooker	(1999-07-17) 17 July 1999 (age 24)	0	Agronomia
Jason Cornelies	Hooker	(2000-04-21) 21 April 2000 (age 24)	0	Benfica
Duarte Diniz	Hooker	(1995-11-08) 8 November 1995 (age 28)	28	Direito
Nuno Mascarenhas	Hooker	(1998-05-18) 18 May 1998 (age 26)	22	Cascais
André Arrojado	Prop	(1992-02-17) 17 February 1992 (age 32)	1	Técnico
Francisco Bruno	Prop	(1995-05-28) 28 May 1995 (age 29)	24	Direito
David Costa	Prop	(1999-07-05) 5 July 1999 (age 24)	13	Direito
João Mateus	Prop	(1990-07-15) 15 July 1990 (age 33)	4	Académica
António Prim	Prop	(2002-12-07) 7 December 2002 (age 21)	0	Direito
Bruno Rocha	Prop	(1992-09-28) 28 September 1992 (age 31)	28	Técnico
António Santos	Prop	(1998-06-09) 9 June 1998 (age 26)	0	Belenenses
Boaventura Almeida	Lock	(2001-04-18) 18 April 2001 (age 23)	0	Cascais
Martim Belo	Lock	(2000-09-27) 27 September 2000 (age 23)	0	Cascais
Manuel Lima	Lock	(1993-03-15) 15 March 1993 (age 31)	0	Belenenses
António Rebelo de Andrade	Lock	(2000-12-12) 12 December 2000 (age 23)	0	Agronomia
Rafael Simões	Lock	(1991-06-20) 20 June 1991 (age 33)	19	CDUL
Duarte Torgal	Lock	(1997-12-23) 23 December 1997 (age 26)	13	Direito
Pedro Afra Rosa	Back row	(1995-12-25) 25 December 1995 (age 28)	2	Direito
Xavier Cerejo	Back row	(2001-12-14) 14 December 2001 (age 22)	0	CDUL
Vasco Baptista	Back row	(1996-10-26) 26 October 1996 (age 27)	3	Benfica
Frederico Couto	Back row	(1993-04-24) 24 April 1993 (age 31)	3	Benfica
João Granate	Back row	(1997-02-21) 21 February 1997 (age 27)	21	Direito
Miguel Macedo	Back row	(1995-10-24) 24 October 1995 (age 28)	10	CDUP
Nuno Peixoto	Back row	(2002-02-02) 2 February 2002 (age 22)	0	Direito
Manuel Picão	Back row	(1997-04-10) 10 April 1997 (age 27)	20	Direito
David Wallis	Back row	(1997-04-17) 17 April 1997 (age 27)	17	Belenenses
João Belo	Scrum-half	(1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 (age 28)	20	CDUP
João Dias	Scrum-half	(1995-10-29) 29 October 1995 (age 28)	1	Direito
Pedro Lucas	Scrum-half	(2000-10-16) 16 October 2000 (age 23)	9	Técnico
Jorge Abecassis	Fly-half	(1997-05-25) 25 May 1997 (age 27)	14	CDUL
Domingos Cabral	Fly-half	(2001-08-16) 16 August 2001 (age 22)	0	Agronomia
Jerónimo Portela	Fly-half	(2000-11-02) 2 November 2000 (age 23)	14	Direito
Tomás Appleton ( c)	Centre	(1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 (age 30)	52	CDUL
Vasco Ribeiro	Centre	(1997-10-13) 13 October 1997 (age 26)	13	Agronomia
João Vieira	Centre	(2001-01-30) 30 January 2001 (age 23)	0	CDUL
Francisco Afra Rosa	Wing	(1999-09-09) 9 September 1999 (age 24)	0	Direito
Vasco Durão	Wing	(2001-11-24) 24 November 2001 (age 22)	0	Cascais
Rodrigo Marta	Wing	(1999-11-18) 18 November 1999 (age 24)	21	Belenenses
José Paiva dos Santos	Wing	(2001-04-03) 3 April 2001 (age 23)	0	Belenenses
Diogo Rodrigues	Wing	(2001-03-04) 4 March 2001 (age 23)	0	Belenenses
Francisco Salgado	Wing	(2000-01-14) 14 January 2000 (age 24)	0	Técnico
Manuel Cardoso Pinto	Fullback	(1998-04-07) 7 April 1998 (age 26)	21	Agronomia
João Freudenthal	Fullback	(1995-12-28) 28 December 1995 (age 28)	7	Belenenses
Nuno Sousa Guedes	Fullback	(1994-11-21) 21 November 1994 (age 29)	27	CDUP

Record

These are all of the matches played by the team as of 3 December 2023.

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score
10 Oct 2013	Stade Français	Stade Jean-Bouin	L	3 – 61
19 Oct 2013	London Irish	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa	L	6 – 67
7 Dec 2013	Cavalieri Prato	Stadio Enrico Chersoni	L	22 – 40
12 Dec 2013	Cavalieri Prato	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa	L	19 – 30
11 Jan 2014	London Irish'	Madejski Stadium	L	3 – 79
16 Jan 2014	Stade Français	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa	L	15 – 48
18 Sep 2021	Castilla y León Iberians	CAR Jamor	W	34 – 19
26 Sep 2021	Castilla y León Iberians	Estadio Pepe Rojo	W	20 – 13
23 Oct 2021	Delta	RC Eemland Stadium	W	50 – 7
30 Oct 2021	Brussels Devils	Sportcentrum Nelson Mandela	W	38 – 13
4 Dec 2021	Brussels Devils	CAR Jamor	W	53 – 14
11 Dec 2021	Delta	CAR Jamor	W	62 – 7
16 Apr 2022	Tel Aviv Heat	CAR Jamor	W	42 – 26
7 May 2022	Black Lion	CAR Jamor	L	14 – 17
11 Sep 2022	Delta	Amersfoort	W	26 – 19
17 Sep 2022	Brussels Devils	CAR Jamor	W	95 – 0
24 Sep 2022	Castilla y León Iberians	Estadio Pepe Rojo	W	22 – 20
15 Oct 2022	Castilla y León Iberians	CAR Jamor	L	12 – 17
22 Oct 2022	Brussels Devils	Sportcentrum Nelson Mandela	W	95 – 0
28 Oct 2022	Delta	CAR Jamor	W	47 – 10
4 Dec 2022	Tel Aviv Heat	CAR Jamor	L	22 – 30
4 Nov 2023	Tel Aviv Heat	CAR Jamor	L	23 – 31
11 Nov 2023	Black Lion	CAR Jamor	L	0 – 22
19 Nov 2023	Castilla y León Iberians	Estadio Pepe Rojo	L	13 – 18
3 Dec 2023	Delta	Amersfoort	W	53 – 8
16 Dec 2023	Brussels Devils	Amsterdam	W	46 – 29

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	% Won
Brussels Devils	5	5	0	0	100%
London Irish	2	0	2	0	0%
Castilla y León Iberians	5	3	2	0	60%
Stade Français	2	0	2	0	0%
Black Lion	2	0	2	0	0%
Tel Aviv Heat	3	1	2	0	33.33%
Cavalieri Prato	2	0	2	0	0%
Delta	5	5	0	0	100%
Total	26	14	12	0	53.85%

See also

• Rugby union in Portugal
• Portugal national rugby union team

References

External links

• ERC Rugby Profile