History
The origins of Portuguese rugby go back over a century, but it was only in the 1920s, and the 1950s that periods of consolidation occurred.
The first recorded Portuguese game occurred at Cruz Quebrada on the outskirts of Lisbon in 1903.
Read more about this topic: Rugby Union In Portugal
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