![]() The matches with Portugal were "a breath of fresh air" for him. Playing professionally in Carcassonne until the 2022-2023 season, the scrum-half has endured a difficult season, fighting in vain to keep his club in the second division. The player who scored the last-minute penalty that enabled Portugal to qualify at the expense of the US, Samuel Marques is a good representative of the Portuguese team, half of whom are dual nationals playing in the Top 14, Pro D2 and Nationale (France's third tier). Portugal is the third nation to settle in Occitanie, the southernmost region in France, along with Japan, in Toulouse, and Samoa, in Montpellier. From August, the team has been using the facilities of the Union Sportive Arlequins Perpignanais and staying at the Villa Duflot hotel. The Portuguese team has chosen Perpignan as its base camp for the Rugby World Cup. "We've shown that we can compete with teams like Japan, Italy and Georgia." "We know who we are and where we come from," he said. Like half the players in the Portugal squad, he is semi-professional and also works as a dentist. His English-sounding name comes from his great-grandfather, who was originally from Manchester, England. With the Portuguese national team, he scored 14 tries in 61 caps. Aged 30, he grew up and lives in Lisbon, where he plays for the Centro Desportivo Universitario de Lisboa club. To finish the qualifying phase behind Georgia and Romania, Portugal had to qualify for the World Cup at the Dubai tournament, beating Hong Kong (42-14) and Kenya (85-0), then drawing with the USA (16-16).įorwards: Anthony Alvès, Martim Belo, Francisco Bruno, Lionel Campergue, Steevy Cerqueira, David Costa, Duarte Diniz, Diogo Hasse Ferreira, Francisco Fernandes, Thibault de Freitas, Joao Granate, Antonio Machado Santos, José Madeira, Nicolas Martins, Manuel Picao, Rafael Simoes, Mike Tadjer, Duarte Torgal, David Wallis.īacks: Tomas Appleton (captain), Joao Belo, Simao Bento, Pedro Bettencourt, José Lima, Pedro Lucas, Samuel Marques, Rodrigo Marta, Joris Moura, Vincent Pinto, Manuel Cardoso Pinto, Jeronimo Portela, Nuno Sousa Guedes, Raffaele Storti.Īble to play center, fly-half or wing, Tomas Appleton has been captain of the Lobos since 2019. Their best chance – their only chance? – will probably be against Georgia, a team against whom they drew (25-25) in the 2022 Six Nations B tournament in Tbilisi. The Wolves will be aiming to win a match for the first time in their history in the competition. But then again they've only played four, in the 2007 edition: After two defeats by Scotland (10-56) and New Zealand (13-108), they held up slightly better against Italy (5-31) and Romania (10-14). The Portuguese have never won a single match at any World Cup. This is a subspecies of the gray wolf, endemic to the peninsula and once very abundant. There are thought to be around 300 Iberian wolves ( Canis lupus signatus) left in northern Portugal. This nickname suits the team perfectly, as they aim to play a style of rugby based on movement and speed. October 8: Fiji-Portugal at the Toulouse Stadium, Toulouse (9 pm) October 1: Australia-Portugal at Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium, Saint-Etienne (5:45 pm) September 23: Georgia-Portugal at the Toulouse Stadium, Toulouse (2 pm) September 16: Wales-Portugal at the Allianz Riviera Stadium, Nice (5:45 pm)
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