C.F. Os Belenenses (rugby union)

Belenenses Rugby
Full nameClube de Futebol
«Os Belenenses»
UnionPortuguese Rugby Federation location = Lisbon, Portugal
FoundedDecember 30, 1928
Ground(s)Belenenses Rugby Park
ChairmanAndré Cunha
League(s)Campeonato Português de Rugby
2023-241st
Team kit

Belenenses is a professional Portuguese rugby union team. Apart from winning several titles as a team, they have also provided five players to the National Team that played at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals. Their most recent title was the victory in the National Championship of the 2023/2024 season.

Honours

Current squad

Current squad for 2024/25 season according to Portuguese Rugby Federation[1]

The Belenenses squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season
Props
  • Anthony Kent
  • Joaquin Dominguez
  • Lucas Bordigoni
  • Manuel Worm
  • Frederico Simões
  • Pedro Braga
  • Bernardo Veiga

Hookers

  • Guillermo Lawrie
  • Miguel Nunes

Locks

  • Salvador da Cunha
  • Manuel Lima
  • José Moreira
  • Francisco Simões
  • António Andrade
  • Tomás da Cunha
  • Martim Ferreira
Backrow
  • Rafael Simões
  • David Wallis
  • André Cunha
  • Manuel Pinto
  • Pedro Cunha
  • Tomás Sequeira
  • Sebastião da Cunha
  • Diogo Raposo

Scrum-halves

  • Duarte Azevedo
  • Francisco Macedo

Fly-halves

  • Francisco Menéres
  • Manuel Menéres
Centres
  • Rodrigo Fruedenthal
  • Alex Thrupp
  • Lourenço Pedras
  • António Cunha
  • António Claro
  • Gonçalo Santos
  • Tomás Monteiro

Wingers

  • José Paiva dos Santos
  • Duarte Moreira
  • Owen Jenkins
  • Diogo Rodrigues
  • Francisco Galveias
  • Lourenço Pedras
  • Tomás Reis

Fullbacks

  • Francisco Murta
  • Salvador da Cunha Jr.
(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.

* denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.

Previous squads

Information based on Portuguese Rugby Federation[2] and Belenenses Rugby social media.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Registered players on FPR".
  2. ^ "Registered players on FPR".
  3. ^ "Official website".