The Portugal national women's rugby union team are a national sporting side of Portugal, representing them at rugby union. They played their first test in 1995 against Germany.

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Portugal

Union	Portuguese Rugby Federation
Head coach	João Moura
First colours Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	27 (as of 4 December 2023)
Highest	18 (2003)
First international
Portugal  0–50  Germany (14 May 1995, Heidelberg)
Biggest win
Portugal  71–5  Belgium (22 October 2022, Brussels)
Biggest defeat
Portugal  0–50  Germany (14 May 1995, Heidelberg)

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Portugal played their first test match on 14 May 1995 against Germany, they were thrashed 50–0 in Heidelberg.^[1] After 26 years of inactivity, they returned to the international scene in December 2021, they defeated Belgium 10–8 in Lisbon.^[1]

Portugal competed at the 2021–22 Rugby Europe Women's Trophy, they defeated Belgium and Germany. They recorded their biggest win at the 2022–23 Rugby Europe Women's Trophy when they defeated Belgium 71–5.^[2] They jumped up 19 places to 30th after their record win over Belgium.^[3] They also went on to win the Trophy competition and earned a promotion to the 2024 Rugby Europe Women's Championship.^[4]

In 2023, they played Brazil in a two-test series in São Paulo.^[5] They lost the first match, as the hosts recorded their first test win, but fought back to win the second test to end the series with a draw.^[5][6]

Squad for two-test series against Brazil:^[5][6]