Portugal KO: 15:00 USA Estadio Universitario, Lisbon Facts & Figures
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Saturday 13th November 2010 PORTUGAL KO: 15:00 USA Estadio Universitario, Lisbon Facts & Figures • The Eagles have won five out of eight matches played Key facts since EDDIE O’SULLIVAN took over as Head Coach in March 2009 and have moved up four places in the IRB World • ANTONIO AGUILAR is the joint all time leading try scorer Rankings under his stewardship as well as qualifying for for Portugal, with 15 tries alongside Diogo Mateus. the 2011 Rugby World Cup after beating Uruguay at home • Captain TODD CLEVER has scored eight tries for the and away in November 2009, helped by three tries from USA. If he scores a try against Portugal he will move up left wing KEVIN SWIRYN. to joint fifth with Mike Hercus in the list of all time try • This will be the first test match Portugal have played under scorers for his country. new Head Coach ERROL BRAIN, who replaced TOMAZ • VASCO UVA will equal Miguel Portela on 59 appearances MORAIS in September. Brain is a former New Zealand for Portugal, putting them joint fourth on the all time Maori captain who has coached in Japan and at club level list for their country. ANTONIO AGUILAR will move up to in his native country. joint sixth with Marcello D’Orey on 57 appearances. PORTUGAL FACTS AND FIGURES Team news • Portugal have made six changes to their starting line Top try scorer up from the side that lost to Romania in March, with RUBEN SPACHUK and ANTHONY ALVES coming in at • ANTONIO AGUILAR is the joint all time leading try scorer prop, JULIEN BARDY and TIAGO GIRAO on the back row, for Portugal, with 15 tries alongside Diogo Mateus. JOSE LIMA on the wing and PEDRO LEAL at full back. JUAN SEVERINO moves from number eight to second Appearances row, JOSEPH GARDENER moves to fly half from full back and FEDERICO OLIVEIRA moves into the centres from • VASCO UVA will equal Miguel Portela on 59 appearances the wing. for Portugal, putting them joint fourth on the all time list • The USA have brought TODD CLEVER back at flanker, for their country. ANTONIO AGUILAR will move up to joint TIM USASZ at scrum half, ANDREW SUNIULA and sixth with Marcello D’Orey on 57 appearances. debutant SETA TUILEVUKA in the centres and KEVIN • PEDRO LEAL will make his 40th test appearance for SWIRYN on the wing in five changes from the team that Portugal. lost 24-10 to France A in the Churchill Cup in June. • RUBEN SPACHUK will make his 30th test appearance for Portugal. Team information USA FACTS AND FIGURES • The USA play the first of two tests on their European tour at Lisbon on Saturday afternoon against Portugal, Top try scorer with a non-test match against Scotland A next weekend followed by a test against Georgia at the end of the Captain TODD CLEVER has scored eight tries for the USA. If he month. scores a try against Portugal he will move up to joint fifth with • Portugal will face Namibia and Canada over the next Mike Hercus in the list of all time try scorers for his country. two weeks. • The two sides have only met once before, when the United States won 61-5 in Lisbon in 1998 with right 20 up wing Vaea Anitoni scoring four of their nine tries. Anitoni LOUIS STANFILL will be making his 20th test match appearance is the leading try scorer in USA test match history with for the USA on Saturday. 26 tries and that was the second time he scored four tries in a test match after doing the same against Japan in a 74-5 win in July 1996. Debutant • Portugal are currently 22nd in the IRB World Rankings but could move up a place if they win this weekend SETA TUILEVUKA will make his test match debut this weekend. and Uruguay fail to win their Rugby World Cup play off match at home to Romania. The man in the middle • The USA are 15th in the rankings and cannot move up with a win but they will drop a place below Tonga if they JP DOYLE of England is in charge of this match. He officiated lose to Portugal on Saturday. at the 2010 IRB Junior World Championships and has not been involved with either of these two sides previously. © International Rugby Board 2009. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (12/11/2010 12:41). Page 1 Saturday 13th November 2010 PORTUGAL KO: 15:00 USA Estadio Universitario, Lisbon Team Sheets 15 PORTUGAL Pedro IRB RANKING: 22 Leal Test #: 204 GD Direito Replacements 16 Lionel Campergue (Section Paloise) 14 13 12 11 17 Ivo Morais (Chateaurenard) Jose Federico Pedro António 18 Rui D’Orey Branco (GD Direito) Lima Oliveira Silva Aguilar 19 Laurent Balangue (Colomiers) Centro Desportivo AEIS Agronomia CF Belenenses GD Direito Universitário de Lisboa 20 Pedro Cabral (Centro Desportivo Universitário de Lisboa) 10 9 21 Francisco Mira (AEIS Agronomia) Joseph 22 Gonçalo Foro (Centro Desportivo Universitário Gardener José Pinto de Lisboa) Aubenas Vals GD Direito Key Stats 8 Tiago # Caps Starting Lineup: 379 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 28 Girão Oldest Player: António Aguilar (32) Centro Desportivo Youngest Player: Rui D’Orey Branco (24) 6 Universitário de Lisboa 7 Avg Weight Forwards: 107 kg Vasco 5 4 Julien Uva Bardy Juan Gonçalo GD Direito Severino Uva ASM Clermont Auvergne Montpellier Herault AEIS Agronomia Rugby Club Officials 3 2 1 Referee: JP Doyle (England) - 1 Test Anthony João Ruben Alves Correia (C) Spachuck Tests at Venue: 0 Tests Portugal: 0 Tests Montauban GD Direito Colomiers USA: 0 Tests Test Debut: 02/05/2009 - Germany v Russia 1 2 3 Matekitonga Phil Shawn Moeakiola Thiel Pittman Albi Life University London Welsh 4 5 6 Scott John 7 Lavalla Van der Geissen Louis Todd Stanfill Dublin University Bath Rugby Clever (C) Mogliano Suntory Sungoliath 8 Replacements Nic 16 Chris Biller (San Francisco Golden Gate) Johnson 17 Mike MacDonald (Leeds Carnegie) Denver Barbarians 18 JJ Gagiano (Eastern Province) 19 Inaki Basauri (L’Aquila Rugby 1936) 9 10 20 Mike Petri (Sale Sharks) Tim Nese 21 Tai Enosa (Belmont Shore) Usasz Malifa 22 Paul Emerick (Ulster) Nottingham Glendale 11 12 13 14 Kevin Andrew Seta Takudzwa Key Stats Swiryn Suniula Tuilevuka Ngwenya Montpellier Herault Sporting Union Agen Chicago Griffins Biarritz Olympique # Caps Starting Lineup: 163 Rugby Club Avg Age Starting Lineup: 26 Oldest Player: Matekitonga Moeakiola (32) 15 Youngest Player: Tai Enosa (21) Avg Weight Forwards: 109 kg Chris Wyles Saracens USA IRB RANKING: 15 Test #: 170 © International Rugby Board 2009. 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Page 2 Saturday 13th November 2010 PORTUGAL KO: 15:00 USA Estadio Universitario, Lisbon Head to Head Recent Results Date Team A Result Team B Venue 08/04/1998 Portugal 5 61 USA Lisbon Summary Portugal 1 Matches (0 Draw) USA 0 Won 1 5 Points 61 1 Tries 9 0 Conversions 5 0 Penalties 2 0 Drop Goals 0 Player Records For Portugal against USA For USA against Portugal 21 Players - 1 Appearances 1 - 16 Players Francisco Rocha - 5 Points 20 - Vaea Anitoni Francisco Rocha - 1 Tries 4 - Vaea Anitoni - Conversions 5 - Matt Alexander - Penalties 2 - Matt Alexander - Drop Goals - Player Records in a Match For Portugal against USA For USA against Portugal Francisco Rocha on 08/04/1998 - 5 Points 20 - Vaea Anitoni on 08/04/1998 Francisco Rocha on 08/04/1998 - 1 Tries 4 - Vaea Anitoni on 08/04/1998 - Conversions 5 - Matt Alexander on 08/04/1998 - Penalties 2 - Matt Alexander on 08/04/1998 - Drop Goals - Team Records in a Match For Portugal against USA For USA against Portugal On 08/04/1998 - 5 Points 61 - On 08/04/1998 On 08/04/1998 - 1 Tries 9 - On 08/04/1998 - Conversions 5 - On 08/04/1998 - Penalties 2 - On 08/04/1998 - Drop Goals - © International Rugby Board 2009. 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Page 3 Saturday 13th November 2010 PORTUGAL KO: 15:00 Estadio Universitario, Lisbon Head Coach: Errol Brain Recent Matches Debut: v ( -) Date Opponent Result Venue Winning Ratio: 0.00% Average Tries per Match: 0.00 20/03/2010 Romania L 9 20 Lisbon 13/03/2010 Spain W 33 15 Madrid Portugal Record Under Errol Brain 27/02/2010 Germany W 69 0 Heusenstamm 0 Wins 0 Drawn 0 Lost 13/02/2010 Georgia L 10 16 Lisbon 0 For Points 0 Against 06/02/2010 Russia L 10 14 Sochi 0 For Tries 0 Against 0 For Conversions 0 Against Points For 131 0 For Penalties 0 Against Points Ag 65 0 For Drop Goals 0 Against Tries For 14 Tries Ag 6 Player Info For Portugal Caps as Caps v Player Pos Age Debut Caps Won Drawn Lost Points Tries Cons Pens DGs Sub Opponent Ruben Spachuck 1 29 05/02/2005 29 6 0 9 4 16 10 2 0 0 0 João Correia (C) 2 31 08/03/2003 51 6 0 20 4 27 10 2 0 0 0 Anthony Alves 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gonçalo Uva 4 26 10/06/2004 46 5 0 17 4 25 10 2 0 0 0 Juan Severino 5 06/02/2010 5 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Vasco Uva 6 28 16/02/2003 58 4 0 27 4 27 45 9 0 0 0 Julien Bardy 7 01/11/2008 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tiago Girão 8 25 11/03/2006 25 9 0 6 1 18 5 1 0 0 0 José Pinto 9 29 18/03/2001 45 15 0 19 3 23 20 3 1 1 0 Joseph Gardener 10 06/02/2010 5 0 0 2 0 3 32 2 5 4 0 António Aguilar 11 32 06/03/1999 56 4 0 21 2 33 75 15 0 0 0 Pedro Silva 12 01/11/2008 13 1 0 5 1 7 20 4 0 0 0 Federico Oliveira 13 06/02/2010 5 0 0 2 0 3 10 2 0 0 0 Jose Lima 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pedro Leal 15 26 26/02/2005 39 7 0 12 4 23 109 4 19 17 0 Total 379 60 0 143 27 209 346 46 25 22 0 Lionel Campergue 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ivo Morais 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rui D’Orey Branco 18 24 12/05/2007 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Laurent Balangue 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pedro Cabral 20 27 16/09/2006 27 8 0 8 1 18 151 2 21 31 2 Francisco Mira 21 24 03/02/2007 6 2 0 2 0 4 5 1 0 0 0 Gonçalo Foro 22 28 12/05/2007 21 7 0 6 1 14 40 8 0 0 0 Records For Portugal Caps Tries Points 84 - Joaquim Ferreira 15 - António Aguilar 294 - Joao Queimado 72 - Luis Pissarra 15 - Diogo Mateus 242 - Gonçalo Malheiro 71 - Diogo Mateus 14 - Nuno Durão 151 - Pedro Cabral Player Records (In a Match) Team Records (In a Match) Points: 30 - Thierry Teixeira v Georgia on 06/02/2000 Points: 69 v Germany on 27/02/2010 Tries: 3 - 4 players Tries: 9 on 3 Occasions Conversions: 6 - Nuno Maria Vilar Gomes v Netherlands on 23/11/1996 Conversions: 9 v Germany on 27/02/2010 Penalties: 9 - Thierry Teixeira v Georgia on 06/02/2000 Penalties: 9 v Georgia on 06/02/2000 Drop Goals: 2 - 2 players Drop Goals: 2 on 3 Occasions © International Rugby Board 2009.