2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby Divisão de Honra

2025–26 TOP 12
Countries Portugal
Number of teams12
Official website
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The Campeonato Nacional de Rugby Divisão de Honra (more commonly known as the Divisão de Honra) is Portugal's top-level professional men's rugby union competition. The Divisão de Honra Championships are organized by the Federação Portuguesa de Rugby (Portuguese Rugby Federation)[1] and currently consists of 12 teams.[2] The last placed team in the competition is relegated at the end of the season to the Campeonato Nacional de Rugby I Divisão (Portugal's second level of men's rugby union) with one team from the second-tier competition promoted to the Divisão de Honra.

Location of teams in 2025–26 TOP 12

Format

The championship is divided into two phases:

  • Regular season
  • Final season


Regular season The Divisão de Honra will be disputed by 12 (twelve) teams:[3]

  • 11 teams from the Divisão de Honra of the time 2024/2025;
  • 1 team promoted from the national championship of the 1st division.

The Regular season of Divisão de Honra will be played by three groups of four (4) teams (Group A, Group B and Group C), which play in the system of all against all. At the end of the regular season, the top 2 teams of each group will take part in the championship group that will determine the champion, while the bottom 2 teams will play in "Plate Cup" group.

Group A Group B Group C
Belenenses Cascais Direito
Benfica CDUL São Miguel
Agronomia CDUP Técnico
RC Santarém RC Montemor Académica


Final season The final season will be disputed by two groups:[3]

  • Title Group - integrated by the first two classified teams of each group of the regular season.
  • Plate Cup - integrated by teams classified in 3rd and 4th places of each group of the regular season.

The final classification of each group will define the champions and the final positions at the time 2025/26. The national champion of the 2025/2026 Divisão de Honra will be the first classified of the title group. The bottom team of "Plate Cup" group will be relegated to the lower division.

Teams

Team Manager Captain Stadium Capacity
Académica Lodie Van Staden Matheus Wolf Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição 2500
Agronomia Luís Pissarra Francisco Cabral Tapada da Ajuda 500
Belenenses João Mirra Tomás Sequeira Belém Rugby Park 500
Benfica António Aguilar Hayden Hann Campo nº2 - Lisbon University 1500
Cascais Gabriel Ascárate António Vidinha Campo da Guia 1000
CDUL Kane Hancy Tomás Appleton Estádio Universitário de Lisboa 8000
CDUP Francisco Vareta Tomás Marrana Estádio Universitário do Porto 1500
Direito Gonçalo Malheiro João Granate Complexo Desportivo Miguel Nobre Ferreira 2500
RC Montemor Rodrigo Costa Pereira José Pinto Gouveia Parque Desportivo Municipal 500
RC Santarém Escola Prática de Cavalaria 500
São Miguel João Uva Bader Pretorius Bulldog Rugby Park 800
C. R. Técnico Marco Caputo Rodrigo Bento Campo das Olaias 800

Squads 2025/26

Squads are ordered by the last classification of the league. According to Portuguese Rugby Federation[4]

The Belenenses squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season
Props
  • Anthony Kent LUS
  • Joaquin Dominguez
  • Lucas Bordigoni
  • Manuel Worm
  • Frederico Simões
  • Bernardo Veiga

Hookers

  • Guillermo Lawrie
  • Miguel Nunes LUS
  • Diogo Norton

Locks

  • Ignacio Dotti
  • Salvador da Cunha LUS
  • José Moreira
  • Francisco Simões
  • Tomás da Cunha
  • Martim Ferreira
 Backrow
  • Rafael Simões LUS
  • David Wallis LUS
  • Vasco Baptista LUS
  • André Cunha LUS
  • Manuel Pinto LUS
  • Tomás Sequeira
  • Sebastião da Cunha
  • Diogo Raposo
  • Pedro Cunha
  • Lourenço Cunha

Scrum-halves

  • Duarte Azevedo LUS
  • Francisco Macedo
  • João Menéres

Fly-halves

  • Francisco Menéres LUS
  • António Menéres
 Three-quarters
  • José Paiva dos Santos LUS
  • Duarte Moreira LUS
  • Diogo Rodrigues LUS
  • Owen Jenkins
  • Jordan Paes Bacon* LUS
  • Samuel Paes Bacon* LUS
  • Alex Thrupp
  • Ignacio Migliore
  • Lourenço Pedras
  • Gonçalo Santos
  • Tomás Monteiro
  • Francisco Galveias
  • Tomás Reis
  • João H. de Melo

Fullbacks

  • Salvador da Cunha Jr. LUS
  • Francisco Murta
(c) denotes the team captain
  • Bold denotes internationally capped players.
  • LUS denotes Lusitanos capped players.
  • * denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.


The Cascais squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season
Props
  • José Lavos LUS
  • Nicolas Griffiths LUS
  • José Martinez
  • Ignácio Urueña
  • Duarte Conde LUS

Hookers

  • Santiago Lopes LUS
  • Nuno Mascarenhas LUS

Locks

  • Boaventura Almeida LUS
  • Martim Belo LUS
  • Alexandre Fonseca Rodrigues LUS
  • Manuel Barros LUS
  • Israel Parnas
  • António Carvalho Martins
  • Luis Graça
  • Francisco Aranha Martins
 Backrow
  • Francisco Sousa
  • Duarte Costa Campos
  • Lourenço Durão LUS
  • Sebastião Petronilho
  • Francisco Martins
  • Dinis Pitta
  • Gonçalo Carvalho
  • António Andrade

Scrum-halves

  • Noah Nash
  • Rafael Iriarte
  • Duarte Cardoso LUS
  • Francisco Carmona Costa

Fly-halves

  • Santiago Jara
 Three-quarters
  • António Vidinha LUS
  • Francisco Vassalo
  • Vasco Durão LUS
  • Francisco C. Campos
  • José Villar Gomes
  • António Sousa
  • Luis Ferros
  • Duarte Tavares
  • Francisco Pissarra

Fullbacks

  • Vasco Correia LUS
  • Alfredo Almeida LUS
  • José Lopes
(c) denotes the team captain
  • Bold denotes internationally capped players.
  • LUS denotes Lusitanos capped players.
  • * denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.


The São Miguel squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season
Props
  • Robert Delai
  • Thomas Goyochea
  • Matias Bueso
  • Ramiro Pennella
  • Alexander Arroyo
  • Tiago Quitério
  • Afonso Loureiro
  • Tomas Fernandes Campos

Hookers

  • Jake Pope

Locks

  • Felipe Rosa
  • Nicolas Bertoldi
  • Pedro Oliveira
  • Vicente Trancoso
  • Duarte Carolino
 Backrow
  • Sabata Mokhachane* LUS
  • Joseph Duffy
  • Miguel Orrico
  • Sebastião Petronilho

Scrum-halves

  • João Bandeira
  • Tomás Trincheiras

Fly-halves

Three-quarters
  • Ignácio Vega
  • Bright Matimba
  • Allistair Mumba
  • Evrard Blain
  • José Pena Monteiro
  • João Tavares
  • Duarte Branquinho
  • Ricardo Rosa
  • Leandro Ceita
  • Francisco Cardoso
  • João Ruivo
  • Jorge Anjinho
  • Rafael Ferreira

Fullbacks

  • Andrea Ragno*
  • Miguel Martins
  • Tiago Girão
(c) denotes the team captain
  • Bold denotes internationally capped players.
  • LUS denotes Lusitanos capped players.
  • * denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.


The Direito squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season
Props
  • David Costa LUS
  • António Prim LUS
  • José Lupi
  • Luis Lopes
  • Javier Corvalan
  • Giovanni Ramallo
  • André Bardziy LUS
  • Afonso Tapadinhas
  • Lourenço Moita
  • João Pissarra
  • Leandro Nunes

Hookers

  • Duarte Diniz LUS
  • Fabian Contreras

Locks

  • Duarte Torgal LUS
  • Pedro Ferreira LUS
  • Duarte Pedro Nunes LUS
  • António Peixoto LUS
  • Henrique Cortes
  • Nuno Pina
 Backrow
  • Manuel Picão LUS
  • João Granate (c) LUS
  • Pedro Afra Rosa
  • Tomas Suárez
  • João Vital
  • Mateus Ferreira
  • Miguel Romero Rodrigues
  • António Mello
  • Diogo Matos
  • Luis Pina
  • Frederico Castello Branco
  • Guilherme Spratley

Scrum-halves

  • João Dias LUS
  • Afonso Castiñeira
  • Salvador Seabra

Fly-halves

  • Joaquin Mihura
  • Martim Dias
  • Bernardo Nogueira
 Three-quarters
  • João Afra Rosa LUS
  • Francisco Afra Rosa LUS
  • Manuel Reis LUS
  • Joaquin Bustos
  • Francisco Nobre
  • José Ferreira
  • João Burnay
  • Francisco Teixeira
  • Tomás Cary
  • Francisco Pinto
  • Manuel Romero Rodrigues
  • Hugo Miguel Cristóvão

Fullbacks

  • Caetano Castelo Branco
  • João Vaz Antunes
  • Martim Dias
  • Frederico Roquette
  • Francisco Perloiro
(c) denotes the team captain
  • Bold denotes internationally capped players.
  • LUS denotes Lusitanos capped players.
  • * denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.


The CDUL squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season
Props
  • Miguel Vilaça
  • Mariano Leiva
  • Matias Secco
  • António Maltez
  • José Almeida
  • Mariano Filomeno
  • Gonçalo Alves
  • António Carmona
  • Vicente Almeida

Hookers

  • Duarte Foro LUS
  • Samuel Marques

Locks

  • Duarte Gil
  • Francisco Almeida LUS
  • Diogo D'Almeida LUS
  • Guilherme Monteiro
  • Domingos Gonçalves
  • Flávio Carvalho
 Backrow
  • José Roque LUS
  • Xavier Cerejo LUS
  • Francisco Borges
  • Francisco Pinto
  • Rodrigo Oliveira
  • Nuno Macedo
  • Francisco Tavares
  • David Gracioso
  • Afonso Sousa
  • Eduardo Queiróz
  • Guilherme Rodrigues
  • Martim Almeida

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

  • Jorge Abecasis LUS
  • António Nuncio
  • Faustino Gama
  • José Cerejo
  • Pedro Neiva
 Three-quarters
  • Tomás Appleton LUS
  • Martim Faro LUS
  • Tomás Noronha
  • Ignacio Albornoz
  • Gonzalo Albornoz
  • João Vieira LUS
  • João Cardoso
  • Afonso Alvarez
  • Bernardo Canas
  • Duarte Duarte
  • Xavier Gama
  • João Cardoso
  • Hussein Sacoor
  • Pedro Coito
  • Salvador Silva
  • Tomé Lobo
  • Guilherme Oliveira

Fullbacks

  • Shane Van Rooyen
  • Pedro Roldão
  • Manuel Salgado
(c) denotes the team captain
  • Bold denotes internationally capped players.
  • LUS denotes Lusitanos capped players.
  • * denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.


The Benfica squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season
Props
  • Sam Miller
  • Juan David Henao
  • Santiago Cagnone
  • Olly Adkins
  • Isaías Camará
  • José Maria Pereira
  • Serafim Djassi
  • Eduardo Gomes
  • Gonçalo Jorge

Hookers

  • Jason Cornelius LUS
  • Pedro Gouveia

Locks

  • Izzak Kelly
  • Karl Hunger
  • Giuseppe Piacenza
  • Eurico Chichorro
  • Afonso Boavida
  • Vicente Quaresma
 Backrow
  • Frederico Couto LUS
  • Manuel Fati
  • Frederico Silva
  • Tomás Picado
  • Pedro Ismael Tavares
  • Rui Duarte
  • João Ferreira

Scrum-halves

  • António Campos LUS
  • Elliott Ryan
  • Tomás Boavida
  • Luís Chança

Fly-halves

  • João Lima
  • João Farinha
  • António Alves
 Three-quarters
  • José Lima LUS
  • Guilherme Vasconcelos LUS
  • Juan Pablo Castro
  • Leopoldo Herrera
  • Hayden Hann
  • Kyle Alves*
  • Francisco Bessa
  • Rodrigo Urzay Soares
  • Edgar Monteiro
  • Harrison Stock
  • Diego Caeiro
  • Francisco Costa
  • Rodrigo Sampaio
  • David Greer
  • Zé Miguel Carvalho
  • Felisbelo Vieira*

Fullbacks

  • José Rodrigues
  • António Valadares
  • António Alves
(c) denotes the team captain
  • Bold denotes internationally capped players.
  • LUS denotes Lusitanos capped players.
  • * denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.


The Agronomia squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season
Props
  • Francisco Domingues LUS
  • Daniel Cabral
  • Rodrigo Correa
  • Hayze Nepia
  • Dante Santos*
  • Abraão Ambrósio*
  • Nicolau Turabelidze LUS
  • Luís Souto Barreiros
  • Salvador Oostergettel

Hookers

  • Pedro Vicente LUS
  • Hugo Oliveira
  • Joaquim Raimundo
  • Bernardo Cardoso
  • Eduardo Uva

Locks

  • José Rebelo de Andrade LUS
  • António Rebelo de Andrade LUS
  • Manase Taufa
  • Pedro Herédia
  • Bernardo B. Cardoso
  • Simão Salgueiro
  • Diogo Carvalho
  • Manuel Bação
  • Luís Rodolfo
  • António Maria Andrade
  • Vasco Queiroz
 Backrow
  • Tevyn Anitelea
  • Joshua Retter
  • Francisco Cabral (c) LUS
  • Diogo Sarmento LUS
  • Manuel Navalhinhas
  • João P. Fernandes
  • Francisco Uva
  • Vicente Guerra Pinto
  • Duarte Vasco Costa
  • João Louro
  • José Ramalho

Scrum-halves

  • Tomás Amado LUS
  • Duarte Alves
  • Frederico Barbosa

Fly-halves

  • Hugo de Franq
  • Domingos Cabral LUS
  • Simão Sousa
  • José Maria Cunha
 Three-quarters
  • Vasco Ribeiro LUS
  • D'Shawn Bowen
  • Vasco Leite LUS
  • Sebastião Cardoso
  • José do Carmo Câmara
  • José Carmo
  • Bernardo Valente
  • Manuel Ramalho
  • José Cortes Pena Monteiro
  • Vasco Câmara
  • António Pena Monteiro
  • Pedro Ribeiro
  • Rodrigo Castanheira
  • Eduardo Leite
  • Salvador Botelho
  • João Castro
  • Salvador Cabral

Full-back

  • Manuel Cardoso Pinto LUS
  • Ciarian Roberts
  • Gonçalo Vasco Costa
  • Afonso Vinagre
  • Luis Heredia
(c) denotes the team captain
  • Bold denotes internationally capped players.
  • LUS denotes Lusitanos capped players.
  • * denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.


The CDUP squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season
Props
  • João Vasco Côrte-Real
  • Filipe Granja
  • Julian Ramos
  • António Magalhães LUS
  • Bernardo Coelho
  • Nuno Figueiredo
  • Henrique Freitas

Hookers

  • Agustin Lescano
  • António Terroso
  • Gonçalo Sousa Soares

Locks

  • Gonçalo Seruca
  • Rodrigo Mateus
  • Henrique Vieira
  • João Silva
 Backrow
  • Lorenzo Cicarelli
  • Francisco Bartorelli
  • Luis Avides Moreira LUS
  • Henrique Santos
  • António Pires
  • Luis Leão
  • Francisco Figueiredo

Scrum-halves

  • Santiago Burgos

Fly-halves

  • Tiago Rocha
  • Lourenço Cardoso
 Three-quarters
  • Mika Zetzema
  • Ihor Lutsenko
  • Tomás Marrana
  • Mateus Libório Tavares
  • Lucas Velo
  • Afonso Aguiar
  • José Diogo
  • Salvador Cardoso
  • Tomás Ferronha
  • Miguel Trepa

Fullbacks

(c) denotes the team captain
  • Bold denotes internationally capped players.
  • LUS denotes Lusitanos capped players.
  • * denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.


The Académica squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season
Props
  • Alexandre Alves
  • João Henrique Arnaud
  • Afonso Machado
  • João Claúdio Dos Santos
  • Francisco Gonçalves
  • Martim Pereira

Hookers

  • João Mateus LUS
  • Ignacio Failla
  • João Aguiar

Locks

  • Matheus Wolf (c)
  • Kauã Guimarães
  • Sérgio Duarte Franco
  • Gonçalo Costa
  • Daniel Almeida
  • Francisco Teles
  • Diogo Sanches
  • Guilherme Coelho
 Backrow
  • Diogo Paixão Santos
  • Joe Greaves
  • Edmundo Ferreira LUS
  • Miguel André
  • Francisco Silva
  • Francisco Curica
  • Francisco Rovira
  • Afonso Cabral
  • Vasco Tojo
  • Pedro Arinto

Scrum-halves

  • Rafael Gattino
  • José Fernandes
  • Silvio Costa

Fly-halves

  • Charles Williams
  • Ron McCrimmon
  • Gustavo Rocha
  • Joaquim Couto
 Three-quarters
  • João Diogo Silva
  • Victor Guilherme Souza
  • João Cunha LUS
  • David Tender Gomes LUS
  • António Pinto Costa LUS
  • Francisco Migueis
  • Edson Paulino
  • Nuno Fernandes
  • Afonso Monteiro
  • Nuno Cardoso

Fullbacks

  • Ross Doogan
  • Tiago Pintão
  • Gaspar Neto
  • Rodrigo Silva
  • Francisco Carrito
(c) denotes the team captain
  • Bold denotes internationally capped players.
  • LUS denotes Lusitanos capped players.
  • * denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.


The CR Técnico squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season
Props
  • André Arrojado LUS
  • Tevita Langi
  • João Nobre
  • Diogo Teixeira
  • Vasco Tavares
  • João Lobo

Hookers

  • Rodrigo Bento LUS
  • Miguel Seoane
  • Manuel Barral

Locks

  • Jonathan Toelupe
  • Guilherme Costa LUS
  • Afonso Cirilo
  • Gonçalo Costa
  • Estevão Baltazar
  • Miguel Pereira
  • Alexandre Rosário Silva
  • Sérgio Medeiro
  • Simão Medeiro
 Backrow
  • Reegan Wheeler
  • Irirangi Taniere
  • Francisco Silva
  • Manuel Serrano
  • João D'Orey
  • Diogo Teixeira
  • Tomás Mano
  • Manuel Maia
  • Pedro Nunes

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

  • Hugo Trigueiro
 Three-quarters
  • Pisi Leilua
  • Kanavale Helu
  • Blake Makiri
  • Jaryd de Jager
  • Noah Ménard
  • Francisco Salgado LUS
  • Rodrigo Henriques
  • António Cardoso
  • Francisco Vallêra
  • Lourenço Chambel
  • Diogo Salgado
  • Guilherme Sampaio
  • Henrique Lacerda

Fullbacks

  • Levi Conti
  • Miguel Rosa
  • Nuno Fradinho
(c) denotes the team captain
  • Bold denotes internationally capped players.
  • LUS denotes Lusitanos capped players.
  • * denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.


The RC Montemor squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season
Props
  • Franco Dellamea
  • Marika Toga
  • Lucas Maundza
  • António Mendes
  • António Veiga Malta
  • Tomé Borrazeiro

Hookers

  • Giorgi Tsverava
  • Alexandre Palma

Locks

  • Solomoni Kunatauga
  • Manuel Marques dos Santos
  • João Potier
  • Francisco Passareiro
  • Miguel Cecilio
  • Manuel Silva Borges
 Backrow
  • Ben Taylor
  • José Pinto Gouveia
  • João Camelo
  • Luis Marques dos Santos
  • João Vacas de Carvalho

Scrum-halves

  • Afonso Antunes
  • António Vacas
  • Augusto Mira

Fly-halves

  • Gonçalo Silva
  • Miguel Casadinho
 Three-quarters
  • Yann Lucas
  • Manuel Elias Junior
  • Pedro Silva Borges
  • Rodrigo Costa Pereira
  • Miguel Rosa
  • António Redondo
  • Francisco Mira
  • Luis Santos Jorge
  • Rodrigo Carvoeiro
  • Pedro Tigre

Fullbacks

  • Agustín Iza
  • José Vacas de Carvalho
(c) denotes the team captain
  • Bold denotes internationally capped players.
  • LUS denotes Lusitanos capped players.
  • * denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.


The RC Santarém squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season
Props
  • Luan Almeida
  • Aquiles Schlüter
  • Alan Falcon
  • Tomás Santos Silva
  • Francisco Vinagre
  • André Gomes
  • Martim Coste
  • Filipe Rodrigues

Hookers

  • Jhonatan Dias
  • João Almeida
  • António Figueiredo
  • Diogo Nogueira

Locks

  • Matheus Daniel
  • Francisco Serra
  • Manuel Campilho
  • João Valério
  • Henrique Silva
 Backrow
  • Bernando Almeida
  • João Faro
  • João Oliveira
  • António Rosa
  • Manuel Carreira
  • Pedro Baptista
  • Manuel Landureza
  • Exequiel Ligios

Scrum-halves

  • Francisco Sanchis Bouzas
  • António Prazeres

Fly-halves

  • Rafael Morales
  • Maxi Figueroa
  • Duarte Palha
 Three-quarters
  • Martim Alves
  • Belgidio Mascarenhas
  • Tomás Dimas
  • Tiago Dimas
  • António Pena Monteiro
  • Manuel Mira
  • Alex Vieira
  • Sabastião Morgado
  • Rafael Canhoto
  • João Soares
  • Francisco Vinagre
  • José Moreira

Fullbacks

  • Franscico Fonseca
  • Sabastião Fonseca
(c) denotes the team captain
  • Bold denotes internationally capped players.
  • LUS denotes Lusitanos capped players.
  • * denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.

See also

References

  1. ^ "PORTUGAL RUGBY". PORTUGAL RUGBY.
  2. ^ "COMUNICADO OFICIAL N.º 1 - ÉPOCA DESPORTIVA 2025/2026". PORTUGAL RUGBY.
  3. ^ a b "Comunicado Oficial Nº1 25/26" (PDF).
  4. ^ "PORTUGAL RUGBY". PORTUGAL RUGBY.
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