Clube Rugby São Miguel Explained

Teamname:	São Miguel
Fullname:	Clube Rugby São Miguel
Nickname:	Buldogues (Bulldogs)
Founded:	1970
Ground:	Bulldog Stadium
President:	Miguel Texeira
Coach:	Rui Carvoeira
Pattern B1:	_blackhoops
Leftarm1:	00F
Body1:	00F
Rightarm1:	00F
Shorts1:	000
Socks1:	000

Clube Rugby São Miguel is a rugby team based in the neighbourhood of São Miguel in Lisbon, Portugal. As of the 2012/13 season, they play in the Second Division of the Campeonato Nacional de Rugby (National Championship).

History

The club was founded in 1970. After a gap in activity the club returned to activity in 2009 following a large meeting of former players and families to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Afonso Costa Pereira.

In 2010 the club returned to competition with the senior team playing the II Division of the Portuguese Championship. In 2012-2013 the team finished 2nd and was promoted to the 1st Division. In 2017/2018 the senior team reached the final and almost got promoted to Honor Division however they lost against CRAV.

Squad 2023/24

According to Portuguese Rugby Federation^[1]

The São Miguel squad for the 2023–24 TOP 10 season

Props Robert Delai José Santucho Giovanni Ramallo Juninho Patricio Jayson Jackson Tiago Quitério Hookers Miguel Seoane Banana Locks Pedro Oliveira Volodymyr Grikh Francisco Silva Simão Oliveira Miguel Máximo Simão Medeiro	Backrow Sabata Mokhachane Gonçalo Melo Miguel Orrico Tommy Duarte Carolino Diogo Pina Rui Duarte Scrum-halves Tomás Trincheiras Carlos Mike Fly-halves Danny Mokhoabane Bader Pretorius Francisco Teixeira	Centres Charles Goedhals Rivaldo Pinto Tomás Morais Lourenço Chambel Wingers Bright Matimba Ricardo Rosa Francisco Cardoso Francisco Reis Tomás Aquino Fullbacks Andrea Ragno Duarte Branquinho José Nascimento
(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.

External links

• Clube Rugby São Miguel

Notes and References

1. News: Registered players on FPR.