TheBreakdown
Full time21 March 2015
Russia
21–8
Portugal
Central Stadium, Sochi, Russian Federation · European Nations Cup Men's 2016Head-to-head

Russia won by 13 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’TRussia try · Alexey Panasenko5–0
  2. 9’CRussia conversion · Yury Kushnarev7–0
  3. 20’PRussia penalty · Yury Kushnarev10–0
  4. 26’DPortugal drop goal · Nuno Penha e Costa10–3
  5. 42’PRussia penalty · Yury Kushnarev13–3
  6. 60’TRussia try · Alexey Shcherban18–3
  7. 73’TPortugal try · Salvador Vassalo Santos18–8
  8. 85’PRussia penalty · Yury Kushnarev21–8

Line-ups

Russia

  1. 1Alexey VolkovProp
  2. 2Vladislav KorshunovHooker
  3. 3Innokentiy ZykovProp
  4. 4Alexey PanasenkoSecond row
  5. 5Andrey GarbuzovSecond row
  6. 6Andrey TemnovFlanker
  7. 7Pavel ButenkoFlanker
  8. 8Viktor GresevNumber 8
  9. 9Alexey ShcherbanScrum-half
  10. 10Ramil GaisinFly-half
  11. 11Mikhail BabaevWing
  12. 12Vladimir RudenkoCentre
  13. 13Dmitry GerasimovCentre
  14. 14Igor KurashovWing
  15. 15Yury KushnarevFull-back
  16. 16Sergey SekisovBench
  17. 17Stanislav SelskiiBench
  18. 18Evgeny PronenkoBench
  19. 19Denis AntonovBench
  20. 20Dmitry KrotovBench
  21. 21Rushan IagudinBench
  22. 22Anton RyabovBench
  23. 23Andrey OtrokovBench

Portugal

  1. 1Francisco FernandesProp
  2. 2Nuno TafulHooker
  3. 3Bruno RochaProp
  4. 4Diogo ToornSecond row
  5. 5Afonso SousaSecond row
  6. 6Salvador Vassalo SantosFlanker
  7. 7Joao TravassosFlanker
  8. 8Francisco SousaNumber 8
  9. 9Francisco MagalhaesScrum-half
  10. 10Nuno Penha e CostaFly-half
  11. 11Goncalo ForoWing
  12. 12Jose LimaCentre
  13. 13Manuel PereiraCentre
  14. 14Tomas NoronhaWing
  15. 15Duarte MarquesFull-back
  16. 16Bruno MedeirosBench
  17. 17Joao AlmeidaBench
  18. 18Francisco SilvaBench
  19. 19Miguel VilacaBench
  20. 20Joao CabacoBench
  21. 21Carlos SottomayorBench
  22. 22Rodrigo FigueiredoBench
  23. 23Francisco AppletonBench

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Context

All-time, Russia 14–6 Portugal, 1 drawn in 21 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Russia going in
Portugal going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.