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Full time4 March 2017
Netherlands
10–26
Portugal
Venue not recorded · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2016Head-to-head

Portugal won by 16 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’TNetherlands try · Sep Visser5–0
  2. 5’CNetherlands conversion · Liam McBride7–0
  3. 18’TPortugal try · Fernando Almeida7–5
  4. 40’PNetherlands penalty · David Weersma10–5
  5. 54’TPortugal try · Fernando Almeida10–10
  6. 55’CPortugal conversion · Nuno Costa10–12
  7. 58’TPortugal try · Vasco Ribeiro10–17
  8. 59’CPortugal conversion · Nuno Costa10–19
  9. 74’TPortugal try · Goncalo Uva10–24
  10. 75’CPortugal conversion · Nuno Costa10–26

Line-ups

Netherlands

  1. 1Hugo LangelaanProp
  2. 2Mark DarlingtonHooker
  3. 4Rob VerbakelSecond row
  4. 5Chesney CrosbySecond row
  5. 6Dirk DanenFlanker
  6. 7Huey Van VlietFlanker
  7. 8Vincent WrightNumber 8
  8. 9Rik RooversScrum-half
  9. 10Storm CarrollFly-half
  10. 11Sep VisserWing
  11. 12David WeersmaCentre
  12. 13Josh GascoigneCentre
  13. 14Johnny NasWing
  14. 15Liam McBrideFull-back
  15. 16Andrew DarlingtonProp
  16. 3Floris KieftBench
  17. 17Victor HuurmanBench
  18. 18Roberto WarmerdamBench
  19. 19Robin KokBench
  20. 20Vincent GrimbergenBench
  21. 21Niels van de VenBench
  22. 22Rik Van BalkomBench
  23. 23Pieter MolBench

Portugal

  1. 1Joao Corte-RealProp
  2. 2Duarte DinizHooker
  3. 3Francisco BrunoProp
  4. 4Fernando AlmeidaSecond row
  5. 5Goncalo UvaSecond row
  6. 6Joao Manuel LinoFlanker
  7. 7Sebastiao VillaxFlanker
  8. 8Vasco MendesNumber 8
  9. 9Francisco MagalhaesScrum-half
  10. 10Nuno CostaFly-half
  11. 11Aderito EstevesWing
  12. 12Vasco RibeiroCentre
  13. 13Tomas AppletonCentre
  14. 14Goncalo ForoWing
  15. 15Manuel VilelaFull-back
  16. 16Bruno MedeirosBench
  17. 17Nuno MascarenhasBench
  18. 18Jose Leal Da CostaBench
  19. 19Manuel Picao EusebioBench
  20. 20Miguel MacedoBench
  21. 21Pedro LealBench
  22. 22Tiago FernandesBench
  23. 23António VidinhaBench

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Context

All-time, Netherlands 3–13 Portugal, 1 drawn in 17 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Netherlands 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.