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Full time20 May 2017
Belgium
29–18
Portugal
Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels, Belgium · Rugby Europe Championship Men's 2017Head-to-head

Belgium won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’TBelgium try · Gillian Benoy5–0
  2. 8’CBelgium conversion · Alan Williams7–0
  3. 9’TBelgium try · Charles Reynaert12–0
  4. 10’CBelgium conversion · Alan Williams14–0
  5. 22’TPortugal try · Vasco Mendes14–5
  6. 24’CPortugal conversion · Pedro Bettencourt14–7
  7. 26’TPortugal try · Pedro Bettencourt14–12
  8. 36’PPortugal penalty · Pedro Bettencourt14–15
  9. 46’TBelgium try · Thomas Dienst19–15
  10. 47’CBelgium conversion · Alan Williams21–15
  11. 57’PPortugal penalty · Pedro Bettencourt21–18
  12. 68’TBelgium try · Charles Reynaert26–18
  13. 73’PBelgium penalty · Alan Williams29–18

Line-ups

Belgium

  1. 1Julien MassimiProp
  2. 2Thomas DienstHooker
  3. 3Jean-Baptiste De ClercqProp
  4. 4Gillian BenoySecond row
  5. 5Tuur MoelantsSecond row
  6. 6Jean Maurice DecubberFlanker
  7. 7Baptiste LescarbouraFlanker
  8. 8Thomas De MolderNumber 8
  9. 9Tom CocquScrum-half
  10. 10Sebastien GunsFly-half
  11. 11Charles ReynaertWing
  12. 12Jens TorfsCentre
  13. 13Guillaume PironCentre
  14. 14Nathan BontemsWing
  15. 15Alan WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Max DuboisBench
  17. 17Christophe DebatyBench
  18. 18Brieuc CorradiBench
  19. 19Bertrand BilliBench
  20. 20Florian PironBench
  21. 21Bjorn Van ZylBench
  22. 22Kevin WilliamsBench
  23. 23Lucas SotteauBench

Portugal

  1. 1Bruno MedeirosProp
  2. 2Duarte DinizHooker
  3. 3Jose Leal Da CostaProp
  4. 4Geordie McsulleaSecond row
  5. 5Goncalo UvaSecond row
  6. 6Joao Manuel LinoFlanker
  7. 8Vasco MendesNumber 8
  8. 9Francisco MagalhaesScrum-half
  9. 10Nuno Penha e CostaFly-half
  10. 11Aderito EstevesWing
  11. 12Tomas AppletonCentre
  12. 13Jose LimaCentre
  13. 14Goncalo ForoWing
  14. 15Pedro BettencourtFull-back
  15. 19Sebastiao VillaxFlanker
  16. 7Miguel MacedoBench
  17. 16Joao Corte-RealBench
  18. 17Nuno MascarenhasBench
  19. 18Diogo Hasse FerreiraBench
  20. 20Rafael SimõesBench
  21. 21Nuno Sousa GuedesBench
  22. 22Pedro LealBench
  23. 23Manuel VilelaBench

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Context

All-time, Belgium 4–13 Portugal, 2 drawn in 19 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Belgium 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.