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Men's Rugby World Cup 2023 · Stade de Nice, Nice · 16 September 2023Head-to-head
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Wales won by 20 points.Half-time 7–3 · Tries 4–1 · WAL 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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5′37′50′94356638329%Own 2253%Own half63%Opp half66%Opp 22
← Portugal attack · Wales attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
9′WalesTry, Louis Rees-Zammit, converted5–0
43′WalesTry, Dewi Lake, converted12–3
56′WalesTry, Jac Morgan, converted19–3
63′PortugalTry, Nicolas Martins, conversion missed21–8
83′WalesTry, Taulupe Faletau, converted26–8
5′PortugalPenalty goal missed
37′PortugalPenalty goal scored
50′PortugalPenalty goal missed
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′1 WAL card · 1 POR card
9′Louis Rees-Zammit43′Dewi Lake56′Jac Morgan63′Nicolas Martins83′Taulupe Faletau
WAL

Team stats

POR
57%Possession43%
50%Territory50%
150Carries108
636Metres gained373
5Clean breaks6
27Defenders beaten14
160Passes151
11Offloads8
112Tackles made156
14Tackles missed27
97/100Rucks won68/70
9/13Lineouts won12/13
9/12Scrums won6/9
6/7Mauls won4/4
5Turnovers won7
11Penalties conceded11
27Kicks from hand30
933Kick metres1,065
Goal kicking
WAL conversions 4/4, penalties 0/0 · POR conversions 0/1, penalties 1/3. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Nicky SmithProp
  2. 2Dewi LakeHooker
  3. 3Dillon LewisProp
  4. 4Christ TshiunzaSecond row
  5. 5Dafydd JenkinsSecond row
  6. 6Dan LydiateFlanker
  7. 7Jac MorganFlanker
  8. 8Taulupe FaletauNumber 8
  9. 9Tomos WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth AnscombeFly-half
  11. 11Rio DyerWing
  12. 12Johnny WilliamsCentre
  13. 13Mason GradyCentre
  14. 14Louis Rees-ZammitWing
  15. 15Leigh HalfpennyFull-back
  16. 16Ryan EliasBench
  17. 17Corey DomachowskiBench
  18. 18Tomas FrancisBench
  19. 19Adam BeardBench
  20. 20Taine BashamBench
  21. 21Gareth DaviesBench
  22. 22Sam CostelowBench
  23. 23Josh AdamsBench

Portugal

  1. 1Francisco FernandesProp
  2. 2Mike TadjerHooker
  3. 3Anthony AlvesProp
  4. 4Martim BeloSecond row
  5. 5Steevy CerqueiraSecond row
  6. 6Joao GranateFlanker
  7. 7Nicolas MartinsFlanker
  8. 8Rafael SimõesNumber 8
  9. 9Samuel MarquesScrum-half
  10. 10Jerónimo PortelaFly-half
  11. 11Rodrigo MartaWing
  12. 12Tomas AppletonCentre
  13. 13Jose LimaCentre
  14. 14Vincent PintoWing
  15. 15Nuno Sousa GuedesFull-back
  16. 16David CostaBench
  17. 17Lionel CampergueBench
  18. 18Diogo Hasse FerreiraBench
  19. 19Thibault de FreitasBench
  20. 20David WallisBench
  21. 21Pedro LucasBench
  22. 22Joris MouraBench
  23. 23Raffaele StortiBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Wales 2–0 Portugal in 2 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Wales 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.