TheBreakdown
Full time8 April 1998
Portugal
5–61
USA
Estadio Universitario, Lisbon, PortugalHead-to-head

USA won by 56 points.

Scoring

  1. –TPortugal try · Francisco Rocha5–0
  2. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander5–2
  3. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander5–4
  4. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander5–6
  5. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander5–8
  6. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander5–10
  7. –PUSA penalty · Matt Alexander5–13
  8. –PUSA penalty · Matt Alexander5–16
  9. –TUSA try5–21
  10. –TUSA try · Vaea Anitoni5–26
  11. –TUSA try · Vaea Anitoni5–31
  12. –TUSA try · Vaea Anitoni5–36
  13. –TUSA try · Vaea Anitoni5–41
  14. –TUSA try · Alatini Saulala5–46
  15. –TUSA try · Mark Scharrenberg5–51
  16. –TUSA try · Mark Scharrenberg5–56
  17. –TUSA try · Dan Kennedy5–61

Line-ups

Portugal

  1. 1Paulo MarquesProp
  2. 2Paulo SilvaHooker
  3. 3Joaquim FerreiraProp
  4. 4Manuel Sommer RibeiroSecond row
  5. 5Pedro RogérioSecond row
  6. 6Rui ChançaFlanker
  7. 7Eduardo CorreiaFlanker
  8. 8Marcello D'OreyNumber 8
  9. 9Francisco RochaScrum-half
  10. 10Nuno MourãoFly-half
  11. 11Joao VarelaWing
  12. 12Sérgio AzevedoCentre
  13. 13Salvador Ferreira do AmaralCentre
  14. 14Ricardo NunesWing
  15. 15Rohan HoffmannFull-back
  16. Manuel MeloBench
  17. João BaptistaBench
  18. Miguel PortelaBench
  19. Goncalo NetoBench
  20. Gonçalo AlpoimBench
  21. Abel PintoBench

USA

  1. 1John McBrideProp
  2. 2Tom BillupsHooker
  3. 3Ray LehnerProp
  4. 4Luke GrossSecond row
  5. 5Alec ParkerSecond row
  6. 6Dave HodgesFlanker
  7. 7David CareFlanker
  8. 8Rob LumkongNumber 8
  9. 9Andre BacheletScrum-half
  10. 10Matt AlexanderFly-half
  11. 11Dan KennedyWing
  12. 12Mark ScharrenbergCentre
  13. 13Alatini SaulalaCentre
  14. 14Vaea AnitoniWing
  15. 15Chris MorrowFull-back
  16. Jay WilkersonBench

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Context

All-time, Portugal 1–4 USA, 1 drawn in 6 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Portugal going in
USA 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.