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Full time4 July 2026
USA
30–29
Portugal
DICK'S Sporting Goods Park, Denver, Colorado, United States · World Rugby Nations Cup 2026Head-to-head

USA won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. 2’TPortugal try · Manuel Cardoso Pinto0–5
  2. 9’TPortugal try · Manuel Cardoso Pinto0–10
  3. 10’CPortugal conversion · Samuel Marques0–12
  4. 14’TUSA try · Cory Daniel5–12
  5. 15’CUSA conversion · Christopher Hilsenbeck7–12
  6. 24’TPortugal try · Manuel Cardoso Pinto7–17
  7. 25’CPortugal conversion · Samuel Marques7–19
  8. 29’TUSA try · Paddy Ryan12–19
  9. 30’CUSA conversion · Christopher Hilsenbeck14–19
  10. 41’TUSA try · Dominic Besag19–19
  11. 42’CUSA conversion · Christopher Hilsenbeck21–19
  12. 50’PPortugal penalty · Samuel Marques21–22
  13. 55’PUSA penalty · Christopher Hilsenbeck24–22
  14. 61’PUSA penalty · Christopher Hilsenbeck27–22
  15. 63’TPortugal try · Manuel Cardoso Pinto27–27
  16. 64’CPortugal conversion · Hugo Aubry27–29
  17. 79’PUSA penalty · Christopher Hilsenbeck30–29

Line-ups

USA

  1. 1Jack IscaroProp
  2. 2Kapeli PifeletiHooker
  3. 3Tonga KofeProp
  4. 4Nathan Den HoedtSecond row
  5. 5Jason DammSecond row
  6. 6Benjamin BonassoFlanker
  7. 7Cory DanielFlanker
  8. 8Paddy RyanNumber 8
  9. 9Ruben de HaasScrum-half
  10. 10Christopher HilsenbeckFly-half
  11. 11Perry MayoWing
  12. 12Dominic BesagCentre
  13. 13Tavite LopetiCentre
  14. 14Rufus McLeanWing
  15. 15Mitch WilsonFull-back
  16. 16Shilo KleinBench
  17. 17Ezekiel LindenmuthBench
  18. 18Mason PedersenBench
  19. 19Brandon HarveyBench
  20. 20Nafi Ma'afuBench
  21. 21Ethan McVeighBench
  22. 22Luke CartyBench
  23. 23Julian RobertsBench

Portugal

  1. 1Luis LopesProp
  2. 2Luka BegicHooker
  3. 3Antonio Prim da CostaProp
  4. 4Martim BeloSecond row
  5. 5Duarte TorgalSecond row
  6. 6Jose MadeiraFlanker
  7. 7Joao GranateFlanker
  8. 8Jose MonteiroNumber 8
  9. 9Samuel MarquesScrum-half
  10. 10Manuel VareiroFly-half
  11. 11Manuel Cardoso PintoWing
  12. 12Tomas AppletonCentre
  13. 13Guilherme VasconcelosCentre
  14. 14Raffaele StortiWing
  15. 15Vincent PintoFull-back
  16. 16Pedro VicenteBench
  17. 17Nuno MascarenhasBench
  18. 18Cody ThomasBench
  19. 19Guilherme CostaBench
  20. 20Andre CunhaBench
  21. 21Hugo CamachoBench
  22. 22Hugo AubryBench
  23. 23Martim FaroBench

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Context

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

USA 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.