Respect to Portugal you guys bring something different keep on playing you have the potential to go much further Respect from an avid rugby loving SOURH AFRICAN BOK SUPPORTER.
I see some of football in the portuguese game! My respect for my team extended to the all rugby spirit and fans! Thank you all! You show me (a football fan) what the real sport spirit is! The portuguese team, first of all, show to The portuguese people the beauthy of rugby! Thank’s
As a south african I can honestly say that Portugal are without a doubt my favourite team of the tier 2 nations. Respect to Portugal you guys showed the will and love to play and not just to participate but to go and win against a team nobody was expecting you guys to win against. Big Respect !!!! Hope Portugal can carry on with this momentum and become a playoff team in 2027.
Hopefully teams like Fiji gets the necessary support to improve even further... Plus they need to be playing international rugby regularly like the best teams.... Then there's teams like Portugal who showed real potential but lack quality.... They need support from world rugby not just talk....
Well deserved for Portugal on making history, Fiji really need to work on their consistency in terms of staying hot like they were against big teams instead of slumping whenever they play the "emerging teams" like Portugal and Georgia.
I've come back and watched these highlights at least 4 times now. Truly one of the all-time greatest rugby matches. Portugal left their whole heart on the field and you can see the pure elation in their faces when they win. Brilliant.
A huge upset is defined by an extreme underdog winning, this is what happened here. Portugal is partly amateur as well, so this makes it even more incredible.
A pointless exercise bro. If you've watched rugby for as long as I have or any sport for that matter bad calls are just part of the game. It always has been. No matter how much technology is involved there will be 50/50 calls after all they are human and will make mistakes. And for those that bag the referee I guarantee you they've never reffed a game in their life. It's not as easy as it looks. Armchair critics are the worse because it's easier to sit at home and criticise.
