Jump to main content
Portugal 11 Wales 102

Portugal 11 Wales 102

Wales became the first of the Five Nations teams to play a Rugby World Cup qualifying match, having failed to reach the quarter-finals in the 1991 tournament.

Share this page:

Wales set a Rugby World Cup record in this match – which was broken almost immediately by Italy’s 104-8 victory over the Czech Republic also for qualification – when they topped a century of points against Portugal.

Neil Jenkins’s 11 conversions was also a world record, but again it only lasted a day as Luigi Troiani topped it with 12 against the Czech Republic. Nigel Walker equalled the national record with four tries and there were 16 tries in all as Portugal were pulverised.

Partners and Suppliers

Principal Partners
Principality
Admiral
Portugal 11 Wales 102
Vodafone
Go.Compare
Official Broadcast Partners
S4C
BBC Cymru/Wales
Official Partners
Guinness
Portugal 11 Wales 102
Portugal 11 Wales 102
Heineken
Portugal 11 Wales 102
The Indigo Group
Portugal 11 Wales 102
Official Suppliers
Gilbert
Portugal 11 Wales 102
Rhino Rugby
Sportseen
Portugal 11 Wales 102
Portugal 11 Wales 102
Princes Gate
Portugal 11 Wales 102
Amber
Opro
Total Energies
Seat Unique
Portugal 11 Wales 102
Castell Howell
Glamorgan Brewing
Ted Hopkins
Hawes & Curtis
Portugal 11 Wales 102