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C. R. Técnico

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Técnico
Full nameAssociação de Estudantes do Instituto Superior Técnico
Founded1963; 61 years ago (1963)
Ground(s)Campo das Olaias
Coach(es)António Manzoni de Sequeira (2024/2025)
League(s)Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock
2020–211st
Team kit

Clube de Rugby do Técnico or C.R. Técnico is a Portuguese rugby union club.

Técnico has won 3 Championships and 4 Portuguese Cup's. It was founded in 1963, by four rugby union players and students of Técnico, Alfredo Santos, José Luis Steiger, José Metelo and Pedro Sousa Ribeiro.

In the late eighties, it set out to build his own field in Olaias, leaving Estádio Universitário de Lisboa where it used to play.[1][2]

C.R Técnico has all age groups teams, from Under 8 to Veterans, including 2 senior teams, women's side and also Touch Rugby.

Honours

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Current squad

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The CR Técnico squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season
Props
  • Portugal André Arrojado
  • Portugal Diogo Teixeira
  • Portugal Gonçalo Costa
  • Portugal Vasco Tavares
  • Portugal João Lobo

Hookers

  • Portugal Rodrigo Bento
  • Portugal Afonso Cirilo
  • Portugal Manuel Barral

Locks

  • Portugal Guilherme Costa
  • Portugal Estevão Baltazar
  • Portugal Alexandre Rosário Silva
Backrow
  • Argentina José Guillen
  • Argentina Tomas Suárez
  • Argentina Agustin Arburua
  • Brazil Caio Almeida
  • France Léon L'Huillier
  • Portugal Francisco Silva
  • Portugal João D'Orey
  • Portugal Pedro Nunes
  • Portugal Diogo Teixeira

Scrum-halves

  • Portugal Pedro Lucas
  • Portugal Francisco Pedro

Fly-halves

  • South Africa Conor Van Eden
  • Portugal Hugo Trigueiro
Centres
  • France Alexis Delprat
  • Portugal Miguel Rosa
  • Portugal António Cardoso

Wingers

  • Portugal Rodrigo Henriques
  • Portugal Francisco Lacerda
  • Portugal Henrique Lacerda

Fullbacks

  • Portugal Manuel Vallêra
  • Portugal Francisco Vallêra
  • Portugal Nuno Fradinho
(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.

* denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.

References

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  1. ^ "Rugby". Associação de Estudantes do Instituto Superior Técnico (AEIST). (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  2. ^ "BREVE HISTÓRIA DO RUGBY NO TÉCNICO". Técnico-Rugby.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 September 2012.
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