# 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby Divisão de Honra

The Campeonato Nacional de Rugby Divisão de Honra (more commonly known as the Divisão de Honra) is Portugal's top level professional men's rugby union competition. The Divisão de Honra Championships are organized by the Federação Portuguesa de Rugby (Portuguese Rugby Federation) and currently consists of 12 teams. The last placed team in the competition is relegated at the end of the season to the Campeonato Nacional de Rugby I Divisão (Portugal's second level of men's rugby union) with one team from the second-tier competition promoted to the Divisão de Honra.

## Format

The Divisão de Honra will be divided by two tournaments:
* Torneio de Abertura
* Divisão de Honra
** Regular season
** Final season
The Torneio de Abertura will be played for an initial tournament consisting of two groups of 6 teams, played for one return, a 1/2 between 1st and 2nd classifieds and the final. The Torneio de Abertura is expected to be played from September 22 to November 28.
The Regular season of Divisão de Honra will be played by three groups of four (4) teams, which play in the system of all against all. At the end of regular season, the top 2 teams of each group will take part in the championship group that will determine the champion while the bottom 2 teams will play in "Plate Cup" group. The Divisão de Honra is expected to be played from December 7 and ends on May 25.
Points are awarded according to the following:
* 4 points for a win
* 2 points for a draw
* 1 bonus point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match, while scoring at least 3 more tries than the opponent.
* 1 bonus point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer

### Promotion and relegation

Following the extension of the number of teams from 10 to 12, the same 10 teams that played last season will remain and compete again in the championship. The newcomers are the lower division champion Técnico and runner-up RC Montemor.
The bottom team of "Plate Cup" group will be relegated to the lower division.

## Teams

| Team | Manager | Captain | Stadium | Capacity |
| Académica | Lodie Van Staden | António Salgueiro | Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição | 2500 |
| Agronomia | Luís Pissarra | João Lima | Tapada da Ajuda | 500 |
| Belenenses | João Mirra | Tomás Sequeira | Belém Rugby Park | 500 |
| Benfica | Martim Aguiar | Hayden Hann | Campo nº2 - Lisbon University | 1500 |
| Cascais | Gabriel Ascárate | António Vidinha | Estádio Municipal Dramático Cascais | 1000 |
| CDUL | Kane Hancy | Tomás Appleton | Estádio Universitário de Lisboa | 8000 |
| CDUP | Francisco Vareta | Tomás Marrana | Estádio Universitário do Porto | 1500 |
| Direito | Bernardo Mota | Duarte Diniz | Complexo Desportivo Miguel Nobre Ferreira | 2500 |
| Lousã | Claudio Venturino | Paulo Marques | Estádio Municipal de Rugby José Redondo | 500 |
| RC Montemor | João Baptista Malta | | Parque Desportivo Municipal | 500 |
| São Miguel | João Uva | Robert Delai | Bulldog Rugby Park | 800 |
| C. R. Técnico | António Manzoni de Sequeira | Rodrigo Bento | Campo das Olaias | 800 |

## Torneio de Abertura

The teams are distributed by two groups of six teams, in which they play with each other once:
| Group A | Group B |
| Belenenses | Agronomia |
| Direito | Benfica |
| Cascais | CDUL |
| Académica | São Miguel |
| Lousã | Técnico |
| CDUP | RC Montemor |
The Torneio de Abertura is expected to be played from September 22 to November 28.

## Regular season

The teams are distributed by three groups of four teams, in which they play between themselves in home and away matches for the regular season:
| Group A | Group B | Group C |
| Belenenses | Agronomia | Direito |
| CDUL | Cascais | Benfica |
| Académica | São Miguel | Lousã |
| RC Montemor | CDUP | Técnico |
The Divisão de Honra is expected to be played from December 7 and ends on May 25.

## Squads 2024/25

Squads are ordered by the last classification of the league. According to Portuguese Rugby Federation
The Belenenses squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season :
| Props Anthony Kent Joaquin Dominguez Lucas Bordigoni Manuel Worm Frederico Simões Pedro Braga Bernardo Veiga Hookers Guillermo Lawrie Miguel Nunes Locks Salvador da Cunha Manuel Lima José Moreira Francisco Simões António Andrade Tomás da Cunha Martim Ferreira | Backrow Rafael Simões David Wallis André Cunha Manuel Pinto Pedro Cunha Tomás Sequeira Sebastião da Cunha Diogo Raposo Scrum-halves Duarte Azevedo Francisco Macedo Fly-halves Francisco Menéres Manuel Menéres | Centres Rodrigo Fruedenthal Alex Thrupp Lourenço Pedras António Cunha António Claro Gonçalo Santos Tomás Monteiro Wingers José Paiva dos Santos Duarte Moreira Owen Jenkins Diogo Rodrigues Francisco Galveias Lourenço Pedras Tomás Reis Fullbacks Manuel Marta Francisco Murta Salvador da Cunha Jr. |
| (c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. $^*$ denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality. |||
The Agronomia squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season :
| Props Abel da Cunha Estéfano Aranda Cáceres Rodrigo Correa Abraão Ambrósio* Francisco Domingues Afonso Carreira Nicolau Turabelidze António Quiroga Hookers Pedro Vicente Frederico Tenório Francisco Cabral Diogo Carvalho Hugo Oliveira Joaquim Raimundo Bernardo Cardoso Locks José Rebelo de Andrade António Rebelo de Andrade Pedro Herédia Bernardo B. Cardoso Simão Salgueiro Manuel Bação Luís Rodolfo António Maria Andrade | Backrow Omar Gutierrez Francisco Cabral Manuel Navalhinhas João P. Fernandes Francisco Uva Diogo Sarmento Vicente Guerra Pinto Duarte Vasco Costa João Louro Francisco Piano Gonçalves José Ramalho Scrum-halves Nicolas Herreros João Bandeiras Tomás Amado Duarte Alves Fly-halves Hugo de Franq Domingos Cabral Simão Sousa | Centres João Lima Vasco Ribeiro Vasco Leite Armand Patricio Sebastião Cardoso José do Carmo Câmara Bernardo Valente Manuel Ramalho Wingers José Cortes Pena Monteiro José Carmo Câmara Vasco Câmara António Pena Monteiro Pedro Ribeiro Rodrigo Castanheira Eduardo Leite Salvador Botelho João Castro Fullbacks Manuel Cardoso Pinto Gonçalo Vasco Costa |
| (c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. $^*$ denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality. |||
The Benfica squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season :
| Props João Nobre Márcio Pinheiro André Antunes Isaías Camará José Maria Pereira Marco López Serafim Djassi Hookers Luan Almeida Jason Cornelius Pedro Gouveia Locks Volodymyr Grikh Lorenzo Palacio* Sérgio Moreira* Philippe Couto* Eurico Chichorro | Backrow Frederico Couto Giuseppe Piacenza Manuel Fati Frederico Silva Tomás Picado Pedro Ismael Tavares Rui Duarte Scrum-halves António Campos Reymond Dorian Tomás Boavida Francisco Russo Fly-halves José Rodrigues Facundo Rodriguez Santillan | Centres José Lima Hayden Hann Guilherme Vasconcelos Francisco Bessa Diogo Salgado Rodrigo Urzay Soares Wingers Edgar Monteiro José Miguel Carvalho Harrison Stock Diego Caeiro Diogo Custódio Felisbelo Vieira* Zyad Al Achouni* Fullbacks Elliott Ryan Rodrigo Sampaio |
| (c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. $^*$ denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality. |||
The Direito squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season :
| Props David Costa António Prim José Lupi Giovanni Ramallo Luis Lopes Afonso Tapadinhas Lourenço Moita João Pissarra Leandro Nunes Hookers Duarte Diniz Afonso Bento Locks Duarte Torgal João Vital António Peixoto Guilherme Valente Pedro Ferreira Luis Semedo Henrique Cortes Duarte Pedro Nunes Guilherme Spratley | Backrow Manuel Picão João Granate Pedro Afra Rosa Nuno Peixoto Mateus Ferreira Sebastião Silva Diogo Matos Miguel Romero Rodrigues Luis Pina António Mello Frederico Castello Branco Scrum-halves João Dias Rafael Iriarte António Amaral Duarte Cortes Fly-halves Manuel Vareiro Ariel Diaz Tomás Redondo Francisco Teixeira Nuno Rocha | Centres José Maria Vareta Francisco Nobre João Afra Rosa Manuel Reis Wingers Caetano Castelo Branco José Ferreira Francisco Afra Rosa Duarte Portela Duarte Matos João Burnay Ricardo Mieiro Francisco Pinto Martim Dias Fullbacks João Vaz Antunes Frederico Roquette |
| (c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. $^*$ denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality. |||
The Cascais squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season :
| Props Nuno Mascarenhas Santiago Gramajo Ignácio Urueña Nicolas Griffiths José Lavos Duarte Conde Pedro Lopes Hookers Santiago Lopes José Martinez Bernardo Gomes Alexander Vieira Gonçalo Marques Locks Martim Belo Israel Parnas Alexandre Fonseca Rodrigues Manuel Barros António Carvalho Martins Luis Graça João Cabaço | Backrow Salvador Vassalo Francisco Sousa Sebastião Petronilho Gonçalo Carvalho Francisco Martins Lourenço Durão Dinis Pitta Scrum-halves Noah Nash Duarte Cardoso João Consciência Francisco Carmona e Costa Fly-halves Santiago Jara | Centres Gabriel Pop* António Vidinha Francisco Vassalo Francisco C. Campos Wingers Vasco Durão José Villar Gomes António Sousa Luis Ferros Duarte Tavares Francisco Pissarra Fullbacks Vasco Correia Alfredo Almeida |
| (c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. $^*$ denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality. |||
The CDUL squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season :
| Props Matheus Rocha Miguel Vilaça Mateo Miserez Toby Taylor António Maltez José Almeida Gonçalo Madaleno Gonçalo Alves Manuel Magriço Hookers Duarte Foro Francisco Pedro Samuel Marques Locks Duarte Gil Xavier Cerejo Francisco Almeida Rui Amador Raul Conceição Diogo D'Almeida Domingos Gonçalves | Backrow Vasco Baptista José Roque Ben Grant Eduardo Queiroz Afonso Sousa Rodrigo Oliveira Francisco Figueiredo José Libano Monteiro David Gracioso Nuno Macedo Eduardo Queiroz Francisco Tavares Scrum-halves Francisco Magalhães Vasco Félix António Martim Domingues Fly-halves Nuno Penha Costa Pedro Neiva Correia António Nuncio Faustino Gama Pedro Anahory Lourenço Cardoso José Cerejo | Centres Tomás Appleton Francisco Appleton Ignacio Albornoz Nuno Macedo Bernardo Matos Martim Faro Afonso Alvarez Tomé Lobo Wingers Fabio Conceiçao Tomás Noronha Duarte Duarte Bernardo Matos João Cardoso Hussein Sacoor Guilherme Oliveira Manuel Salgado Fullbacks Jorge Abecasis Shane Van Rooyen Josh Honey José Valadas Pedro Roldão Sebastião Stilwell |
| (c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. $^*$ denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality. |||
The Académica squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season :
| Props Alexandre Alves Niko Manaena Afonso Machado André Gonçalves João Claúdio Dos Santos Hookers João Mateus Ignacio Failla João Aguiar Locks Sérgio Duarte Franco Matheus Wolf Diogo Paixão Santos Jacques Van Aardt Artur Lima Guilherme Coelho Gonçalo Costa Daniel Almeida Francisco Teles | Backrow Luke Ratcliff Francisco Silva Eurico Leitão Miguel André Francisco Rovira Miguel Prata Lourenço Freitas Afonso Cabral Scrum-halves Silvio Costa José Fernandes Fly-halves Ron McCrimmon Nuno Cardoso Tiago Girão | Centres Moisés Duque Marcus Arrindell Francisco Migueis Gonçalo Ramos Nuno Fernandes Wingers João Diogo Silva Ceiza James João Dinis Edson Paulino Afonso Monteiro João Cunha António Pinto Costa Miguel Cristóvão David Tender Gomes Fullbacks Nicolas Vega Joaquim Couto Tiago Pintão |
| (c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. $^*$ denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality. |||
The São Miguel squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season :
| Props Robert Delai Thomas Goyochea Matias Bueso Juninho Patricio Pedro Botelho Tiago Quitério Hookers Miguel Seoane Locks Felipe Rosa Pedro Oliveira Miguel Máximo Simão Medeiro | Backrow Sabata Mokhachane Gonçalo Melo Ribeiro Manuel de Almeida Sebastião Petronilho Scrum-halves Lourenço Ribeiro Tomás Trincheiras Fly-halves Bader Pretorius Agustin Altamirano Francisco Teixeira | Centres Ignácio Vega Bright Matimba Tomás Morais Lourenço Chambel João Tavares Wingers Allistair Mumba Duarte Branquinho Ricardo Rosa Rivaldo Pinto Leandro Ceita Francisco Cardoso Francisco Reis João Ruivo Jorge Anjinho Fullbacks Hugo Ruelle Andrea Ragno Miguel Martins |
| (c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. $^*$ denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality. |||
The RC Lousã squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season :
| Props Yeray Pastoriza Carrasco Isaias Such Nika Beroshvili Mark Mammen Paulo Marques Bruno Pereira Hookers Fynn Smail Scott Cunnigham Rafael Pacurar Locks Ricardo Reis Bruno Santos Bruno Pinheiro Diogo Forte | Backrow Gonzalo Poblete Augusto Andrade José Caetano Henrique Batista Eduardo Heredia João Barreto Diogo Graça Leonardo Pinto Scrum-halves Cirian Roberts Pedro Dias dos Santos Tomás Batista Fly-halves Bruno Balatti | Centres Mika Zetzema Agustín Alabos Wingers João Campos Francisco Caetano Gonçalo Graça Diogo Santos Fullbacks Manuel Nogueira Guilherme Costa |
| (c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. $^*$ denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality. |||
The CDUP squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season :
| Props Tom Kaijaks Ricardo Husgen Lanhoso Bernardo Coelho Diogo Amaro Henrique Freitas Hookers Nuno Figueiredo António Terroso Locks Gonçalo Seruca Tiago Albuquerque Rodrigo Mateus Luis Moreira Henrique Vieira Gonçalo Santos Afonso Santos | Backrow Facundo Ojeda Julien Adamski João Duarte António Pires Henrique Santos Vasco Sarmento Scrum-halves João Belo Manuel Mendonça Fly-halves Tiago Rocha Luis Agrelos Bernardo Nogueira | Centres Tomás Marrana Miguel Trepa Guilherme Brandão Eduardo Moreira Wingers Rodrigo Gauna Ihor Lutsenko Salvador Cardoso Tomás Ferronha Lucas Velo Afonso Aguiar José Diogo Fullbacks Nuno Sousa Guedes Nuno Maia Sebastião Leite |
| (c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. $^*$ denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality. |||
The CR Técnico squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season :
| Props André Arrojado Mariano Leiva Diogo Teixeira Vasco Tavares João Lobo Hookers Rodrigo Bento Manuel Barral Locks Valentino Larocca Afonso Cirilo Manuel Serrano Guilherme Costa Gonçalo Costa Estevão Baltazar Alexandre Rosário Silva | Backrow José Guillen Tomas Suárez Agustin Arburua Caio Almeida Léon L'Huillier Francisco Silva João D'Orey Pedro Nunes Scrum-halves Pedro Lucas Francisco Pedro Rodrigo Henriques Fly-halves Simón Walker Conor Van Eden Hugo Trigueiro | Centres Renato Abad Nicolas Marzano Alexis Delprat Miguel Rosa António Cardoso Wingers Francisco Salgado Francisco Lacerda Henrique Lacerda Fullbacks Matias Bascary Manuel Vallêra Francisco Vallêra Nuno Fradinho |
| (c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. $^*$ denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality. |||
The RC Montemor squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season :
| Props Franco Dellamea Gerônimo Gomez António Mendes António Veiga Malta Hookers Fabian Contreras Giorgi Tsverava Locks João Barbado Manuel Marques dos Santos António Mendes João Potier Francisco Passareiro | Backrow José Pinto Gouveia João Camelo Luis Marques dos Santos Manuel Silva Borges Miguel Cecilio João Redondo João Vacas de Carvalho Scrum-halves Afonso Antunes Augusto Mira Fly-halves Miguel Casadinho Simão Costa Pereira | Centres Júlio Piñeda Pedro Silva Borges Rodrigo Pereira Miguel Rosa António Redondo Wingers Francisco Mira Luis Santos Jorge Gonçalo Silva Pedro Tigre Fullbacks Agustín Iza José Vacas de Carvalho |
| (c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. $^*$ denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality. |||